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  • AMSFest and Bootcamp Festivities

    Dave is joined by Norma Castrejon, Senior Consultant at DelCor, and Gretchen Steenstra, Client Strategy Director at DelCor. The DelCorians discuss AMSFest and share the keys to success you should know when selecting and implementing business platforms. 

  • AMS vs. CRM: Choosing the Right Fit For Your Organization

    A common question that surfaces when we’re working with clients on system selection projects is whether they need an association management system (AMS) or an enterprise-level customer relationship management (CRM) system to serve as a critical element in their business system ecosystem. With the growth of enterprise CRM systems and related applications, some associations are…

  • The Godfather’s Warning: What Does Geoffrey Hinton’s Resignation Mean About the Future of AI?

    Recently, Geoffrey Hinton—a key figure in the development of artificial intelligence (AI)—announced his resignation from Google. The news has shocked many in the technology industry and caused us to contemplate Hinton’s reasons for resignation. Hinton cited growing concerns over the future impact of AI technology as his reason for stepping back. Specifically, Hinton seems to…

  • The is the Moment with Your Nerdy Best Friend Beth Z

    Dave is joined by Beth Z, also known as Your Nerdy Best Friend, for a conversation around artificial intelligence as well as some other tips and tricks that you need to know.

  • How to Handle Staff Who Fall for Phishing Emails—Putting Your Association at Risk

    Do you ever wonder why some people consistently fail cybersecurity awareness tests? How do they fall for phishing emails time and again? What does it take to get them to pay more attention and not be so careless? Remember the day you put cybersecurity awareness training in place—a service like KnowBe4, Sophos, or Webroot? That…

  • Celebrating Women’s History Month

    Last month Dave sat down with two guests in honor of Women’s History Month. The first was DelCor CEO Loretta DeLuca, to talk about her experience at the recent Women’s Executive Forum. His second guest was Colin McVey, Marketing & Communications Coordinator at the Women’s Hall of Fame in Dave’s hometown Seneca Falls, New York.

  • First Steps With AI: Don’t Lose Your Head, Use It

    There has been a lot of chatter about artificial intelligence (AI) recently. If you’ve been following the conversations at all, you’ll likely have been flooded with a whirlwind—or maybe more of a category 5 hurricane—of information with some blend of optimism, pessimism, and excitement. But that excitement has bred urgency—urgency to use AI, urgency to…

  • Revisiting AI Part 2

    Dave continues his important conversation with Jeff De Cagna, executive advisor for Foresight First LLC, about artificial intelligence and how it effects us as humans and our communities. 

  • Revisiting AI Part 1

    Dave sits down with Jeff De Cagna, executive advisor for Foresight First LLC, to talk about artificial intelligence’s increasing role in our work and day to day lives. 

  • Forget the Chicken and the Egg, Business Requirements Come First

    I hear more people talking about requirements for their technology selection process, which makes me happy because I’ve been writing about requirements and teaching classes about requirements for the past 10 years. But one thing still bothers me: People aren’t talking enough about business requirements. Unfortunately, project teams usually want to start with functional requirements, which is what they want the…