Association Management Solutions (AMS)

By Jack Dempster | April 7, 2023

Most companies leverage a variety of software platforms to manage their businesses. For a small commercial business, this may be limited to one or...

By Carol Hamilton | December 8, 2021

Most people think of strategic planning as a marathon 8- or 10-hour or 2-day retreat. You process lots of information, discuss, debate and...

By Gayathri Kher | April 29, 2021

Finding the right AMS for your organization can be like Prince Charming finding Cinderella. Sure, you have a glass slipper - you know what you want....

By Noel Shatananda | April 1, 2021

You are live, have gone through the go live challenges, and have worked on the other phases whereby the implementation project can be closed. What...

By Noel Shatananda | March 18, 2021

Your organization has put countless hours of work and research into your new AMS, and now it is time to introduce it to members and stakeholders.

By Noel Shatananda | March 4, 2021

The end of Your AMS Journey is in sight - you have undergone testing and training, and are now ready to prep for launch. In fact, preparing for go...

By Amine Zerrouki | March 2, 2021

Beginning February 1, 2022, Salesforce will require customers to enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in order to access Salesforce products. In...

By Noel Shatananda | February 18, 2021

Your organization has been hard at work throughout the implementation and data conversion phases of the project. The team has made great progress,...

By Noel Shatananda | February 5, 2021

Data conversion, or data migration, is the task of bringing over relevant data from your legacy system to your new CRM. This is one of the most...

By Noel Shatananda | January 21, 2021

Well, it's time to begin! In Your AMS Journey, Implementation is the execution phase of the whole endeavor. In Step 6 you defined the scope of your...

By Hans Stechl | January 14, 2021

netFORUM Enterprise is a feature-rich association management system (AMS), but most associations will inevitably find themselves needing to customize.

By Noel Shatananda | December 10, 2020

With the discovery stage complete, you and your staff let out a sigh of relief. The team is happy the implementation is moving along, and members are...

By Noel Shatananda | November 25, 2020

By this stage of Your AMS Journey, you have made all the crucial decisions regarding choosing a new product and implementation partner. With your...

By Noel Shatananda | November 12, 2020

You made your product selection, and are excitedly looking forward to implementing your new AMS platform. Now comes the decision to select an...

By Noel Shatananda | October 29, 2020

As implementers, we often get asked this question is some shape or form during the AMS Journey. For those following this series in order, we have...

By Noel Shatananda | October 16, 2020

As an organization that specializes in AMS support and implementation, we typically step in after the selection of an Association Management System...

By Noel Shatananda | October 1, 2020

Welcome to Your AMS Journey: Selection to Adoption, a blog series presented by fusionSpan. Throughout our work providing consulting, implementation,...

By Justin Burniske | September 24, 2020

In our latest...

By Steve Brodt | February 27, 2020

If you use Salesforce or a platform like Fonteva, then you are probably well aware of the Salesforce Spring ‘20 release, which came out on February...

By Justin Burniske | October 31, 2019

I realized in that moment the challenge - managers know high level what they wanted to accomplish, but none of the managers were experts in...

By Rebecca Breeden | October 3, 2019

It’s inevitable. In every implementation of a new AMS solution, we eventually come to the question of what information needs to be collected for...

By Justin Burniske | March 13, 2019

Most associations struggle to establish a culture of data, where everyone understands the value of customer data. Here are five items all...

By Swathi Patnam | February 14, 2019

Roses are red, Violets are blue, We love Salesforce reports And we hope you do too!

By Justin Burniske | November 2, 2018

One of the biggest challenges with association management system (AMS) implementations is that organizations often confuse processes in their old...

By Karan Mohan | September 27, 2018

The transition of your Salesforce organization from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Experience (LEX) can seem like be a daunting change with a lot of...

By Christopher Mudd | August 9, 2018

If you’re reading this, you are somewhat familiar with Salesforce and maybe even its groups construct. Essentially, a group is a group of users...

By Hans Stechl | July 25, 2018

In the previous post, we went through an overview...

By Hans Stechl | July 19, 2018

There are a number of different implementations for Single Sign-On (SSO). SSO is generally approached in one of two ways - The first is a browser-side

By Justin Burniske | May 17, 2018

As with any good booth, we had giveaways! And not those pens that leak in your bag. We looked to, “grow new partnerships” with clients and...

By Christi Liongson | April 5, 2018

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of the most significant changes in data privacy regulations in 20 years.

By Justin Burniske | March 29, 2018

Unfortunately, customizations are a double-edged sword. On one hand, they allow the organization to completely mold the AMS to their business needs...

By Justin Burniske | February 22, 2018

Working with a customer relationship management (CRM) system presents a similar problem – people must do work now to reap the benefits later. A CRM...

By Justin Burniske | October 12, 2017

Too often new technology is introduced to an organization at great cost without addressing the strategic purpose or plan for the tool. This results...

By Manav Kher | September 14, 2017

You can solve the countless email bombardment, for you and your users, by creating a new certificate and transitioning all your connected Apps and...

By Justin Burniske | September 22, 2016

It’s an intimate event where association professionals can get an up-close look at a bunch of different AMS (association management systems)...

By Linh Hoang | June 16, 2016

Where has the time gone?! This year has flown by, and today marks the first day of summer! If you’re like me, you have left a lot of opportunities...

By Mary Glavin | May 5, 2016

May 10th, just 5 days post Cinco de Mayo is another day for celebration in this month of budding optimism; AMS Fest Midwest in Chicago is the place...

By Linh Hoang | April 29, 2016

Hello Small Staff Big Impact. I’m baack! I’ve spent the better part of the last year traveling around Australia and SE Asia. I’ve met a lot of...

By Justin Burniske | November 5, 2015

At this point everyone will agree that software systems have permeated all areas of business. From HR to Marketing to Accounting to Customer...

By Jessica Sansaet | August 14, 2015

“What do you do for a living?” Many people seem surprised when I answer that I work in IT. Almost as if the phrase “woman in IT” is some kind...

By Manav Kher | March 24, 2015

netFORUM Pro is a widely adopted association management system (AMS). It provides several interfaces that can be used for member interaction. eWeb or...

By Linh Hoang | February 27, 2015

There has been lots of buzz lately in ASAE’s Collaborate community regarding Salesforce based AMS/CRMs for associations. Since we’ve got our...

By Sheree Santantonio | January 9, 2015

Congratulations to Caroline from the South Carolina Bankers Association for winning fusionSpan’s 2014 netFORUM Pro Consulting Giveaway. We...

By Adam Thocher | January 2, 2015

With each new year, we reflect on as many of the last 365 days we can remember while simultaneously resolving to [insert unattainable New Year’s...

By Manav Kher | January 6, 2014

One of our clients, a small-staff association, wanted to improve user experience during the annual conference registration . In the past they just...

By Linh Hoang | December 20, 2013

It's 5 days until Christmas and we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to all of our friends, fans, and future followers.

By Gayathri Kher | September 26, 2013

Have you considered hiring a consultant to help you identify the ideal system for your association and help with the data conversion? If your...