In my work helping associations get the most out of their data, all roads tend to lead back to the association management system, or AMS. These workhorse systems serve as the central database of member records and activities for most of the groups I work with. Depending on the platform
Ask any association staffer: What is a member? In an association, this question borders on the obvious. Everything we do is for them. Every staff member knows what a member is. Right? It remains a basic question until you try to build a data model for strategic analysis. Like light
Technology
How a routine customer service exchange uncovered both the upside and the hidden risks of letting AI speak on behalf of your company and brand.
As the curtain falls on 2025, I celebrate six months of full‑time work at Catalystics. It's been a whirlwind half-year of learning, partnership, and growth. I've always been more of a "steady progress every day" type of person rather than one motivated
Quick question: Who exactly will be supporting your new system one year from now? How about two or three years from now? Five years? Ten years? How about sixty years from now? You read that right - some of our earliest commercial computer systems have been in service for nearly six
Data
How does trust factor into systems?
Data
How does a person interpret a metric the first time they see it?
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