Would it be more cost effective if the association decided to customize or make modifications to their events module? Will the association run into dupes between the two systems? Will C-Vent integrate with their current AMS product? These are questions the organization must consider before moving forward with any third party software package.

I would first look to keep everything centralized in one location (AMS solution). If the organization can make changes to their AMS solution it makes more sense to make those modifications required to the events module instead of bringing in a new product. Although C-Vent is a great event registration package, it could ultimately cost more money and headache moving forward with such a solution.

However, there are instances which an association is forced to evaluate other third party software packages such as accounting systems. Because many of the AMS packages don’t have full blown accounting systems they are forced to integrate the two together. This would be the only instance in which I would allow my association to investigate other third party software packages.