ASAE is hosting AMS Learning and Demo Day son Monday and Tuesday, October 12 and 13, 2009, at the Rockville Hilton. Day one is all about “learning” (I’m scheduled to participate in a panel discussion) and day two is a demo day where you can see one or more of the featured AMS vendor products …
I hate surveys. I’ve made it clear to anyone who will listen that I only answer one-question surveys. If your survey has pages of questions, sorry, I ain’t answerin’. I practice what I preach by conducting only one-question (okay, technically three) surveys, like my “What’s plaguing associations” survey or my BI survey. So I was …
In a blog post last week I discussed a handful of AMS packages available at very low cost to associations. In the post I stated the following: But I would strongly argue that if your organization cannot afford several hundred dollars per month (for SaaS fees) for access to a database specifically designed to manage …
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I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be the general session speaker for the NiUG International 2009 Annual Discovery Conference, September 28 and 29, in Baltimore. My presentation on Tuesday, September 28, 2009, is entitled “Putting Your Data to Work – Tips and Tricks for Managing Data Throughout Your Organization.” This will be based on my …
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I often hear from association executives (particularly from very small associations, e.g., under five staff) that they can’t afford to buy an off-the-shelf association management system (AMS). Thus they will continue to use with a homegrown Access system or a bunch of separate Excel lists and Outlook distribution lists, and suffer the consequences of the …