MiniVAN Touch vs Crane Handwriting

miniVAN Touch is a mobile canvassing application that integrates with websites provided by NGP VAN. The miniVAN system allows users to export canvassing lists from VAN onto an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Canvassers can then enter data into their device as they talk to people on their list. When the canvassers connect their device to the Internet over a wireless or cellular network, they can upload their data back to the VAN with the touch of a button. Administrative users on the VAN can then review the data and apply it to the database in one quick step. Canvassing with miniVAN allows NGP VAN clients to spend more time and resources on actually contacting people instead of on data entry. What’s more, it virtually eliminates the lag time between collecting canvass results and putting that data to work.

Crane Handwriting lets your team send real handwritten notes on Crane stationery from your phone. Requires a Crane business account: your Crane account manager sets up your login, or contact support@crane.com to get your company started. A handwritten note, on Crane stationery, written in real ink and mailed for you. Crane has made stationery since 1801. The Crane Handwriting app brings the writing desk to your phone: compose a note, choose your stationery, and a handwriting machine writes it in real ink and addresses the envelope. Crane stamps it and puts it in the mail for you. Compose in minutes. Write your message, pick your Crane stationery, and preview the note exactly as it will arrive. Keep an address book. The clients and colleagues you write to, kept private and close at hand. Follow each note. From writing desk to the mail, see where your note is at every step. Send with company credits, then pay as you go. Your Crane business account includes a set of note credits. When those run out, additional notes can be purchased in the app and paid by card. Every note is a physical, mailed product. For companies without a Crane business account, contact support@crane.com to get set up.