Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Are you a Professional Development Instructor at your school district? Then this blog post is for you!  We wanted to make sure you knew what PD Place software has to offer you. PD Place provides you access to valuable features that will help you manage all in the in-services you teach! Instructors can be given the ability to create new courses and in-services.   Instructors can mark attendance, course completion and assign hours or credits. Instructors can easily email ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Last month I read a great blog post about “Positivity in your Workspace” that you can read here.  It got me thinking about my own workspace and how I can create a “positive” atmosphere.  The blog suggests having pictures or reminders up about your “whys”.  Your “whys” are things that are most important in your life and the goals you want to achieve.  Also, you should have inspirational quotes and iPod playlists that are sure to get you pumped ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       If you have ever had the task of organizing and managing an internal conference for your organization, you know just how much work is involved … a lot! With the Conferences feature in PD Place, it allows you to better organize and manage registrations, speakers, rooms for break sessions (complete with conflict checking), mandatory sessions and more. The latest version of PD Place has included even more features to help you: Waiting lists for conferences: now you can ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       We’re pleased to announce the release of PD Place™ version 3.8 is now available! Our team has been hard at work since the last release, making some incredible enhancements to PD Place. (Thanks team!) I also can’t forget to thank our insightful users who help drive the direction of the software with their feedback and suggestions; we hope you will like what you see! Here is an overview of some of the major enhancements: A new look: The PD Place logo had ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Growing professionally through training and development is a crucial piece of the success pie. After all, you can’t move forward using the same old bag of tricks. If we’ve heard this time and time again, why is it so difficult to buckle down and complete that online course, or sign up for that workshop, or read through that new procedures manual? We all start off with good intentions. We even schedule time to devote to professional development and training, but ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 5 minutes       I recently read an article on EdWeek.org about the decline of structured teacher professional development over the past few years. The blog spoke to a report released by the National Staff Development Council regarding a research study on professional development. Findings showed that while “New Teacher Induction” programs (info on NTIPs in Ontario) were on the rise, structured programs were on the decline and teachers were participating in more one-time ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Confidence – it’s one of life’s most useful (and at times, hard to muster) traits, and is one of the most important aspects of being a good sales representative. While it’s true that I’m new to the sales game, it’s also true that I know the secret to being a confident salesperson. I didn’t read it in a book though; it came from within me. I love taking on new challenges and experiencing new things; however, I also have a profound need to be ... 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 – 3 minutes       I was lucky enough to take a” trip-of-a-lifetime” vacation last week to Europe.  My husband and I and his family flew to Barcelona, Spain for a cruise on the Mediterranean with stops in Toulon, France, and Pisa, Florence and Rome, Italy.  It was like nothing I have ever experienced before!  The cruise ship was our home where we dined nightly in the amazing three-level dining room.  On our first night we were seated at a nice table by a large window ... 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       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: 4 – 6 minutes       As children, most of us remember PD Days scattered throughout the school year … a day off from Math, English, Science, Music and a brown-paper-bag lunch (thanks again for those Mom!). Oh those glorious, fun-filled days usually involved a fun outing with a parent to the zoo or the skating rink. Or maybe a special day with grandma filled with treats and spoiling to no end. Or bike rides in the park with the babysitter or older sibling. It didn’t really ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       With each new release of FileMaker we get to see many incredible new features! However, it makes keeping up with your FileMaker skills a full time job, and for most of us, we already have full time jobs. Whether we are a FileMaker user tasked with keeping our company database up-to-date and functional, or a certified FileMaker Developer creating a custom software solution for a client, where do we go to stay informed and how do we find the time? Lucky for us, ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 4 minutes       Hello world! Welcome to my first blog entry on the CoreProducts blog. My name is Mark Phipps. I’m the lead developer of our continuing education management product called ContinuED®. I have a background of over 10 years in software development and systems administration. As part of the process of implementing ContinuED®, I had heard many of the same questions over and over again. One question that every client asks is: How can I verify who is using ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: < 1 minute ... 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

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

Estimated Time To Read This: < 1 minute       A common question we often hear about PD Place is “Does the software provide professional development content?” If you are a PD Place user, you know the answer is no. PD Place manages the logistical side of offering PD (professional development) and tracks any PD, training and certifications for teachers whether it’s happening within the school district or it’s an external program. With the budget cuts many districts are now facing not every school district has ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       CoreSolutions Software has been developing custom software solutions for over 20 years and have developed two great software solutions that we now offer as packaged software products: PD Place is a complete professional development, training and certification management and tracking system that is used by school districts, colleges and Children’s Aid Societies across Canada and the US. ContinuED® is a management system for Continuing and Adult Education programs that is ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       CoreSolutions Software has been developing custom software solutions using FileMaker Pro software for over 20 years. We have worked with customers all over the globe, many in Canada and the US. We also provide consulting, technical support and training for every level of FileMaker user. Our experience and dedication to producing quality software solutions for our customers has resulted in receiving the Platinum FileMaker Business Alliance membership distinction. We are ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       Since 1989 CoreSolutions Software has been providing custom software and web development and FileMaker consulting, technical support and training to organizations across North America. London, Ontario is our home and we have been involved in our community right from the start making many great friends along the way. We are also leaders in the global FileMaker community. In the coming blog posts we hope to share with you stories about our successes (and road ... Read More