An increasing number of companies, business venture and people are switching over to paperless solutions: Not only is it the more environmentally friendly thing to do, it’s also a lot more convenient for everyone – and it means that you can get through basic admin and accounting tasks a lot easier and faster than you could a decade back.
Many clubs see a considerable amount of funds coming in and out thanks to games played and membership fees. The advent of open source software and online solutions means that you can keep track of these in an instant.
Thinking about switching the accounting solutions to your bridge club to something digital instead?
Here are some quick digital accounting solutions for bridge clubs, mostly from the world of open source software.
Open Source Accounting Software
Accounting software takes your average ledger and digitizes all of it: Most of the information can be input with a few clicks and keystrokes, and it can be accessed even faster – or sometimes projected in several different ways, including charts or graphs for showing members of the club what’s happened over the past month, six months or year.
GnuCash is open source accounting done well. If you’re used to traditional accounting software like QuickBooks, you’ll get used to using GnuCash fast. It was originally designed with Linux in mind, but there are other versions available if you’ happen to be running another operating system instead.
If you’ve tried GnuCash and you’re looking for something different instead, take a look at Akaunting. Also open source, and also pretty easy to use.
For Statistical Visualization
Once you have the financial information for your club, it’s often a good idea to put the figures into visuals: Represented like this, data is easier to interpret – but in case you’re not happy with the graphing solutions that your accounting software offers, here are a few other ones.
ChartJS helps you to create charts through JavaScript – and you don’t need to know a single thing about the programming language to do it. Just insert the information you’d like projected and that’s it.
Gephi is another option for statistical visualizatoin software – again, it’s open source and free to use. It offers a wider variety of different ways to represent data which can be a great way to literally view your club finances differently.
For Document Conversion
Going through member admin and financial info aren’t the only things that you’ll need to do. Often, document conversion is part of the job – and finding the right converter that doesn’t mess up your file can feel like hell on earth when you’re looking for one in a hurry. Here are ones that work.
Online-convert lets you upload your chosen document and then convert it directly to your chosen file format. It’s easy and fast – and it’s great if you don’t have access to your usual PC with installed software to do the same job.
If you aren’t comfortable with uploading any potentailly sensitive financial information to an internet database, opt for downloadable conversion software instead. Docverter is another open source option that has most document file formats covered.
Does your club use any digital accounting solutions right now?