Clipboards are part of many businesses. The clipboard is a key organizational tool for field staff in many industries and professions. The concept is simple, but today clipboards have evolved to handle specific tasks and accommodate workers in specific industries, from public outreach types of jobs, to the medical environment where paperwork is often at the center of the patient care process.
Managers buy items like clipboards to assist field staff and streamline in-house processes. Business operators look for office clipboard models:
1. for staff going out in the field for surveying, interviewing or soliciting donations for a business or nonprofit;
2. for medical staff to manage charts and patient information;
3. for shipping or warehouse workers to organize shipping papers and bills of merchandise on metal clipboards.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Get classic wooden clipboards
There are a wide variety of wooden office clipboard models for sale online, from the simplest particle board contraptions to more stylish treated wood surfaces. Look around and find wooden clipboards your staff will love to use; these should last you a long time and add style to your operations.
I recommend: Clip boards from
Berea College Crafts stores "ease the intimidation of the most daunting to do list." Berea offers walnut or cherry wood styles.
Porter House Crafts features interesting wooden clipboard designs with interlocked glued pieces.
Get personalized clipboards
If you're looking for ways to brand merchandise and promote your business, you can kill the proverbial two birds with one stone. Personalized clipboards will serve your field staff while putting your logo or business name in the public eye.
I recommend: Motivators offers "branding opportunities that work": The online site has plastic or metal clipboards in different sizes and styles, ready to be printed up to promote your business.
Epromos also features several styles of promotional clipboards to fit your needs in different sizes and with extra tab or clip features. Browse products and order conveniently online, and wait for your customized shipment to arrive.
Get office clipboard models complete with storage
If your staff is dealing with a lot of paper, you may want to look for business clipboards that feature handy collection spaces. Heavy duty metal clipboards or plastic office clipboard models with interior space will help control loss of important documents in the field.
I recommend: Clipboard suppliers like
Rapid Supplies.com offer various types of clip boards with storage space. Find more storage clipboards at
MyPencil.com.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Figure out how many clipboards you will need to make sure everybody gets one. Long-time contributors who don't get a clipboard may feel slighted and begin to slack off. Keep tool disbursements fair across the board, and plan for contingencies like clipboards that, like anything else, may eventually go missing somewhere in your facility. Ordering a few extras is probably not a bad idea.
The official source of Clipboards is the Clipboards page at Business.com
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