Archive for November, 2008

Digitizing client records

This nonprofit is exploring methods of digitizing their current and past client records for backups,security and ease of access. Do you have any suggestions for software/hardware that can help scan,store, categorize, and view documents? Post them here and let us know if you saw the answer via the RSS feed.

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Report writing software

Can you recommend client server reporting software to work with an Oracle Express database? This TechSoup user is seeking to create a read-only reporting database that my clients can connect to over the internet via a secure JDBC connection.

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Contact management in Access, Open Office Base

Can you help this TechSoup user who is looking at sample contact management databases provided for Access and Base? She’d like to know if either can be made to calculate deadlines based on criteria such as “by the second Thursday of the month.”

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Mapping software

Do you have any recommendations for mapping software that would allow a user to upload spreadsheets that have countywide information, and denote counties or groups of counties based on demographic or other county-based information?

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Elmo Document Camera

This TechSoup user is looking to hear any success stories from folks who have used the Elmo Document Camera. If you’ve used this tool, please share your experience here and let us know if you saw the question via the RSS feed.

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Publicity management

How can you inexpensively manage PR contacts and media outlets? This TechSoup user would like to develop a database to identify appropriate media outlets for event promotion, track promotional efforts, and keep a calendar of deadlines.

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