Hi
Yes, I’d be delighted to try it (and we should probably be having this conversation off-list) :-) -
I think my point was more general: IMO it’s rare to find systems that excel at everything, and mostly better to go for best of breed for each component and then knit them together via APIs, etc.
But I’m always happy to be proved wrong - will email you off list for a demo!
cheers
Mike
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On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 17:15, Cristiano Bianchi wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I always read your contribution with great interest, as you very often
> bring up fantastic ideas and produce excellent work.
>
> I am slightly surprised by your comments about Qi (disclaimer: we are
> Keepthinking and produce and maintain Qi) - as far as I am aware you
> probably have not seen it nor tried it.
>
> I would be very glad to give you a personal demonstration of Qi, so maybe
> you can have a better understanding on its capabilities before discarding
> it - then perhaps you can make recommendation (good or bad) based on first
> hand experience?
>
> Do not hesitate to get in touch if you'd like a demo.
>
> With best regards,
> Cristiano
>
>
> On 11 February 2014 17:05, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])> wrote:
>
> > FWIW, American Museum (one of our clients) are going down the tickets.comroute.
> >
> > I believe - but not 100% sure of the FOH bit - that there will be till
> > integration and so on.
> >
> > We’ll be building the necessary bits into the Wordpress backend of the
> > website - it’ll basically be custom fields on events so staff at the museum
> > can fill in a unique id per event - then users will head off to
> > tickets.com (http://tickets.com) to purchase.
> >
> > I’d personally be very wary of something like the Qi system which claims
> > to do everything. Rather than going for “one system that does everything
> > from CMS to ticketing” I’d look at loosely joined bits.
> >
> > Happy to put people in touch with the American Museum - ping me off-list
> > if you need an intro.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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> >
> > On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 16:51, Sarah McHugh wrote:
> >
> > > Good afternoon from a snowy NI. This enquiry is of particular interest to
> > > us too although we are only at an intial stage of developing e-commerce,
> > > booking systems (Ticketsolve) and reviewing our existing collections
> > > management system (in-house).
> > >
> > > Qi looks interesting:
> > > http://www.keepthinking.it/qi-the-universal-content-management-solution.
> > >
> >
> > I
> > > have no experience of using it and the add-on elements could work out to
> >
> > be
> > > expensive, particularly for ourselves, a smaller museum service. Would be
> > > interested in any feedback on this or other alternatives.
> > >
> > > Sarah
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Sarah McHughManager - Museum ServicesFermanagh County Museum*Enniskillen
> > > Castle Museums, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, N. Ireland, BT74 7HL
> > > Tel +44 (0) 28 6632 5000
> > > Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.enniskillencastle.co.uk (http://www.enniskillencastle.co.uk) (
> > >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> > > On 11 February 2014 15:55, Rick Lawrence <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])(mailto:
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> > >
> > > > A good afternoon from the soggy south west to everyone!
> > > >
> > > > At present we use several different systems to book rooms and resources
> > > > for events, sell tickets online, take corporate room bookings and
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > capture
> > > > visitor information.
> > > >
> > > > We are looking at a system that will do all of this in one package. The
> > > > aim being to get better value for money and greater efficiency. It must
> > > > link till tickets sales with online ticket sales.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone tried this system? http://www.e-s-p.com/index.php
> > > >
> > > > Or can recommend a system suitable for a medium sized museum?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > > Rick
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