Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 4 minutes       PD Place will streamline your professional development programs and save your organization valuable time and money, but that’s not all!  Did you know that you can use PD Place to generate a revenue stream for your organization?  In this blog, I outline a few different ways of how you can utilize PD Place to create a new source of income for your company and establish your organization as an industry leader in professional development.  With PD Place, your ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Alberta Technology Leaders in Education (ATLE) has partnered with CoreSolutions Software Inc. to use PD Place professional development software as a registration tool for all ATLE sponsored events. In addition to the registration features of PD Place, ATLE members will also be eligible to receive a discount on the purchase price of PD Place. PD Place will offer superior session and event registration for ATLE sponsored events while facilitating a simpler payment method for ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: < 1 minute       Well, fall is officially here, and we managed to get our annual company barbecue in just under the wire.    The sun was shining, and the temperature was warm…. 25 staff and family members came out to enjoy a fun afternoon of games, great food and lots of laughs.   From Musical chairs to name that tune, we saw some competitive sides of employees and even their spouses!!!   Lots of great desserts from brownies & Scor Bars to healthy fruit.  Weigh in  for the ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 6 – 9 minutes       I know you’re probably thinking, “There’s nothing Zen about managing professional development.  It’s stressful, time-consuming and when last minute changes arise due to classroom fumigation, it can feel quite maddening!”  What if I were to tell you that there is a way to run professional development programs at your Higher Learning Institution that is efficient, effective and will leave you feeling at ease?  The purpose of this blog is to elucidate ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 4 minutes       I realize this post is a bit late (sorry Mr. Marketing Coordinator Kyle!) but I wanted to take a few moments and let you know about our recent visit to the ECNO conference at the end of May. Our CEO Barney Lawn and I attended and I think he won’t mind me saying that it was very worthwhile. ECNO is the Educational Computing Network of Ontario and they are a fine group of people – even if I do say so myself.  A non-profit co-operative that can boast 66 ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       This week, Scott Stratten (Twitter alias @unmarketing) made a stop in London, Ontario as part of his UnBook tour. I’ve blogged about Scott before, which was mostly on my excitement about his then upcoming appearance in the forest city. So what did I learn from Scott — aside from the fact that he’s quite funny, self-effacing and downright honest? (Proof: watch his TEDxOakville video or one of his many UnMarketing presentations) Here’s just ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 4 minutes       Tradeshow and conference season is ramping up and the CoreSolutions team is heading out on the road over the next couple of months, attending events throughout Ontario, in Alberta and in Atlanta, Georgia. Below is a short list of the conferences we’re exhibiting at or participating in. Maybe you’ve heard of some, maybe you’re even registered to attend. Come on by and say ‘hello.’ We’d love to connect with you. ATLE (November ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Some of you may have heard of Scott Stratten before – he’s well-known in the marketing and social media world. If not, you can find his bio here. I promise, he’s worth getting to know. As one of today’s most influential social marketers, with more than 60,000 followers on Twitter and over 60 million views of his clients’ viral videos, Scott has a lot to say, and I for one am happy to listen. In fact, I had the chance to when I ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Excitement that built in anticipation of FileMaker Inc.’s Developer Conference, taking place August 15 to 18 in San Diego, California, has finally broken! I have the privilege of attending this year’s DevCon, alongside another CoreSolutions developer (Matt Leering – check out his FileMaker blogs for handy tips) and we’ve looked forward to learning what other developers are doing with the products, and all the latest news from FileMaker and its community ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       If you’ve ever had the opportunity to attend the FileMaker Developer Conference (this year from August 15 to 18 in San Diego), you’ll know that it’s more than scripts, schema, calculations and relational database modeling – quite simply, the conference is all about the music. Database developers are a talented lot, and each year the conference holds an unofficial jam session that showcases the musical finesse of developers from around the globe. It’s ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       It’s Spring! The time when CoreSolutions holds our regularly scheduled user group sessions for PD Place™ and ContinuED®. What better way is there for a company to grow? We sow our seeds, tend to the garden, work out the bugs and in the end we have a product that has been tended to since creation and all with valued input from those who use the software regularly. I like to think of our user groups as a community garden. Wikipedia states that community ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Last night, the CoreSolutions team met up at Palasad for a night of food, fun, and games. We participated in Palasad’s Corporate Olympics and a great time was had by all! The event is designed to bring the entire office together to work in teams through a series of timed activities. From pool to 3-point basketball to skee-ball and bowling, our teams all fought hard to win the title of the Corporate Olympics Gold Medal winners! Each team was also tasked with coming ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       Last night Barney Lawn, JoAnne Nicholls and I attended the MEGA Business After Five event hosted by the London Chamber of Commerce. It was my first time attending a BAF event and it was an amazing opportunity to connect with other local businesses in our community. The event was especially exciting for CoreSolutions for two reasons: we launched the new website yesterday and we also had the chance to show off our new trade show booth! -Kari Rennie Check out some ... Read More