There is still time to register for my upcoming teleseminar on database training, March 5, 2009, from noon to 10pm Eastern. Register here. And if you can’t make the actual event, you can still buy the recording here. “Don’t Waste Another Dollar on Training: How to Ensure Your Training Dollars are Spent For Ultimate Effectiveness” …
I sometimes receive RFPs from associations actually looking for association management software (which I do not produce). If you’ve ever attended one of my sessions on selecting a new AMS, you know that one of my cardinal rules is that the RFP should go out to no more than five vendors. So when I receive …
The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) is a great resource for, well, technology in the nonprofit sector. If you’re not familiar with them, check them out here. (Full disclosure: NTEN was once a client of mine.) And right now, NTEN is trying to raise $10,000 for their NTC scholarship fund, to help send 57 small nonprofit …
In the January 26, 2009, issue of InformationWeek magazine, the cover story is about “vendor satisfaction.” They surveyed some 345 business technology professionals and asked them a slew of questions about their satisfaction with vendors. I found some of the results surprising. “Only 28% of the IT pros responding to our survey say key features …
Too often when we calculate training costs, we only consider the direct costs, e.g., trainer’s fee, room rental, food, a/v equipment, supplies, etc. What is often overlooked are the indirect costs of training, including staff time and the creation of “ill will” if the training is not executed well. Staff costs are easy to caculate: …
This is the seventh in a series of podcast interviews that I’ve been conducting with CEOs from providers of association management software. Today’s interview is with Thomas Howard, President and CEO of memberclicks. In this interview you’ll learn why it’s important for an association to record all of the contacts it has with its members …
This is the sixth in a series of podcast interviews that I’ve been conducting with CEOs from providers of association management software. Today’s interview is with Amith Nagarajan, CEO of Aptify. In this interview you’ll learn how associations can leverage Web 2.0 tools (e.g., Facebook or LinkedIn) to boost the accuracy of the association’s data …
It would seem, according to this recent article in Associations Now, that a properly functioning association management system is critical to the long-term success of an association. The article features four case studies on associations that were near the brink of bankruptcy but were then turned around. You’ll note that in two of the four …