I was pleasantly surprised to learn this week that Andrew Ryan and Jim Catts, formerly of MemberSuite, have co-founded a new AMS company, Rhythm Software. I had a chance to talk briefly with Andrew about the new company and was interested to hear about the new technologies that this AMS is built on. You can …
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard that Community Brands recently acquired YourMembership, Abila, and Aptify. And as of 9am this morning, they’ve also acquired Nimbleuser. That’s four significant and independent AMS providers now under one umbrella company. I’ve had many people ask for my thoughts on this activity in our space. My advice? Watchful waiting. What …
Concerned about Community Brands? I recommend watchful waiting Read More »
I’ve always been a HUGE advocate of software users groups. When I was on staff at an association and a daily user of my AMS, it was incredibly valuable to have a community of like-minded users for me to easily access when I had a challenge. Many (but not all) of the AMS vendors now …
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The latest announcement of venture capital money investing in an AMS company is MemberSuite. As noted here, Revolution Ventures is investing $11 million in MemberSuite. According to the press release, MemberSuite will use the money to “add over 50 team members, with a focus on hiring in sales, marketing, and engineering…” This investment is the …
The latest in a string of private equity investments in the AMS space was announced earlier this week, as Bregal Sagemount, a New York private equity firm, announced they had taken a minority stake in ASI, the makers of iMIS. You can read more about it here. No specific changes were made with this announcement, but …
Private Equity firm invests in ASI, makers of iMIS Read More »
On a range of database management issues. You can read it all here: http://bit.ly/1sMrmN0
I had the opportunity to meet recently with Marc Bernstein and Andre Pavovlic from Personify. Marc is Vice President & Industry Principal and Andre is Vice President, Product Marketing & Management. The purpose of our meeting was to get an update on where Personify is as a company these days. Personify was purchased by private …
I had the opportunity to attend the Abila Users and Developers Conference (AUDC) last week in Austin. During the roadmap session on future enhancements to their netFORUM product, Abila outlined that they would be enhancing the user interface for staff, as well as focusing on a better user experience for customers. This is all good news. …
Focus on User Experience Demonstrates Maturity of Industry Read More »
I was sitting in a demo with a client last week and the vendor providing the demo said “We provide four hours of free training when you add new staff.” Brilliant! This is such a great idea for several reasons: From a sales perspective it’s a nice bonus/added value to the customer. Who wouldn’t want free …
Vendors: Provide free training for new employees! Read More »
I work with associations of all sizes, ranging from zero staff (all-volunteer run) to over 700 staff. One thing I’ve noticed over the past couple of years is that, regardless of association size, more and more associations are seeing an increasing demand from their members for online learning. As a result, more of my clients …
The rising importance of Learning Management Systems Read More »