Don't make me think!
December 20, 2016
Don't make me think!
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with QuickBase
We have several student-oriented programs. Some program managers have begun using QuickBase to keep data about their participants, others still use Excel and Google Spreadsheets. I sometimes review the data for communications/marketing purposes.
The challenge is getting a database that incorporates all of the programs and fits each program's needs. We don't have the skill or the time to build something like that on our own.
The challenge is getting a database that incorporates all of the programs and fits each program's needs. We don't have the skill or the time to build something like that on our own.
- It has the potential to show data in a visual way.
- It has the potential to be implemented across the department.
- Integrations with social media channels so that we can track it in QuickBase automatically — without having to export and import.
- A more intuitive way to set up complex databases (I know this is already a much better way, but there's still a barrier, especially for busy people).
Definitely not yet. We might want to work with an outside vendor to set up a complex database for us, but for now it's everyone doing their own thing...
For analysing social media, I use Hootsuite's reporting, Facebook/Twitter native analytics, Iconosquare for Instagram, and Google Analytics for web. Would love to be able to automatically pull all of these in one place.... without having to check on each one separately (and then having to import them in quickbase).
Google Drive is a powerful alternative for collaborative work, and it's one that everyone is comfortable with. It also helps that I can store all sorts of project files and edit articles in a collaborative way.
Dropbox is more for storing lots of files, and I am using that for design and media files. I don't expect to be using QuickBase for that, as it would be harder to collaborate with other people don't have access to the system (in fact that might be a point for the Google Drive as well).
Excel is great for mail merges and whatnot, although for everything other than mail merge I use Google Drive (Spreadsheets).
Google Drive is a powerful alternative for collaborative work, and it's one that everyone is comfortable with. It also helps that I can store all sorts of project files and edit articles in a collaborative way.
Dropbox is more for storing lots of files, and I am using that for design and media files. I don't expect to be using QuickBase for that, as it would be harder to collaborate with other people don't have access to the system (in fact that might be a point for the Google Drive as well).
Excel is great for mail merges and whatnot, although for everything other than mail merge I use Google Drive (Spreadsheets).
I think it's hard to make office-wide applications — in that even if it's not technically hard, there's still a learning curve, and most of us are just not able to make time for it...
- Improving our ability to drive insights from our data
- Improving collaboration across one or more teams