netFORUM, Avectra's association management software: keeping pace with CRM innovations--XML Web services, the next advancement.

netFORUM, Avectra's association management software system, is a comprehensive Web-based solution that eliminates the barriers to information sharing and allows users to personalize their systems and control access to their information anywhere, any-time. It promotes a rich, focused user experience by merging traditional AMS functionality with extensive e-marketing and content management system (CMS) capabilities to provide organizations the most advanced technology to best manage their memberships.

Members who join associations in 2004 will expect quick communication and response. Rather than wait for an annual event to which they must travel, they will insist on quick and easy year-round access to information, education, and communication. Increasingly, members wish to communicate amongst themselves and will expect their associations to help them with networking of all kinds.

Associations must leverage the growing self-service nature of the economy, trends in information delivery, and demographic changes within their target memberships. Associations already know they must build and maintain a significant presence on the World Wide Web. Web-based technologies deliver advances that allow associations to remain flexible and respond to the rapid changes in the socioeconomic environment and membership needs.

Current technology, comprehensive solution

netFORUM's enterprisewide, Web-based system includes association management, e-commerce, e-marketing, and content management capabilities. To run netFORUM, users simply need a browser on their machines. Built entirely with Microsoft's new development platform .NET, it is streamlined to improve your organization's operation and reduce your costs. Unlike most association management software (AMS), netFORUM is designed to be changed and extended. It has a robust design tool that provides a high level of configurability. This means that netFORUM will grow with your association as initiatives and business procedures change and evolve.

XML Web services are the standard for better reliability with lower costs and less time investment. Associations that meet the expectations of their members will turn increasingly to state-of-the-art Web services programming and question the viability of any AMS vendor that cannot demonstrate expertise in XML implementation.

With netFORUM, associations will be able to more effectively meet their current and emerging demands by

* providing members with immediate, 24/7 access to relevant information, helping to position the association as the purveyor of valuable information and, therefore, the place to go when someone needs information;

* communicating more effectively via digital media;

* delivering mass personalization of information to each member in the manner he or she wishes to receive it;

* providing home page marketing opportunities, including real-time information about meetings and conferences, online registration capability, association resources, and publications; and

* realizing long-range cost savings through investment in digital technology. The production and distribution costs of communicating and sharing information approaches zero when done digitally. Ultimately, a well-structured and maintained online presence will result in satisfied members and association growth and viability.

Just some of netFORUM's advantages:

* Easy creation of new forms.

* Effortless data list import functionality.

* Trouble-free membership processing.

* Simple Web site management.

* Streamlined and efficient e-marketing.

* Seamless event registration.

* Simple and efficient chapter management.

* Efficient alignment of staff resources.

* Streamlined data integrity management.

* Easy deployment and upgrades.

* State-of-the-art technology.

* Cost savings on hardware.

About Avectra

Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and founded in 1993, Avectra is a leading software and technology provider for the nation's largest and most influential member-based organizations. We bring an uncompromising commitment to partnership relationships based on mutual trust and the future needs of our customers. We also work to provide a flexible and extensible solution, combined with strong industry knowledge, tailored to meet client-specific needs. Our client base includes trade associations and professional societies, chambers of commerce, unions, fraternal organizations, and charitable foundations.

Take a free trial

Avectra believes that we can serve you best by letting you see for yourself how netFORUM has helped prestigious organizations like yours. To take a free trial using your own data or view a demonstration, simply contact Avectra.

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