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SUMMARY:New Website Checklist: Key Considerations for Your Next Website
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nListen to the Podcast \nThere are dos and don’ts when you are planning for a new website. Far too often\, associations develop and issue RFPs full of requirements that either doesn’t fit their audience’s needs or the size of their organization. There are always unknowns that should be expected\, but problems start to occur when misunderstood requirements are included. This leads to bids with huge cost disparities because of massive amounts of guesswork. In this course\, you will hear from Adage Technologies\, who has decades of experience navigating hundreds of association and non-profit website projects\, on what you need to do and what not to do so that your next website project is successful. \n  \n\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\n\nThe Difference Between Content Management System vs. Content Management Frameworks vs. Digital Experience Platform\nConsidering a Best-of-Breed Approach to Your Technology Stack\nExperienced Perspective On Building Good RFP Requirements\nProperly Identifying “Big Ticket Items” and How to Budget\nUnderstanding Buzzwords – Why Bleeding Edge Isn’t Necessarily The Right Decision
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/new-website-checklist-key-considerations-for-your-next-website/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:ASSOCIATIONS & NONPROFITS
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Toohey":MAILTO:jtoohey@adagetech.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220302T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220302T153000
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SUMMARY:The Future of NFT With Business Models
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nListen to the Podcast \nYou may have heard the term NFT but aren’t really clear on what it means\, or how NFTs could impact your Association and members. Join us for a dynamic panel discussion touching on many aspects of NFTs and their potential impact on your organization and membership. \nLEARNING OBJECTIVES \n\nLearn what an NFT is\nBecome a resource to inform and educate your members looking to understand NFTs\nLeverage NFTs to create added value for members\nLearn how NFTs can impact content-delivering capabilities
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/the-future-of-nft-with-business-models/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:ASSOCIATIONS & NONPROFITS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220315T110000
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CREATED:20220523T023912Z
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SUMMARY:Buyer's Journey Stages: Understanding Each Step of The Journey
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nListen to the Podcast \nYour marketing team constantly talks about the buyer’s journey. You’ve heard of the term – after all\, you’re a “buyer” yourself and you understand the typical decision-making process. But what are they really trying to define? And more importantly\, how does it generate growth in the form of new membership? Join us as we sift through all the marketing lingo your team is throwing down to get to the heart of what constitutes a buyer’s journey\, how it is built and how it delivers results. \n\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\n\nUnderstand the basic constructs and purpose the buyer’s journey serves\nIdentify and understand the building blocks required to build a journey\nUnderstand how digital assets and data support strategy and development of the buyer’s journey
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/buyers-journey-stages-understanding-each-step-of-the-journey/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:ASSOCIATIONS & NONPROFITS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T123000
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SUMMARY:How to write an RFP Request for Proposal
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nListen to the Podcast \nWhat Criteria Should Every Merchant Services RFP Contain and Why Does it Matter? \nYour credit card processing fees are a top ten-line item in your General Ledger. When releasing an RFP to evaluate new merchant service providers\, knowing how the credit card industry works is crucial. Your fiduciary obligation and reputation are on the line. With compliance standards to meet\, and risks to mitigate\, there is much to understand. We will demystify the credit card processing flow\, players\, terminology\, and musts to consider. You will leave feeling prepared to write your RFP and EVALUATE your perspective merchant service providers based on the criteria most important for your organization. We will evaluate how to identify the gaps in your current payments ecosystem and supply you with the questions to ask to reduce these issues in your future state. \n1. Knowing What You Don’t Know \n2. Terminology of the Industry and the Flow of Payments \n3. Capturing Your Current State Through GAP Analysis \n4. Risk Mitigation (PCI Compliance\, Fraud) \n5. How to Compare Pricing and Find Hidden Fees \n6. Putting it All Together: Writing the RFP with Your Future State in Mind \n\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\n\nTo give your organization a higher level of understanding of payment processing and equip you to make the most educated/informed decision on your payment processor/merchant services selection.\nTo provide you with important recommendations that will assist your progress in creating an omnichannel payments ecosystem.\nTo create a working framework that your Association can use to effectively evaluate future Processors while taking into consideration your current business process.
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/how-to-write-an-rfp-request-for-proposal/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:ASSOCIATIONS & NONPROFITS,B2B/B2G,Finance,Finance,Payments/PCI Compliance,Payments/PCI Compliance
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SUMMARY:How to Increase Newsletter Engagement | Top Strategies
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nListen to the Podcast \nMany organizations still struggle with email newsletter marketing. They don’t want to send information that is out-of-date and irrelevant but lag behind in keeping their emails current. Email newsletters are a great way to share industry news with your members\, but a lot has changed in the world of email. Join us and learn how to use email newsletter marketing to engage your members about current topics and industry trends\, newsletter best practices\, increasing engagement\, curating outside content and automation. \n\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\n\nIdentify ways to leverage new technologies to make your email newsletter more sophisticated.\nGet some useful ideas for maximizing your newsletter real estate.\nLearn how to leverage the fundamentals of email engagement for your newsletter.
