Proof heads to San Diego this week for the annual ERB conference. A logical question for Thomson at the Proof booth is how Proof Admissions keeps track of test scores like the ISEE or SSAT or TOEFL.

This video illustrates just how easy it is.

Be sure to stop by to see Thomson at table 19 if you are at ERB!

Every so often, we get to catch up with our current clients to chat about what’s going on in their admissions offices. I was recently in St. Louis for the Independent Schools of St. Louis Social Media Workshop, which gave me a chance to catch up with Caroline LaVigne, the Director of Admissions & Tuition Aid at John Burroughs School.

The school year is upon us, which means that inquiry season is here, and we are seeing a surge in capturing inquiry data through online forms. With so many different styles of forms on the web, how do you know what exactly goes into a great inquiry form? What’s the best practice so that you can increase your inquiries and obtain better applicants? Should I capture more information or less information?



The nice folks from Harvard's ABCD FileMaker Working Group, Boston Area FileMaker Developer's Association and MIT's FileMaker User Group have invited me to present at their little FileMaker conference this coming Thursday.

Here's the exerpt from their evite:

Recently on the FileMaker TechTalk list Thomas asked:

I'm trying to figure out a way where I can have a single container field on a layout, but be able to either:

1. Set the container field up as repeating, and be able to change which repition is displayed on the layout
 or

2. Include the container in a portal to a related table, and be able to have a nice interface for switching between related records