# A tale of two CDs

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/04/14/tale-two-cds/
- Published: 1998-04-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Information technology is an essential component to professional fundraisers’ activities.
This has been true for many years, but it was brought home in March when two fundraising
and charity magazines carried cover-mounted CD-ROMs for the first time. Professional
Fundraising carried a CD-ROM with a full working version of Proclaim 97, the donor
administration software. [Charity Times](http://www.charity-times.co.uk) carried
CD-ROM-based demos of c-macs v4 and Prospect 97.
Such cover-mounts have, until recently,
been the preserve of specialist computing magazines, but no more. So, can fundraisers
look forward to other cover-mounts? There is at least one more CD-ROM being considered
for distribution in this way.

 * **[Free database for non-profits](https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/07/02/free-database-nonprofits/)**(
   2 July 1998)
 * **[Be their Guest](https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/07/29/be-their-guest/)** (29
   July 1998)
 * **[Getting hold of donated PCs](https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/09/06/getting-hold-donated-pcs/)**(
   6 September 1998)

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