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6 Tips for Making Better Technology Decisions for your Association

Achurch

As organizational leaders, some of the most critical decisions you make involves the technology that your association or nonprofit uses. Yes, technology helps your employees accomplish more, in less time. But the right technology does so much more. No major technology decision should ever be made by one person.

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How to plan an effective request for proposal (RFP)

Nimble AMS

Is your organization thinking about purchasing new technology, but not quite sure where to start? Many associations struggle to take the first step in planning an effective request for proposal (RFP) when attempting to get their board on board for new tech plans and in becoming the catalyst of change for their organization. .

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Budget for Communications and Marketing When Proposing New Initiatives

MatrixG

Last week, I attended and spoke at the International Foundation’s Technology and Benefit Communications Conference, held in Boston, MA. When proposing new initiatives, include the marketing and communications plan in the project budget. Her advice? Megan’s advice is brilliant.

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6 tips for proposing new membership software to your board

Aptify

For starters, before you even get to the selection phase, you must convince the board to fund the project. A lot is riding on your proposal to the board: staff’s productivity and effectiveness, data security, and usefulness, maybe even your reputation, and definitely your stress level. Bring your project partners.

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Association Brain Food: 5.24.24

Reid All About it

After a successful April gathering in Alexandria VA, 501Works, PerByte, and Adage Technologies are hosting another Ven-Con for AMS/CRM vendors and consultants in Chicago on Tuesday, June 11. Ven-Con’s goal is to drive positive change in the AMS/CRM and technology systems selection space. Event engagement. Association boards.

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Beware of sneaky, hidden costs in your next association management system

Nimble AMS

Determining how much your next association management software (AMS) system will cost you can be a tricky thing. Many of the costs are predictable if you know what to look for. It’s not uncommon these days for associations to invest in a new AMS system only to be hit with additional, unexpected costs during implementation.

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Project Portfolio Management: Why You Need It - Part I

Delcor

And yet, not many organizations use a disciplined process to optimally select the projects they are investing in with people, dollars, and time. Due to inadequate project oversight and/or belief in the sunk cost fallacy , an organization continues to fund a project that is substantially over budget. Principle # (above).

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