This week I finally quit using Internet Explorer and started using Chrome. I finally got tired of all the problems I was having with IE simply deciding not to come up at all – just spins the icon and then … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Association Management Software
Bad RFPs lead to bad responses to RFPs!
In my last article, I discussed the sins committed by companies responding to RFP’s. Now let me talk about the other side of the equation. For associations, or any company, writing an RFP, you can make it easier on yourself … Continue reading
Getting Real with Proposals
Recently, I have been involved a process where I was to review proposals for an IT project that would ultimately cost in the 10’s of millions of dollars. This was truly a view from the other side. For many years I … Continue reading
Best-of-Breed Plus Rules Engine
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In a past post, I talked about a different approach to Association Management Software, in fact, starting a company where the software provided simply an interface to other vendor solutions. Anymore, I think this approach is reasonably valid given the … Continue reading
Simple Database Structures Lead to Complex Reporting
It is interesting to look under the covers of WordPress to the database architecture see how people are creating plug-ins to deal with so many different functions. Take a look at the table wp_usermeta that stores information about users. The … Continue reading
Why not WordPress instead of a commercial AMS?
I’ve spent a number of posts discussing how WordPress could be used in place of an association management system for small associations but when you get right down to it, I don’t believe for a minute that the approach would … Continue reading
Is the AMS dead? (Part Two)
Association Management Software (AMS) has been around as a specific genre since the 70’s. In fact, my original company, Resources, Inc., in Chicago, created some of the first commercial software for associations first as something accessible through our service bureau and … Continue reading
Is Integrated Association Software Dead?
Many of my posts have looked at what is essentially free catching up with software costing many thousands of dollars. The past is important in the understanding of where I am going with this post. In years past, the key … Continue reading
Setting up your own blog based website
This post is for people who want to set up a website for a small association and need to do it inexpensively. Commercial association software is expensive but often very comprehensive. To create a website inexpensively for the Catalina380 International … Continue reading
Shopping Carts in Blogging Software
Shopping Carts in Blogging Software versus Association Software Let’s continue with my small site for the Catalina380 International Association. Though the association’s officers didn’t want to sell anything just yet through the site, I wanted to make sure this would be … Continue reading