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/how-to-increase-newsletter-engagement-top-strategies/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:ASSOCIATIONS & NONPROFITS
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ORGANIZER;CN="Erica Salm Rench%2C MBA":MAILTO:erica@sidecar.ai
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T110000
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SUMMARY:Automate Accounts Payable (AP): Impact on your Organization and your Industry
DESCRIPTION:Accounts Payable is absolutely critical to running a successful business.  Accounts Payable is the last line of defense against certain types of fraud\, and it holds immense responsibility to manage cash\, to comply with myriad regulations\, and to operate efficiently to ensure that suppliers get exactly what they are promised\, on time\, every time. \nEven so\, A/P is often under-supported by investment leaving team members with manual processes driving everyday “hair on fire” drills\, paper check processes that are unchanged in decades\, and little capacity to make changes — even changes with huge ROI. \nIn this AP Summit (1st part of a multi series Webinar) we will cover 3 main strategic areas of Accounts Payable: \n\nSupplier Vetting and the KYS (Know Your Supplier) Standard\nState of the Art in Payment Methods\nAP Best Practices to Create Value\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\n\nUnderstand Supplier Vetting and the KYS (Know Your Supplier) Standard\nLearn about the latest State of the Art in Payment Methods\nStudy AP Best Practices used by other peer organizations to Create Value
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/automate-accounts-payable-ap-impact-on-your-organization-and-your-industry/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:B2B/B2G,Finance,Payments/PCI Compliance
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T123000
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SUMMARY:How to Automate Accounts Payable For Your Business
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nListen to the Podcast \nAccounts Payable is absolutely critical to running a successful business.  Accounts Payable is the last line of defense against certain types of fraud\, and it holds immense responsibility to manage cash\, to comply with myriad regulations\, and to operate efficiently to ensure that suppliers get exactly what they are promised\, on time\, every time. \nEven so\, A/P is often under-supported by investment leaving team members with manual processes driving everyday “hair on fire” drills\, paper check processes that are unchanged in decades\, and little capacity to make changes — even changes with huge ROI. \nIn this AP Summit (1st part of a multi series Webinar) we will cover 3 main strategic areas of Accounts Payable: \n\nSupplier Vetting and the KYS (Know Your Supplier) Standard\nState of the Art in Payment Methods\nAP Best Practices to Create Value\n\n\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\n\nUnderstand Supplier Vetting and the KYS (Know Your Supplier) Standard\nLearn about the latest State of the Art in Payment Methods\nStudy AP Best Practices used by other peer organizations to Create Value
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/how-to-automate-accounts-payable-for-your-business/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:B2B/B2G,Finance,Payments/PCI Compliance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220323T143000
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CREATED:20220328T190129Z
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SUMMARY:The Roadmap to Engagement: Using Video Strategically
DESCRIPTION:Is your association using video strategically?   \nVideo is a must-have for associations to provide value and engage with their members. By lowering the cost and monetizing video\, it will turn into a profit center when produced and distributed to your audience strategically.   \n If your association is using video strategically\, then you are:  \n\nMeasuring the impact of your video investments on revenue\, retention and recruitment \nLeveraging the data from your audience’s behavior to guide future programming \nUsing video as the pillar to produce audio and text and offer choice to members \nMonetizing your multimedia content via sponsorship\, subscription and pay per view \n\n If your association is not checking off each item above\, you want to attend this webinar as the majority of your association member interaction continues to be digital engagement.  \n\n\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\n\nThe 4 steps to using video strategically iBest practices on how to use video as a pillar for your content strategy \nProfessional services\, technology and trends for creating professional video content on a budget  \nHow to create marketing and micro-learning content to support your webinars\, events and continuing education content \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/the-roadmap-to-engagement-using-video-strategically/
LOCATION:Group Internet-Based
CATEGORIES:ASSOCIATIONS & NONPROFITS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T130000
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SUMMARY:B110: Beyond DCAA Compliance - Making Your Accounting/ERP System a Tool for Growth & Scale
DESCRIPTION:Come learn how Microsoft Dynamics 365 can help Government Contractors improve operational efficiencies for Companies that either sell or manufacture products for the Federal Government. Hundreds of Government Contractors have relied on Microsoft Dynamics to achieve DCAA compliance as well as improved Operational and Financial processes. \n\n\n\n \n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\nYou will learn how the Dynamics 365 solution with the GovCon365 app helps Government Contractors with the following capabilities. Presentation agenda will include:\n\n\nNavigation and Personalization\nReporting\nClient specific workflows\nInventory Management\nQuote to Order Process\nAssembly Orders and BOM’s
URL:https://usteducation.org/event/b110-beyond-dcaa-compliance-making-your-accounting-erp-system-a-tool-for-growth-scale/
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