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Join James Marquis, CIO at 501works , Villy Savino, VP of Technology Transformation at CoreNet Global , and Teri Carden, Founder at ReviewMyAMS on Tuesday, December...Read more

Association Software Platforms Are Better. Period. 

Guest post by Fonteva

Fonteva and Protech are two leading solutions for associations built respectively on the Salesforce and Microsoft platforms. These two companies were united in 2021 through...Read more

Technology Gone Wrong… And How To Make It Right Again

Guest post by Jennifer Boykin, VP, Marketing & Growth, Protech Associates

Unless you’re completely new to the Association Management System process, you’ve probably heard – and experienced – a disappointment or two when it comes to living with your organization’s AMS. You may be asking yourself why some AMS implementations fail and what you, and your organization, can do differently to dodge these...Read more

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Conquering the Technology Divide Between Nationals and Chapter

Guest post by Rick Rutherford , Writer, Speaker, and Association Technology Evangelist

For more than 15 years there has been a great amount of research, discussion and a little teeth grinding about the Digital Divide – and as often the case, associations find themselves in the middle of the discussion as a reflection of society at large.

It the association world this can be manifested as an...Read more

Lessons from an AMS Fest First Timer

When Derek Leman of 501CIO passed along this post after his first time at AMS Fest, we couldn’t help but to share with you. Great insights from his time in DC. Thanks for sharing, Derek!

Lessons from AMS Fest in Washington D.C.

When you get together with a hundred and fifty people in downtown Washington D.C. to talk about associations and tech, you want it to be a lively group. AMS Fest did not disappoint....Read more

Post 4, Follow the Money: Why are they interested in the association market?

My sources tell me that the association technology market is attractive because it’s viewed by private equity investors and executives as 1. Highly fragmented; 2. In need of a different management style as companies grow; 3. Entrepreneur-led.

Let’s talk about the fragmented market first. There are dozens of AMS products, each with hundreds of customers. The theory is that if a private equity firm can merge two equally sized AMS platforms and decommission one of them...Read more

Webinar Recap: Fostering Innovation at Your Association

Guest post by Sig VanDamme, Chief Customer Officer, and Dan Stark, Director of Product Strategy, NimbleUser

“Innovation is a new or better idea that meets unarticulated needs, new requirements or existing market needs.” - Wikipedia

Innovation is critical to the success of associations and it is essential for association leaders to foster a culture of innovation. For many associations...Read more

Post 3, Follow the Money: What are the motivations and who are they gunning for?

We’ve got the conversation really rolling in this post; we’ll explore what the motivations are of private equities and what types of technology companies they are interested in. Remember i n the last post that we described the different types of investments — note that this post focuses strictly on the private equity model.

Obviously, investors want to earn as much money as possible on their investment...Read more