The end of 2009 marked the end of my first decade as a consultant. In that time I’ve consulted with over 100 associations, ranging in size from 1 staff to over 700 staff. Ten years is a long time, especially in the technology realm. As I look back over those ten years, I see there …
ASAE’s Annual Technology Conference is February 10-12, 2010, at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. You can learn more about it here. I’ll be speaking twice at the tech conference: Once on selecting an AMS for “small” associations, and in a lightening round of 15 key data management tips for leveraging your …
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Very often I learn my clients are managing data in a way that is “easier” for now, but winds up creating much more work later. Some immediate examples: Using a third party registration company to manage meeting registration (less work) and importing the attendance data back into the primary database (more work). Managing lists of …
I like to give props to association management software (AMS) vendors when they do something really smart. Here’s another great idea from an AMS vendor. I recently had the opportunity to see an extended demo of DAXKO Connect, DAXKO’s association management software product. During the demo, DAKXO highlighted their “DAXKO ideas” portal (which you can …
On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, I’ll be moderating a panel of three association software CEOs for ASAE’s Online Conference for Small Staff Associations. (You can see the entire agenda here.) If you had a chance to ask any question of the CEO of an association management system software company, what would you ask? Put your …
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