Alice Bumgarner, editor of Administrative Professional Today and contributing writer for Executive Leadership, has been writing about workplace and family issues for 13 years. Her articles have appeared in dozens of publications, including http://Salon.com, http://MSN.com, Continental magazine, Southern Living and Town & Country. She lives in Durham, N.C., with her husband, two daughters and dog Milo.
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I currently have that same type of task at my office - but instead of church members - it is corporate suppliers and high volume customers info. I use the contacts tool through microsoft outlook. I can change it to a "grid" view (or whatever works best for that situation) - I can flag individuals as "customer" "employee" or "supplier" - or any other titles I choose/make up - and can print address books - make mailing lables, etc - for one of those groups or for all. I find it incredibly easy to use & extremely user friendly.
Posted by: Kristie | November 30, 2007 at 01:04 PM
There are two options that I'm aware of, Access and ACT! by Sage. Personally I find ACT! a lot more user friendly. Act! is like a combination of Outlook (calendaring) and Access (database). It is really really easy to use. Not sure of the cost as our company bought it.
Posted by: Janet | November 30, 2007 at 01:06 PM
I would also recommend MS Outlook. It has all the features your are requiring. As a firm we use Goldmine, but it's more complicated than Outlook.
Posted by: dyanez | November 30, 2007 at 02:45 PM