August 2013

Significant Acquisition in the AMS Space

Abila, formerly Sage Nonprofit Solutions, which focuses on nonprofit organizations and government agencies, has acquired  Avectra, one of the major AMS providers to the association market. Click here to read the press release from Abila. As I wrote last year about the YourMembership acquisition of Affiniscape, I’m generally skeptical of these kinds of deals. I find …

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The importance of regular internal users group meetings

One of the most frequent pieces of advice I give my clients is to host regular internal users group meetings. You can read all about them here. Recently I received an unsolicited email from one of my clients, the American Society of Echocardiography.  Hilary Lamb, ASE’s Chief Operating Officer sent me the following email (which I’ve …

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Titles vs. Roles

All of my trade and professional association clients track titles. Your title is what you put on your business card. But titles vary broadly. For example, the senior staffer at an organization might be President, CEO, Chief Executive, Chairman, Executive Director, or even Principal. So if I want to pull a list of all these …

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