About This Blog

This weblog is focused on the association management system (AMS) software market. The objective of this blog
is to provide a forum for discussing issues that affect the AMS market and the associations that use off-the-shelf AMS software packages.
Wes worked for nearly ten years in associations as director of membership, marketing, customer service, and communications. He has worked for four national and international trade associations.The moderator of this blog is Wes Trochlil, president of Effective Database Management, LLC. Wes has been a consultant to the association community for nearly ten years, and has nearly 20 years experience working in, with, and for associations of all shapes and sizes.

You can read a complete bio of Wes here.

About Wes Trochlil

For over 30 years, Wes has worked in and with dozens of associations and membership organizations throughout the US, ranging in size from zero staff (all-volunteer) to over 700. In that time Wes has provided a range of consulting services, from general consulting on data management issues to full-scale, association-wide selection and implementation of association management systems.

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