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By Audrey Smilgys – Senior Solution Consultant at Protech With the ASAE Annual Meeting right around the corner, the American Society of Association Executives turned to some colorful and creative direct mail pieces to generate more attention for the already popular event. Time will tell if it worked, but ASAE’s extra attention to direct... Read More
By Matt Dickens – LX Product Manager When annual meeting season rolls around, the out-of-office emails start coming in droves. And once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, right? Maybe this sounds familiar: “I am attending [our annual meeting] in [a city] from [start date] to [end date]. I will return [on this... Read More
By Charlie Sapienza, Business Development Manager As the Protech team prepares for two more AMS Fests in 2019, I started thinking about how the association management software selection process has changed. With the proliferation of review sites and association conferences, the AMS selection process looks a lot different than it did even a few... Read More
By The Protech Team Chief financial officers have more influence than ever at associations. Don’t believe us? Here’s what Associations Now’s Contributing Editor Mark Athitakis wrote in 2018: “CFOs don’t just get to be CFOs anymore. Increasingly, they’re being called up on to take on the leadership roles that have long tended to stay in the... Read More
By Thom Herne – Relationship Manager Losing a long-time staff member, whether it be to retirement, resignation or personal reasons, can be a big blow to any association. Few people understand your core processes and, more importantly, your members better than your longest-tenured teammates. Fortunately, proper planning can help an association overcome these inevitable... Read More
By The Protech Team It’s hard to find new software for your organization. It’s even harder to find software solutions your staff will actually use. Why? Because people are resistant to change, and learning something new is never easy. On top of that, only 32 percent of Americans are still engaged while at work,... Read More
By The Protech Team An association management software (AMS) implementation is a huge win for your staff. It requires collaboration, communication and patience, and it can be a real team-building experience for your employees. But successfully going live with a new AMS is a fruitless effort if the software’s not helping to grow your... Read More
By The Protech Team Will Slade is always trying to “raise the bar” at Protech, and since returning to the company in 2013, he’s been energized by the talent around him. “Protech also is an excellent breeding ground for taking young, raw talent and coaching them to be all-stars,” Will said. “So when you... Read More
By The Protech Team Advancements in cloud technologies disrupted the association management software upgrades process in the best possible way, creating forever upgrades. There are now a handful of AMS solutions on the market that operate entirely in a pure cloud model, making the upgrade process simple. Previously, here’s what would come to mind when... Read More
By The Protech Team So, you’ve selected your new association management software. For many associations, that’s the first domino to drop when building a technology solution to support the member experience. Once your database is sorted, all eyes turn to the next major software project. Unlike the AMS search, complementary solutions won’t usually necessitate a... Read More