I’m seeing a growing trend among my clients, moving from listservers (the old-style Lyris-type lists that are completely email-driven, and impossible to search!) to online forums. These forums may be standalone or integrated with an AMS product, but in either case, they are different from the old-school listservers. There are three reasons for this change: […]
There’s a great discussion going on here about the pros and cons of Salesforce.com in the association market. Scroll down in the comments section to see what the different parties are saying. Click here to read more. And feel free to add your own thoughts to the debate.
Working in a homegrown system is malpractice. (Click here to read why.) I continue to marvel at the number of associations I encounter that are still using homegrown software (or worse yet, Excel spreadsheets) to manage all of their association’s data. There is a large number of association management software systems now available (see here
Just over a year ago I posted this item on how the Evangelical Press Association is using CiviCRM as its association management software system. To my knowledge, CiviCRM is the only open source product on the market that directly addresses…
Association management software (AMS) has existed for over 20 years, so I think we can fairly say the market has matured. That’s good news for AMS consumers, because these days you can get more functionality for a lower price than ever before. And what this means for associations selecting new AMS software is that an
Protech Associates, a long-time AMS vendor, has announced the release of their latest product line, Memberpoint. Memberpoint is a SaaS (Software as a Service) version of the Microsoft CRM product that has been Protech’s primary product for many years. Like all AMS products, Protech’s CRM for Members has its issues, but in general, I’m a
The latest product to be added to the large list of companies serving the association market is Membersuite. Membersuite is headed up by Andrew Ryan, who has a long history of software development in the association market. I’ve had a chance to see a demo of the new product, and at first blush, I’m very
A recent notice for an AMS vendor’s annual users conference reminded me of how supremely important user conferences are. I’ve written about users conferences that I’ve attended (see here) and why users groups are so important (see here and here and here). I feel so strongly about the value of users conferences that I always
I like to give props to association management software (AMS) vendors when they do something really smart. Here’s another great idea from an AMS vendor. I recently had the opportunity to see an extended demo of DAXKO Connect, DAXKO’s association management software product. During the demo, DAKXO highlighted their “DAXKO ideas” portal (which you can
I had the honor of speaking at the opening general session for NiUG International’s Discovery Conference last week in Baltimore, MD. I really enjoyed the presentation and thought it was well-received. I also had a chance to sit in on a “What’s New in iMIS 15.1” presented by Shaun Surette of ASI. Shaun outlined some