Public Registry Best Practices for Regulatory Bodies – Part 1
What should a public registry look like? If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years of implementing association management software for regulatory bodies, it’s that no one does things exactly the same – and the Public Register (also known as Public Registry or Registrant Directory) is no exception. The public register is the set […]
Competence Audits for Regulatory Body Management
Mandatory Continuing Competence We’ve recently been posting about different topics relevant to Continuing Competence and how it is important and mandatory for professionals to continue their education regularly in order to benefit and protect the public the most. Other than marking exams, how do Colleges know their members are competent? CCP Audits at random selection Like […]
Budgeting for Association Management Software Procurement
The majority of people that are purchasing a major software, such as Alinity, have not done so before. Purchasing small software for accounting or book keeping doesn’t really count as major software. Major software costs large amounts of money, often thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, as well as allocating a significant amount of […]
Best Practices: Protect Your Association from Phishing Emails
Associations fall victim to Phishing Emails too In light of recent news, where an Alberta regulatory body became victim of a phishing email resulting in a data breach, we wanted to provide some information about what phishing is and some steps that you and your members can take to ensure that you are as safe as possible. While […]
5 Tips to Improve the Application Process
The best way to keep your relationship on a positive note with anyone is communication. That’s really what it’s all about, so why not with your association management software? We don’t just mean communication in the traditional sense of back and forth dialogue, but by letting applicants know ahead of time what is required. By doing […]
Submitting Data to CIHI
Most regulatory bodies have to submit data to external organizations. Often these submissions are in the form of aggregated totals of ages, registration classes, etc. These can generally be completed by sending them a report. Other times though, the data you send is highly detailed – perhaps sending a list of your registrants off to […]
6 Things Our Support Desk Wants You To Know
Our support desk at Alinity/Permitsy regularly has a very busy day, as it probably is in any software company. Each day we have a standup meeting to discuss the progress of tickets that clients send in that specify requests, errors, and questions. We want to make sure all our regulatory bodies are getting their solutions […]
Tech Glossary: Technical Terms Explained in Everyday Language
With the success of The Support Desk Glossary, we decided to make a general terms version. These are terms that are used across all industries, not just Permitsy. Some of them are commonly said around modern households, such as “IP address” and some are less brought up, like “query.” These definitions are written in non-technical […]
The Support Desk Glossary!
The Support Desk pretty much has a language on their own. Instead of using regular everyday language, they have jargon that is sometimes specific to our company. How are we supposed to naturally know what developers are talking about? Most people that do not work in coding, programming, or anything computer related don’t know what […]
Database Management: Tags vs. Taxonomy
When it comes to a large number of items, whether it’s documents or online profiles, you need to have a method for grouping them to create organization and make it easier to locate them. There are two common methods to grouping: folksonomy (tags) and taxonomy. Folksonomy Folksonomy is arranging groups through collaborative classifications in a […]
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