This is the fourth in a series of podcast interviews that I’ve been conducting with CEOs from providers of association management software. Today’s interview is with Kevin Hostutler, President and CEO of ACGI Software. In this interview we discuss how associations are managing their budgets and talk about how associations can get more from their […]
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This is the third in a series of podcast interviews that I’ve been conducting with CEOs from providers of association management software. Today’s interview is with Don Turner, President and CEO of ARC Solutions. In this interview we discuss the state of associations and technology today, and Don provides an interesting metaphor for how to
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This is the second in a series of podcast interviews that I’ve been conducting with CEOs from providers of association management software. Today’s interview is with Edi Dor, President and CEO of TMA Resources. In this interview we discuss how associations can more effectively leverage their AMSs and exactly what “persona-based” means.
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This is the first in a series of podcast interviews that I’ve been conducting with CEOs from providers of association management software. Today’s interview is with Brian Bruffey, CEO of Protech Associates. In this interview we discuss the state of the economy and the future of association management systems.
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CiviCRM is an open source CRM package designed specifically for the non-profit market. CiviCRM integrates with Drupal and Joomla, two open source CMS packages. CiviCRM includes modules for contributions, events, membership, and broadcast email. I’ve been aware of CiviCRM for several years now, but have only recently spoken with an association that is actually implementing
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In the past several months there have been two changes at the CEO level for major AMS vendors. The first occurred at Affiniscape, where CEO Brian Cooper left Affiniscape to become CEO of A Glimmer of Hope, a nonprofit in the Austin area. Adam Weedman, Affiniscape founder and former CEO, has reassumed the role of
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I attended the Aptify Users Conference in Chicago last week. I always enjoy the users conferences because I get a chance to hear what the company is rolling out in the coming year, and I also get a chance to hear the experiences of the users themselves. Aptify is rolling out version 5.0 of their
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I had the opportunity to sit through a lengthy demo of the Polaris product from ARC Solutions. Overall I was pretty impressed with what I saw. Their product is entirely web-based and takes advantage of all the latest technology available to web-based databases. ARC is still a relatively young business (7 years old) and still
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As I noted here, I was pleased to see an AMS vendor provide client access to their online help system. In a nutshell, the online help that is available from the vendor can be modified by the client to include client-specific business rules. This is a great concept and one that is long overdue. I’m
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I was attending a demo for one of my clients recently. They were taking a look at the IMPAK database from Integrated Software Systems, Inc. (ISSI). During the demo, the ISSI staff pointed out that there is online help on each screen of the database. But what really caught my attention is a simple utility
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