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Collect and Organize Abstract Submissions for Your Next Annual Meeting

There’s a lot of smoke and mirrors in the abstract management pipeline of an annual meeting.  I like this metaphor because, to the casual onlooker, everything appears to happen automatically—as […]

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10 Ways to Protect Your Membership Data

Your members are trusting you with sensitive information.  Any database with user profiles, contact information, or membership data can be vulnerable to database security issues.  From serious financial breaches to […]

Tips for Managing Your Annual Meeting Session Chairs

Session chairs tend to come into the game late.   If your annual meeting were a tabletop game, you’d have already laid out the board, sorted and shuffled the cards, and […]

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The APIs Your Member Database Needs to Succeed

Membership associations need to push and pull data between a wide variety of software systems.  The core of the operation is probably your Association Management System (AMS)—but it can’t stand […]

association software
The Technology Balancing Act: Integrations For Association Software

It takes a lot of “stuff” to run an association.  The core of your association software suite is probably your Association Management System (AMS), but there are plenty of other […]

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How OpenWater Makes Planning Your Annual Meeting Easier

The annual meeting is coming around again.  Whether you’ve recently been handed the reigns or you’ve been running it for years, there’s a good chance you’ve got a wishlist of […]