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This interview between Stacy Tetschner and Bryan Kelly originally appeared on May 17, 2013 on AssociationMavens.com.

The American Dental Association is a professional association and the leading advocate for oral health representing more than 157,000 dentist members nationwide. Founded in 1859, the ADA is the oldest and largest dental society in the world and has since grown to be the leading source of oral health-related information for dentists and their patients. The ADA is dedicated to its mission of commitment to the public’s oral health, ethics, science, and professional advancement; leading a unified profession through initiatives in advocacy, education, research, and the development of standards.

The American Dental Association is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, comprised of members from 53 state and 545 local dental societies. ...

This interview between Kylee Coffman and Bryan Kelly originally appeared on May 1, 2013 on AssociationMavens.com. 

This is an important time in the association industry. By means of offering engaging content, connecting with mobile, and staying relevant on an individual level, association management systems must change and adapt to fill the requirements of their clients, just as associations are evolving to fit the needs of their member base.

The Future Of The AMS: A Conversation is a newly released eBook featuring key players from across the industry to address what the future of association management systems holds. Hosted by Aptify, we held an informal conversation with Don Dea, cofounder of Fusion Productions; Reggie Henry, Chief Information Officer at ASAE; Dave Laatz, Founding ...

An interview between Bryan Kelly and Jeff De Cagna originally appeared April 17, 2013 on AssociationMavens.com.

As our first return guest to Associations Mavens—Jeff De Cagna (@pinnovation) of Principled Innovation talks with me about his provocative article for Associations Now magazine titled Trapped in The Past: Five Challenges of Conventional Thinking. Additionally, we reference this bonus companion piece titled Five “Next Practices” for Board Business Model Stewardship. Don’t miss this fascinating discussion!

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Come watch Aptify CEO Amith Nagarajan (@amithnagarajan) as he showcases “The Association Crystal Ball: Measuring Member Engagement” at the California Society of Association Executives’ 2013 Annual Conference. His presentation will show how association administrators can quantify member engagement by utilizing the Composite Engagement Score (CES) to give a better depiction of what their future holds. This simple, easy-to-implement system will not only teach participants the benefits of accurately measuring member engagement, but also how to implement new policies and procedures to strengthen the association overall. Hosted by the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, Amith will be presenting to CalSAE on Friday, April 19^th, 2013 at 10:30 AM PDT. ...

Aptify CEO Amith Nagarajan (@amithnagarajan) is headed to San Diego for the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference. His presentation, “Measuring Donor Engagement: The Key to Continuing Contributors,” will show how measuring donor engagement can make all the difference to a fundraising campaign’s ultimate success. Hear what he has to say at 8:00 AM on Tuesday, April 9, in room 28C/D/E and pick up some vital takeaways that will have your next campaign flourishing.

The Aptify team is enjoying all that digitalNow has to offer in Orlando this week and preparing two fascinating presentations for Friday.

At 10:00 AM please join Jesse Sala, Software Engineering Manager at the American Dental Association, and David Frick (@dgfrick), Vice President of Customer Care & Support at Aptify, for “How Being User-Friendly Makes You Profit-Friendly: Enhancing Your Web Customer’s User Experience through Online Marketplace Best Practices.” This is perfectly suited to anyone interested in improving their online marketplace and those interested in leveraging their online capabilities to increase profit (located in Fantasia A/B).

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We often hear frustration from business people about programmers not understanding their business requirements. Having lived at the intersection of business and technology my entire career, I can tell you that it is indeed valuable for developers to communicate both technically and in business terms. While those types of folks are valuable, they are also fairly uncommon. Training developers more about business is very important for this reason.

An equally important but often overlooked piece of the solution is training business people on the basics of coding. While business people expect developers to “know their business,” very few have taken any time to learn even the basics of ...