Data Management

It's all about information management

Association Laboratory has released their most recent environmental scan of the association industry. Go here and read it as soon as you’re done reading this post. What you’ll discover is that the greatest concern among associations’ members is managing the amount of information they receive. Your members are inundated with information, from your association and

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Yet another article in The Washington Post about embezzlement at a non-profit

In late October there was an article in The Washington Post about poor financial controls at DC non-profits. Last week there was yet another article, this one about a woman stealing millions of dollars from AAMC. As you read the article it’s clear there were very poor financial controls in place. Don’t let this happen

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Another reason I prefer off-the-shelf software

I’ve written several items in the past about why associations are better off with off-the-shelf association management software rather than trying to build their own. Another reason that I prefer off-the-shelf association management software is that when software is already designed, by definition it creates restraints. And restraints are good things. I was working with a

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Why Financial Controls are SO Important at Non-profits

If you’re a manager at a non-profit, this story in The Washington Post is a must-read. As I wrote here, two decades ago I had a part-time person on my staff stealing from my association. As the article explains, the thief was caught very quickly after the accounting department discovered some anomalies during the monthly

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