Ask a weatherization manager where the week went, and the answer is often screens, not attics and furnaces. Most Community Action Agencies already have plenty of software. What they don’t have is a process that runs itself. In this article, I explain why another database just adds data entry around the same manual workflow. I
More Software Won’t Fix Weatherization. A Better Process Will. Read More »
PDF vs. TIFF IV: Which File Format Is Best for Document Storage and Archiving? Just because a document is digital doesn’t mean it’s being stored in the best format. I’ve been helping organizations go paperless for more than 30 years, and one of the questions that doesn’t get asked often enough is: What file format
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You can read my book, Destination Paperless, What Every Community Action Agency and Non-Profit Should Know About Going Paperless here Destination Paperless
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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. Here is the whole article: http://hemingwaysolutions.net/garrett-county-community-action-committee-improve-services-by-integrating-laserfiche-with-empowor/
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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
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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
Going paperless must benefit you Read More »
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: Read More
Is ECM (paperless technology) effective in State and Local Government? Read More »
Do you know that the biggest killer of productivity is paper and paper processes? There have been a number of research organizations that have done studies on office worker productivity and you might be surprised by the results. see: http://hemingwaysolutions.net/is-improving-your-staffs-productivity-on-your-radar/
Is improving your staff productivity important to you? Read More »
Energy Assistance Department of Hennepin County’s workload doubles this last year. Luckly, we had just competed a Laserfiche workflow to automate their approval process. Read More
Community Action Increases Productivity of Energy Assistance Dept Read More »
