MFDA > Event > Agenda
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Main Hall
Keynote: Association Mobile Platform
Speaker(s): John Fosberg
i2Integration’s Association Mobile Platform is an open-ended, modular-based app that allows your association to plug in features and tools as you need them. Have an upcoming conference? The platform has a series of event modules; from agenda listings and handout uploads to an interactive exhibitor map and sponsor tools – you can create just about anything your association needs – even games like Exhibitor Bingo. For members focused on government affairs, add our legislator listing, district look-up or bill tracker modules. From online forms to member directories, secure member-only content and document sharing, there are literally hundreds of modules you can utilize for your specific needs. The Association Mobile Platform is fully customizable. Change the branding, or create new tools such as implementing a single sign on to your specific association management system. Best of all, you control the content. If your event speaker calls in sick two hours before the event and you need to make an immediate agenda change… you can change the app content instantaneously to members on both Android and iOS devices. How awesome is that?
Notes:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 402
Website Trends
Speaker(s): Sean McEvoy
The trend we are seeing in web and mobile design and development is the elimination of data silos by interlinking the data regardless of their source, whether that be the website, the mobile app, the member database, email marketing system and so on. In short, everything is tied to the member ID so as to track their engagement. Subscription-based software, also known as Software as a Service (Saas) has fundamentally changed the technology infrastructure of businesses and associations. Think of software such as: • SalesForce • Constant Contact • Hootsuite • SurveyMonkey • Quickbooks These systems tend to specialize in what they do and are quick to initiate which has fueled their explosive growth. The result: currently, the average number of different, specialized systems used by a typical small business is 14. For large organizations, that number can be as high as 400. In five minutes with a credit card, anyone can incorporate a Client Relationship Management System, a Learning Management System or social media marketing system into their organization. That’s awesome. But there’s a downside. In five minutes they just added an entirely new and separate technology infrastructure and data silo to their organization. This scattering and fragmentation of systems and the data they contain has created real problems.
Notes:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 202
Success Stories
Speaker(s): Lisa Powers
We increased online sales by 60% within 2 weeks of rolling out a redesigned CMS website for a national publishing company. We increased website traffic from 2,500 hits per month to over 9 million for a regional healthcare organization. We saved an insurance client $100,000 in the first four months of implementing a custom document management system. We rescued a failing intranet project, optimized their site and decreased load times by 92% for a Fortune 500 publishing firm. We rescued a failing LMS project, moving the non-profit association over to an open-source LMS for half the cost with single sign-on capability. This is what we live for.
Notes:
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Main Hall
Lunch & Learn
Enjoy mini presentations at your table while you learn and network with your peers.
Notes:
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Main Hall
Breakfast
Continental Breakfast - Enjoy!
Notes:
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Main Hall
Keynote: We Do DNN - You Should Too
Speaker(s): Don Clark
We live and breathe DotNetNuke (DNN). You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who knows more or works more in DNN than we do. At least, that's what our clients tell us! For over ten years we've been developing, designing and consulting on hundreds of DNN sites and custom module development projects across the globe, for associations, healthcare, business-to-business and government. To-date, we have developed over 500 DNN website worldwide. Why DNN? It's powerful. When your site needs to integrate with another system, needs single sign-on, or requires advanced features that require customization.... this is where DNN shines. And we're working with it every single day.
Notes:
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room 402
Third Thought
Speaker(s): Sushma Kodali
The Knowledge Management Platform Third Thought is a full-featured learning management system designed to help association professionals master the three key facets you need to be successful: Association knowledge Personal awareness Industry understanding Jointly developed by i2Integration and the Michigan Society of Association Executives, the mission of Third Thought is to provide associations with a comprehensive platform, integrating a digital library, courses, forum, on-demand learning and self-assessment into an easy-to-use, easy-to-adminster and scalable tool for members, non-members and association staff.
Notes:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 202
Websites to Drive Member Engagement
Speaker(s): Jim Marciniak
With i2Integration's Association Solutions (i2AS), we make your website the central hub of information of your association, providing a powerful first impression for potential new members, and the necessary tools to engage current members. To do that, we incorporate these 5 critical components to your i2AS website: 1. Make it mobile-first. Very soon (if not already), your audience will be visiting your website primarily from a mobile device. i2AS provides the mobile-first philosophies and technologies to streamline the flow of information, from the navigation to content, design and functionality, while jettisoning clutter and the unnecessary to provide fast, efficient and most important – relevant, information to your members. 2. Make it easy to manage. If you know how to use Microsoft Word, you know 95% of what you need to know to update content on the i2AS website. The tools are powerful, yet simple. Our approach is to train you (or train your trainers) and within hours, you’ll be managing the day-to-day operation of the site. 3. Give it the ability to share data and “talk” to other systems. Does this sound familiar: your members (and staff!) complain about having to manage multiple user accounts across multiple systems, about redundant data that is not shared between the website, the LMS, the CRM, eCommerce and other vital systems in your business. What you need is a website with the ability to "talk" to other systems, to provide single sign-on capability, to share data, to streamline processes and provide you with the information and analytics you need to make better decisions. That speaks to very foundation of the i2AS website. 4. Make it powerful and flexible. Your association website is ever-changing. So should your website. With a marketplace of thousands of inexpensive add-on modules and an open-source technology for customization, i2AS provides the features and flexibility you need to grow and evolve the website over time. 5. Make it eye-catching. We’re not just talking just superficially pretty. Our designs follows function, drawing the eye where it needs to be – whether that is a call to action, key information, or critical image you wish to project.
Notes: