Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 5 minutes       Cinema influences us all; from programmers to account managers, to educators and so on, you’d have to be living at the centre of the earth to survive a day without reference to a classic film or quip from a favourite flick.  With the upcoming release of PD Place version 3.8.4 just around the corner, I thought I’d have a little fun with this blog and present you with the top 3 films that provide insight into what PD Place can do for your organization. 300 ... 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: 2 – 3 minutes       The leaves are falling One by one Summer’s over And school’s begun It was just about this time last year that I wrote a blog  on “Back to school once again”.   And here we are a year later.  How time flies!!!!!   Once again, I had my two kids (well teenagers) stand on the front step for pictures on the first day of school.   As in past years they did so to please me (albeit reluctantly).   It was a sad moment for me, as this will be the last ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Yesterday in Toronto CoreSolutions co-hosted a FileMaker Go briefing with FileMaker, Inc. I would like to say thank you to Keith Robinson, Mia Roop, and in particular Matt O’Dell who had a splendid presentation and gave us a thorough demonstration of many of the features of FileMaker Go. Thank you also to our own Steve Hearn, who developed a FileMaker Go ‘Sales Module’ that we demonstrated at the event. During the session attendees saw how other ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       CoreSolutions is pleased to offer our own in-house developed FileMaker Training Courses as well as the FileMaker Training Series (FTS)modules developed by FileMaker Inc. The courses we offer range from the absolute novice with FileMaker such as how to use the basic features of a FileMaker database to building eye catching charts and reports. The FTS modules are designed to cover all aspects and best practices when developing in FileMaker Pro and are highly ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Registration restrictions can help you manage in-service attendance to ensure the right employees are able to register for events and in-services. First you need to find the in-service you would like to add registration restrictions to and click on the pencil icon under the admin column to enter the in-service admin portal Once you are in the admin portal you will need to click on the “Edit Registration Restrictions” link.   Now you can start to create ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Have you ever been in that most undesirable situation where you want to do something, know it’s possible, but have no idea on how to proceed? Fear not, both ContinuED and PDPlace have an extensive help system that will show you the path you need to take to accomplish your goal.   In PDPlace, the help system can be accessed by using the rightmost tab in the upper left navigation bar.   In ContinuED, it is the second last tab, again in the upper left navigation ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Everyone is still feeling the pinch of the economy and although things are looking up, we all steadfastly have our belts tightened – albeit perhaps a couple of notches looser than they have been.  In many organizations, the first thing to get cut (and the last thing to be reinstated) is staff training and development.  It’s hard to find the budget to pay for courses or to allow staff to be out of the office when their time is more profitable at their ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Today’s businesses recognize the true value behind training. Whether you work for McDonald’s (who have a well-known training program and were recently nominated as one of the 50 Best Employers in Canada for 2010), or a smaller company like ours, training is essential to employee and company growth. Not only is internal training and professional development a must for organizations (no matter their size), but businesses are also starting to understand the value of ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       When I talk about FileMaker Pro I tend to refer to it as the 10-million piece puzzle with the box that doesn’t have a picture on it. Why? Because the puzzle will be what you make of it. Now, I know this may sound daunting, but I promise it’s not. I may be an end user of FileMaker Pro, using a database our team at CoreSolutions Software developed, but I’m constantly amazed at how easy it is to use. Granted, a database is only as good as the developer who ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Many of us set personal and professional goals for ourselves revolving around our careers.  Not only is it satisfying to be able to tell family and friends what your new (and most likely improved) job title is, but it’s the challenge and chance to learn and grow that really motivates me. Recently I accomplished a career goal, one I set for myself last summer when I first joined the CoreSolutions team, as I was promoted from Inside Sales Representative to Account ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       This past week I held a PD Place training session over the web for a new customer. About mid-way through the training, one of the attendees took it upon herself to practice what she was learning and apply it. Suddenly our PD Place training site was changed to a brilliant orange colour with customized labels. I stopped to commend her, as well as laugh since it wasn’t expected that she do this during the training session. But, it demonstrated the capability that PD ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 4 minutes       The world is quickly becoming a “Get it here and now” society with so many of us needing to be “plugged in” and looking for the easiest way to get what we need when we need it! We have learned to multi-task whether we wanted to or not, and in this vain we are almost forced to look at other ways we are able to obtain the training we require without the hassle of traveling or going off-site for hours or days at a time. With every position I have held, I ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m a big believer in product training. Why? I will never forget sitting by myself at table in university, pondering the mystery of abstract algebra. Several cups of coffee later, I was dazed, confused, and not much farther ahead in my pursuit of…wait, what was I pursuing again? I didn’t even have the answer to that question. It was not until I met with my professor and several other classmates that I could put the pieces together. Why? ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       CoreSolutions have new training partners! Things continue to change at CoreSolutions, and we all know that change is good! From a new website to new class announcements such as The FileMaker Workshop “The Real World”; we continue on that path with the hopes of offering more training dates, flexible class sizes and in turn, a reduction in the number of class cancellations. It was with that in mind that we began looking for a new training partner allowing us ... Read More