Automated Processes Reduce Bias
Licensing authorities play a critical role in society. They protect the public by ensuring practitioners have the credentials and ongoing qualifications to deliver competent service. To be effective, these organizations must be trustworthy and impartial. An organization that treats all potential members with unflinching fairness helps ensure both public trust and the trust of applicants going through […]
Securing the Move to Mobile
Mobile devices are becoming more commonplace every day as people continue to increasingly rely on them for everyday functions, and with good reason. The ability to connect and communicate whenever and from virtually wherever we want has made our lives productive, efficient and above all, convenient. It’s one of the reasons Alinity made the move […]
My Story: A “Newb” to License Management Software
When I first started my position here at Alinity/Alinity three months ago, I was not very sure at all what a License Management Software was or understood who used it. The term “College” to me meant post-secondary school, and what the heck was a regulatory body? There is license management and association management? What is […]
Best Practices for Password Management
Hello there! Today we’ll be discussing password management and password best practices. Alinity requires each user, whether it’s the College staff or its members, to have a password-protected account. Members usually only log into their account once a year (to renew) and forget their password after. This is a common reason members contact the college. Passwords […]
Avoid the Continuing Competency Drift at Your Association
Continuing Competency is Important Professionals in a regulated industry must continuously learn in order to keep their knowledge and methods up to date to provide the best care and service to clients. Anything medical, health care, educational, legal, etc. has useful information constantly being added, including new methods and practice guidelines. For doctors, it’s new info […]
Avoid Continuing Competency Drift at Your Association
Continuing Competency is Important Professionals in a regulated industry must continually learn in order to keep their knowledge and methods up to date to provide the best care and service to clients. Anything medical, health care, educational, legal, etc. has useful information constantly being added, including new methods and practice guidelines. For doctors, it’s new information […]
Subject Matter Experts & Procuring Association Management Software
Communicative Steps Your Organization Can Take When a College or association needs to procure new software, conflicts can arise because of the various departments. It’s important to communicate everything your organization needs, very clearly, to vendors. The organization needs to be aware that they are fully responsible for knowing what they want and if what they […]
Seven Deadly Sins of Association Management Software Procurement
Lately, we’ve been publishing posts mainly about association software procurement. Many organizations end up on our page when they are seeking new software, so, we thought a fun post for today would be to write about the 7 Deadly Sins of Software Procurement! These “sins” are just some don’ts in the process of procuring. Gluttony […]
Best Practices of Regulatory Body Staff
The staff of a regulatory body may have to look at hundreds of applications annually, and just like we wonder when we apply for a job, are they actually looking at each application with fair eyes? Are some reviewers more lenient than others when it comes to an application showing less experience than another? Not only is […]
Up-front vs. Subscription Costs of Association Management Software
Adopting new enterprise software is a huge deal. It’s not like adopting a new desk, or new office chair; it has to be learned how to be used by everyone, has a high budget, and involves interacting with a vendor for a few months that will hopefully meet your needs. It also takes months to completely […]
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