Hi Bob,
Surveymonkey would do the job.
Best wishes,
Robin
On 7 March 2016 at 21:30, Bob Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It would be very much appreciated if MCG members could offer advice on
> suitable pre-existing software, or creatively suggest other possible
> solutions to our needs.
>
> Auchindrain is an organisationally-small independent open-air museum in
> Argyll, Scotland. Our front desk is single-manned, combining reception,
> retail and catering duties. It is imperative
> that arriving visitors can be processed fast. We have always done Gift
> Aid and handed out a visitor survey, up to now on paper forms. From this
> season, however, we will be taking
> part in the AIM Visitor Verdict scheme which requires us to collect email
> addresses - which we would also like to use for our own direct marketing.
> Beyond that, we will be starting
> to issue each visiting group with a tablet that contains all of our
> museum's interpretation - no labels, no display panels, just objects, a
> tablet, GPS and Bluetooth beacons. So much to do,
> so little time!
>
> Ideally, we would like to be able to give the visitor a hand-held device
> into which they key information, rather than a member of staff trying to
> type in strange words and understand many accents.
> We would like to use something such as a tablet that is also capable of
> running an Excel spreadsheet or comparable file, to be used separately
> during retail stocktaking for entering simple text
> and numerical data. It is envisaged that when the device is handed to the
> visitor, the screen will display the electronic equivalent of a form to be
> completed using an onscreen or separate keyboard.
> When “finish” is clicked, the information will be recorded in a
> downloadable format and the screen will re-set, rather than the user having
> to go through a "Save As" routine befoere closing and
> reopening a document.
>
> The visitor will be asked to enter their name, postal address, postcode,
> email address and the value of the payment they are making (which will be
> stated verbally by the till operator). A series
> of ticked tick-boxes, which if necessary or desired the visitor can
> un-tick, will the sit alongside appropriate forms of words:
>
> • for Gift Aid, the HMRC-approved declaration;
> • for survey, one-time authority for a market research company to
> email a link;
> • for marketing, authority for the museum to email information and
> offers; and
> • acknowledgement of the conditions of use of the tablet containing
> the interpretation app, to be loaned out after a card-swipe.
>
> The museum probably does not have the funds to commission the development
> of a bespoke app from scratch. It is therefore seeking proposals based on
> software that already exists and which can be
> edited to partially or wholly meet its needs. In relation to Gift Aid,
> whilst it would be helpful if the software could collate the relevant
> information into the HMRC-required format ready for
> submission of a claim, neither the volume of data nor the museum’s
> established ways of managing Gift Aid call for a fully-supported solution
> in this area.
>
> The software solutions will inform the choice of device: Windows, Android
> or Apple.
>
> Please contact Bob Clark at [log in to unmask], 01499 320272 or 07770
> 420999.
>
> Many thanks.
>
>
> 7th March 2016
>
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