Lessons from a CIO on Work, Senior Staff Engagement and the Permission-Based...
At AMS Fest a couple of weeks ago, I got a chance to sit down with Reggie Henry, Chief Information and Engagement Officer at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). I always ask Reggie...
View ArticleThe Checkbox War is Over: How to Pick a New AMS Partner
I was talking to my friend Ben Muscolino at Benel Solutions. Ben’s company does netFORUM implementations and other AMS integrations. Matrix Group has several clients in common and we love working with...
View ArticleGDPR: Do You Really Want to be Forgotten?
Guest post by Tanya Kennedy Luminati, MatrixMaxx Product Manager We’re almost two months past the GDPR deadline, and we’re all still alive! (Well, mostly.) Just because the deadline has come and passed...
View ArticleMatrix Group’s Favorite Tech Tools for Staff Productivity
Last week, a group of Matrix Group staff hosted a Tech Talk on our favorite tech tools. The Tech Talk was inspired by a conversation with a client who wanted to know more about Slack, one of our...
View ArticleDon’t Pile on the Tech Debt by Developing in an Old Platform
I blogged recently about the dreaded tech debt. I blogged about how to identify it and describe it. We all know that tech debt sucks! But what do we do about the tech debt we’ve got and how do we...
View ArticleShould You Crowdsource the Session Topics at Your Next Conference?
Teri Carden, Founder of ReviewMyAMS, has a unique take on conference sessions. She crowdsources several of the sessions at AMS Fest. AMS Fest is an event that brings together AMS (association...
View ArticleMembers Want Curation and Insight from Their Associations – Part One
One of the best parts of my job is conducting user interviews. Nearly every Matrix Group project starts with a User Persona exercise where we interview staff to glean their most important target...
View ArticleWhy There is Still Room for a Small, Local Player in the AMS Space
Last month, some of the largest AMS (association management software) companies (YourMembership, Abila, Aptify and NimbleAMS) joined forces to create Community Brands, which they describe as “a...
View ArticleWhat Does Digital Transformation Mean for an Association or Non-Profit?
What does digital transformation mean for an association or non-profit? What does this transformation look like? These were two of the questions posed by Teri Carden, Founder of ReviewMyAMS and...
View ArticleAn Executive Director’s Guide to Getting the Most Out of Your Next Conference
I recently had coffee with Carol Singer Neuvelt, Executive Director of NAEM. NAEM is a professional association that empowers corporate leaders to advance environmental stewardship, create safe and...
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