Caught on tape: Supposedly user-friendly label printing foil
I'm at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley where I'm running Mashup Camp and, in true DIY (do it yourself) fashion and in an effort to keep costs low, I take care of printing the badges on my own. Where ever I go to run these events, an HP color Laserjet follows me (usually in a big honkin' anvil case). I send via UPS ground in advance of the event so it meets me in whatever city we're holding an event (eg: Mashup Camp, Startup Camp, etc.).
When I get to that city, I find the closest Staples or Office Depot and buy enough badges and badgeholders (made by Avery) to accommodate all the attendees. Then, while in my hotel room during the wee hours of the night just before the event starts, I export the most recent list of registrants from Salesforce.com to an Excel spreadsheet using Salesforce.com's reporting feature. Finally, using Microsoft Word (which treats badges the exact same way it treats mailing labels), I set up the badges for printing — a process that involves running a mailmerge that uses the Excel spreadsheet as the data source. For more, visit: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind...
Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: zdnetvideo
Length: 03:01
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