National AMS Users Group Conference Held in Reston, VAWritten by gomembers, Inc.
[Herndon, VA] The National AMS Users Group (NAUG: http://www.naug.net), a membership organization dedicated to maximizing efficiency and usage of their gomembers’ AMS software solutions held their Annual Conference October 20-22, 2004 at Sheraton Reston Hotel. This year’s conference featured speakers from Microsoft, Illinois Bankers Association, Society for Petroleum Engineers, and more, with formats including round table and panel discussions, as well as lectures. Topics were geared toward helping users recognize and implement changes to improve member services within their various organizations. Well attended, meeting attracted a large number of “first-timers” this year, as well as a large cross-section of other NAUG members. The attendees found this year’s format beneficial, as it encouraged more open discussions than ever before.gomembers, Inc., (http://www.gomembers.com), a sponsor of event, is a major provider of association management software that provides framework for running all aspects of non-profit association. “We are pleased that so many of our AMS users take time to get together to further benefit NAUG membership. This conference always gives us fresh insight and perspective into our customers’ needs, and help us focus our efforts appropriately. One of gomembers’ hallmarks of services is keeping up with our customers’ needs and encouraging their feedback. The NAUG Annual Meeting is one of our most important ways of hearing from our customers,” said Tom McGourty, gomembers’ Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
| | Is Your Business Idea Feasible?Written by Darrin F. Coe, MA
Is Your Business Idea Feasible? By Darrin F. Coe, MA 10/26/04So you have a love for business, have a talent or skill you’re passionate about, and believe you’ve come up with a great business idea? Before you push forward you should consider doing a feasibility study to see whether you’re business idea is worth your time; whether you should just dump idea; or whether you can modify your idea and make it profitable. Study a specific business. – If you can spend some time working for a business that your idea closely resembles this is a great way to develop an idea of feasibility – If business is regulated, regulatory agency will have public records that you can study – If you have friends in business ask them if you can spend a day at work with them or spend some time interviewing them. == sidebar == you perform a feasibility study to determine how much a project will cost and if it can be profitable. You gather facts, and add intuition. == sidebar == Your feasibility study should include a location study – consider where it is
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