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Author Archives: Susan Fennema
Email, text, chat… OH MY!
Email is whooshing. A text is dinging. Facebook chat is chiming. The computer is beeping. The calendar is flashing. A reminder is bonging. And, wait, is that the phone actually ringing?(How many of you actually had to think about what your phone sounds like when someone calls?) You can customize every sound to the point [...]
Conquering Your Fears: Making Things Happen
What are you afraid of? What’s holding you back? Are you afraid you will bite off more than you can chew? Are you afraid to say no? Worse, are you afraid THEY will say no? Are you afraid to say yes? Fear can tremendously impact your success. Being able to plan, decide and move forward [...]
Posted in Productivity
Tagged consulting, database, development, discovery, FileMaker, goals
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FM Academy Presents: A FileMaker Ecosystem: From Desk to Web to Mobile
Join FM Academy for a free webinar showcasing the FileMaker Ecosystem. During the webinar we will demonstrate the many ways in which a FileMaker database can be accessed directly by users as well as other systems. We will discuss the 4 major ways in which a FileMaker database can interact with users and systems and [...]
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
You don’t know what you don’t know and that makes you dangerous. Uninformed changes and decisions often can get the best of us. But, what’s worse is operating from a place where you think you know, but you don’t. Assumptions play a role in this as well as ignorance of a subject matter or background [...]
FM Academy: Building a Powerful Business Solution on a Budget
For those of you who missed the presentation, Building a Powerful Business Solution on a Budget, by John Mathewson, President and co-founder of Kyo Logic, the webinar video is now available for review. We are working on a schedule for our next presentation and hope to have something announced soon. Check the FM Academy website for [...]
6 Easy Ways to Guarantee Project Failure
It is reported that up to a third of software development projects fail. By “fail”, I mean, they either aren’t completed or aren’t adopted by users once delivered. Rest assured that MightyData has some great processes in place to prevent this type of failure. And, we pride ourselves on finishing what we start. But here [...]
Posted in Project Management
Tagged change request, scope, software development, testing, training
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A New Year, A New Start!
Welcome to 2013! A new year, a new start! January is a time to develop new goals and set new expectations, and create a plan for the year. Many people try to do this in December to be ready on January 1, but trying to determine goals (personal or professional) between Thanksgiving and Christmas can [...]
Amazing Customer Service: Servants Who Actually Care
MightyData is always trying to elevate its customer service. Our mindset has gone from “providing good customer service” to “becoming customer servants.” In other words, we try to make every decision based on the best interest of the customer and staying true to our word. Almost everyone has enjoyed Nordstrom’s customer service, the Disney experience, [...]
Posted in Culture
Tagged amazon.com, Calloways, customer service, Disney, Nordstrom, Rosati's Pizza, Southwest Airlines, Vistaprint
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FM Academy: Working with and Extending the Starter Solutions
FM Academy is a consortium of leading FileMaker development companies in the United States. All FM Academy members are Platinum-level members of the FileMaker Business Alliance, and our purpose is to further educate FileMaker users and developers to encourage best practices and foster further adoption of the software. MightyData is a member of this consortium. [...]
