My new Book – Destination Paperless
You can read my book, Destination Paperless, What Every Community Action Agency and Non-Profit Should Know About Going Paperless here
Community Action Partnerships and Non-profits warm hearts this time of year
This is a great time to remember the great work our Community Action Partnerships and Non-profits do. They work hard to help the homeless and those living in poverty.
Here is a great story about a young girl that notices a homeless person. Who, in turn gives her a gift.
What are the biggest challenges for Head Start leaders?
I read an interesting post on LinkedIn about the biggest challenges for Head Start leaders. A number of leaders said that staffing was their biggest issue. Another had a comment that was very interesting … Read more ….
Garrett Community Action
Garrett Community Action decided to make it easier to apply for their Energy Assistance services and the result was that they were able to gather more information on their client which help them determine if there were other services that the client could benefit from.
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DIY Paperless Solution For CAP Agencies
I have talked to several IT staff from community action agencies who have set up their own paperless solution for their CAP agency. They scan their important documents as PDF’s and store them on their server.
This sounds like a good – cheap way to handle their documents but there is one thing they didn’t realize. They have just made their documents susceptible to being compromised.
These documents can easily be destroyed by hackers. If this sounds far-fetched or you think it can’t happen to you – then you need to read this. http://hemingwaysolutions.net/inexpensive-paperless-solution-for-community-action-agencies-or-is-it/
Going paperless must benefit you
If you are looking at paperless solutions, it is sometimes frustrating because vendors often talk about all the cool features they have. But, you don’t care – you are more interested in what are the benefits to me and my organization.
I was able to talk to a number of Laserfiche users and asked them what the benefits of going paperless were for them. You can read the article here.
http://hemingwaysolutions.net/going-paperless-whats-in-it-for-me/
Is ECM (paperless technology) effective in State and Local Government?
Sam Hall, a state and local government expert was interviewed in Government Product News Publication recently.
To read more about the current state of ECM in state and local government organizations go to: