Association Tech Insider

In this episode of the Association Tech Insider podcast, hosted by Wes Trochlil, President of Effective Database Management and a member of ASAE's Technology Professionals Advisory Council (TPAC), Wes, accompanied by experts Amy Gavin, Monica Pemberton, and Adam Savino, discuss the intricate process of system selection for associations.

They delve into two main categories: enterprise systems and applications. They explore identifying organizational needs, crafting requests for proposals (RFPs), evaluating vendor demonstrations, and negotiating contracts.

The conversation offers insights into maintaining alignment with organizational strategy, the importance of stakeholder involvement, customer journey mapping, and ensuring post-implementation support.

The guests share practical advice on building partnerships with vendors and leveraging internal resources like finance teams to manage application consumption effectively. They also emphasize the significance of detailed planning and transparency in the selection and implementation process.

This year the ASAE Technology Professional Advisory Council (TPAC) will host a series of podcasts in collaboration with ASAE Young Professionals Advisory Council on the upward mobility to the C-Suite. This podcast features a conversation between a young professional and a CEO about what it takes to climb the ladder to the C-Suite in the association world. 

Hosted by Michael Pereira, Marketing Manager at School Nutrition Association and featuring Sheri Sesay-Tuffour, PhD, FASAE, CAE, ICE-CCP, IOM the Chief Executive Officer at the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. 

Make sure to follow TPAC on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asae-tpac/ 

In this episode of Association Tech Insider, we share actionable tips for optimizing your organization's data collection and management. From asking the right questions to secondary data sources, these quick wins will help you streamline your data quality efforts - for organizations of all sizes!Hosted by Jenny Johnson, CAE, Senior Director, Enterprise Services at the American Psychiatric Association and Dana Karstensen, Data Governance Product Manager at the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

In this podcast, we will recap the recent AWTC Webinar “Unpacking Data Governance – Defining Roles, Processes, and Priorities” where guests and participants dove into three key pillars of good data governance: 

Hosted by Alex Mouw, Principal Strategic Advisor for Membership Organizations at AWS for Nonprofits and featuring Dana Karstensen, Data Governance Product Manager at the American Society of Anesthesiologists; Norma Castrejon – strategic consultant at Delcor, and Evan Reid, Sr Director of Analytics for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).  

Want to know more about the ASAE Technology Professionals Advisory Council (TPAC)? Find us on LinkedIn. 

In collaboration with ASAE’s Young Professional Advisory Council, the ASAE Technology Professional Advisory Council (TPAC) will host a podcast series focused on workforce development and career growth. This series address the pivotal question: “I want to be a CXO, how do I get there?”  

Each episode will feature a young professional interviewing an association professional in a C-suite role. In today’s episode, John Losh, Sr. Director of Membership & Customer Insights and past Chair of Young Professional Advisory Council leads a conversation with Chantal Almonord, CAE, Chief Information & Engagement Officer at ISPOR and Board Member at Association Women Technology Champions. 

Listen to Chantel as she shares her journey to the C-suite and provides actionable advice for association professionals looking to take a path to leadership.  

Make sure to follow TPAC on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asae-tpac/ 

It's Halloween, and to celebrate the ASAE Technology Professionals Advisory Council brought together three council members to share their scary IT stories and the lessons learned!

Hosted by Justin Burniske, Principal Consultant at Meta-Dao, he talks with Norma Castrejon, Strategic Consultant, Technology Consulting at DelCor Technology Solutions, Michael (Misha) Getter, Vice President, Systems and Technology at Global Cold Chain Alliance and Becky Breeden, Chief Executive Officer at Brightfind. They share stories of email outages, abandoned implementations and insecure data - OH MY!

Hopefully you'll be scared into taking some extra precautions in any situations when you tackle future projects - particularly when it comes to identifying the best tools and partners to work with!

⁠Norma Castrejon⁠

Michael (Misha) Getter

Becky Breeden

Justin Burniske

On this episode of Association Tech Insider, we get an inside look at the ASAE Technology Professionals Advisory Council (TPAC), as last year's leadership team talks through the goals they had for their terms, what was accomplished, what challenges they encountered, and some thoughts on the future. This is a great listen for anyone who is either looking to take on a volunteer leadership role or who works with volunteers at their association. 

Justin Burniske - Principal Consultant and Co-Owner of Meta-Dao and the current chair hosts Carlos Cardenas, Senior Director of Information Technology at National Board of certification and recertification for Nurse Anesthetists, and Gretchen Steenstra - Director of Client Strategy at DelCore Technology Solutions, the two former TPAC Chairs.

Carlos - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/semperwifi/ ⁠ 

Justin - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jburniske/⁠  

Gretchen -  ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchensteenstra/⁠  

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Host Heather Harris, PhD - Principal Data Scientist at Herkimer Consulting - interviews Felicia Schwartz and Jenn Spykerman, co-founders of Bridgeway Digital Advisors about what association leaders can learn about AI adoption in other industries. Topics covered include model selection and implementation, quality monitoring, guarding against model degradation, and what to watch for at each step of the AI implementation process. 

Heather Harris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherdawnharris/

Jenn Spykerman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferspykerman/

Felicia Schwartz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicia-schwartz/

The final podcast in our MMC+Tech Recaps - in this one we talk about being an Inbox Hero, and how associations can start to think more strategically about their emails. Hosted by Justin Burniske, TPAC Chair, this podcast features Amy Gavin, Director of Digital Strategy, American Society for Nutrition, Tadu Yimam, Vice President, Digital Engagement, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), Adam Savino, Vice President, Technology & Organization Effectiveness, ASIS International, and Apryl Alexander-Savino, Senior Director, Events and Marketing, Plastics Industry Association.

In an era of information overload, organizations must navigate internal inefficiencies to achieve effective external marketing and communications. This session covers "traffic cop" techniques to streamline coordination across teams and platforms. Discover strategic alignment, clear communication practices, and technological solutions that optimize engagement while curbing communication fatigue.

Find our guests online!

Amy Gavin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amysgavin/

Tadu Yimam - https://www.linkedin.com/in/taduyimam/

Adam Savino - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsavino/

Apryl Alexander-Savino - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprylsavino/

Justin Burniske - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jburniske/

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Hosted by Stephen Gabriel, Senior Director of Technology at American Health Law Association, this podcast recaps the MMC+Tech Session Selecting a New Association Management System: Lessons from the Trenches featuring Wes Trochlil, Owner of Effective Database Management, and Shannon Ollikainen, Chief of Staff at National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC).

The podcast discusses the seven key steps to an Association Management System (AMS) selection and implementation, why each step is so important, and uses NAMIC journey through the process to help illustrate how an association can manage each step.

Wes Trochlil - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-trochlil-a17146/⁠

Shannon Ollikainen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonollikainen/

Stephen Gabriel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-gabriel-ab045a1b/

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