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I participated in their webinar (passively, ie I did not ask any questions) yesterday, and I felt it was really very interesting and useful.
Here is the recording of the webinar.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nmM-p23WRU&list=PL2J_DbIt3h9tHiXX6E7B2t5ekEHCfV5c2&index=1 .. it runs for about an hour, so you need to plan to set aside that length of time if you want to hear it all.  It does talk positively about Saas solutions, particularly for smaller organisations.

It seems that Heller Consulting are a consulting firm providing impartial advice to not-for-profit organisations on fundraising and constituent management system, ie are not biassed towards any particular solution-provider.  I have met a similar firm here in London (http://purple-vision.com/), and it is well-worth getting to know these people, as they can influence the clients they work with and signpost them towards the solution they consider to be most appropriate for that specific client, and so it is in their interest and ours that we establish and develop relationships with firms like this to keep them up-to-date with what we are doing, so that they can give accurate and current information to their clients about us (among a range of potential solutions).

For Heller Consulting, I can do what I can from here, but it would be good, as they are not so far from San Francisco, that someone should go and see them, and establish such a relationship.  At the very least, someone should invite them to send someone along to next week's CiviCon.

Mark

PS  They also now have a group in LinkedIn.. http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4924336&trk=anet_ug_hm ..which you have to apply to join.

Hey mark:

thanx for taking the initiative and attending the seminar / posting the slides etc. Can you please continue the work and start the conversation with heller consulting and let them know / invite them to CiviCon and the trainings before etc

thanx

lobo