ATS Products Webinars

Navigating the Choice Between QR Code and Passive RFID Tracking for Your Event

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Presenter: Paul Bremond, Senior Director, American Tradeshow Services

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

In today's digital era, event organizers face the crucial decision of choosing between QR code and passive RFID tracking systems. This presentation will delve into the strengths and limitations of both technologies, exploring their practical applications in event management. Join us as we analyze the factors that can help you make an informed decision tailored to the unique needs and dynamics of your event.

AI-Powered Learning: Revolutionizing Course Creation

Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Liam O'Malley, Vice President, Association Solutions, Blue Sky eLearn

Presenter: Jena Cummiskey, Vice President of Product, Blue Sky eLearn

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

In a world where educational needs are changing at an unprecedented pace, it's crucial to stay ahead of the curve. Join us for a groundbreaking webinar that peers into the future of education, revealing how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the way we create and deliver learning courses.

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, harnessing the power of AI is not just an advantage; it's the key to unlocking the potential for rapid learning content development and deployment. This webinar is your gateway to understanding how AI can supercharge your education initiatives.

Re-evaluating Communication Tools: Enhancing Your Member Experience

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

In the ever-evolving landscape of member engagement, the tools and channels you use to communicate can make all the difference. Are your current communication methods effectively connecting with your membership? Are there more innovative ways to engage your audience?

Join us for an enlightening webinar where we delve into the art of re-evaluating your communication tools to boost member engagement. Discover strategies to connect more effectively, foster stronger relationships, and create lasting impressions with your membership.

Taking it to the Next Level - Combining Data and Processes to Accomplish a Sophisticated Workflow

Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

With the increasing popularity of the iMIS Bridge for integrating third-party applications, organizations are seeking ways to integrate data and processes from various systems into a streamlined and sophisticated workflow for their members. By combining systems, they are able to create a seamless experience - for instance, members can register in one system and manage certifications through another. Join us as we examine the innovative ways organizations are developing world-class certification, education, marketing, and membership engagement programs while keeping iMIS as the authoritative source of information.

Can One Person Make a Difference?

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Panelist: Kunal Johar, Chief Technology Officer, Openwater, an ASI Company

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

In theory, technology should make tasks and processes more efficient. A year ago, ASI acquired OpenWater. Hear from their CTO about how this innovation is reaching associations. This discussion will be followed by a hands-on demo of the OpenWater platform.

Considerations when Implementing Third-Party Technology Event Solutions with iMIS

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

When integrating event technology with iMIS using tools like Cvent, eShow, or A2Z, there are some important factors to consider. Those include single sign-on, source of truth, and how money is accounted for.  Join us as we review the best practices to use when integrating iMIS with these third-party solutions.

Getting the Most Out of your RiSE Website by Leveraging iParts

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Jake Robida, Service Team Manager

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

iParts are the building blocks of every RiSE websites, but do you know what they are all used for? Join us as we discuss the most popular and some of the lesser known iParts available in iMIS.

Getting the Most Out of Your Email Marketing

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Email marketing is a critical component of association communication and member engagement, but are you getting the most out of your solution? An iMIS-integrated email marketing solution can help by making it easy to dynamically target specific audiences based on information found in iMIS. It allows you to use iMIS communication opt-in/out preferences to handle unsubscribes so that your community gets the information they want to receive and pushing back vital information about how your member interacts with your correspondence back to iMIS so that it can be used for dashboards and engagement scoring to guide your organization in critical decision making. Join us as we review the many integrated email options.

Integrating Third-Party Applications Made Easy with iMIS Bridges

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

While there are different approaches to integrating third-party application to iMIS, the goal should be one that allows a world-class experience for your community and staff. The iMIS Bridges platform encompasses integration modules to140 of the most popular solutions used by member organizations.

• Templated Approach
• Configurable
• Works with core out-of-the-box iMIS
• Works with iMIS Dashboards and Engagement Scoring
• Proven to Work: over 600 bridge implementations

World-Class Email Marketing with Constant Contact and iMIS

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Cynthia Munoz, Associate Account Manager, Constant Contact

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Are you looking for an iMIS integrated state-of-the-art email solution? Join us as we highlight what makes Constant Contact a leading provider of email marketing tools for non-profits. We will also review how the ATS Constant Contact integration bridge will allow your staff to:

• Use an IQA to push contacts, including demographics and tags, to Constant Contact
• Create lists in iMIS with IQA’s that will be synched to Constant Contact
• Write back actions into iMIS activities including sends, bounces, opens, clicks, forwards, and opt-outs
• Create communication preference links to allow recipients to manage their communication preferences in iMIS without logging in

Online Marketplace - Latest Features and Innovations

Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Presenter: Laura Tidquist, Senior iMIS Consultant

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Membership directors, conference and event planners will continue to deal with uncertainty in how to engage their audience. And while in-person events are increasing in frequency, having a virtual component will continue. Having to make last minute changes or plan to provide both in-person and virtual options shouldn’t have to break your budget. Having a flexible, robust, and affordable solution that integrates with IMIS allows organizations and their stakeholders to navigate changes and continue to provide information, communication, and ROI. Join us as we review an organization's use case and how they leveraged a mobile app to deliver a world-class event experience.

Engage Your Audience with a Mobile App and Web Technology

Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Presenter: Mary De La Fe, Business Development Manager, Eventpedia

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Membership directors, conference and event planners will continue to deal with uncertainty in how to engage their audience. And while in-person events are increasing in frequency, having a virtual component will continue. Having to make last minute changes or plan to provide both in-person and virtual options shouldn’t have to break your budget. Having a flexible, robust, and affordable solution that integrates with IMIS allows organizations and their stakeholders to navigate changes and continue to provide information, communication, and ROI. Join us as we review an organization's use case and how they leveraged a mobile app to deliver a world-class event experience.

Unlocking the Power of Learning Management and iMIS

Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Education is a primary function for many organizations. Many organizations are looking for ways to leverage their investment and maximize participation in their online learning programs. Join us as we review best practices for configuring iMIS for a seamless learning experience and a smooth, efficient process for staff. During this webinar we will also discuss some of the innovative programs our clients have developed to market and keep their members engaged such as education clubs, education as a service, and course selection options.

An iMIS-Integrated Constant Contact is a Cost Effective & Powerful Email Solution

Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Constant Contact, a leading provider of email marketing, is now a part of the iMIS Bridge platform. The bridge will allow iMIS users to push contacts via an IQA, including demographics and tags, to Constant Contact. Creating lists in iMIS with IQA's that will be synced with Constant Contact ensures that any changes made to individual's records in your iMIS database can be leveraged for impactful marketing activity. The bridge will also write back actions into iMIS as activities including sends, bounces, opens, clicks, forwards, and opt-outs, You can even create communication preference links to allow recipients to manage their communication preferences in iMIS without logging in. Join us as we review this exciting bridge and best practices for using iMIS and Constant Contact for email marketing.

Introducing the ATS iMIS Catalog: A Dynamic Filtering System for Your Storefront

Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Presenter: Alex White, CTO, Partner, Devmatics, LLC

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Are your members struggling to find the right content on your website when selecting webinars, courses, and other products? Are you struggling with easily displaying the educational content available in iMIS in a comprehensive and quickly searchable manner? The ATS iMIS Catalog can help. Through a dynamically created filtering system (driven by an IQA) you can add filters and attributes to products that can be viewed and added to the cart. This IQA-driven tool allows you to present the members with criteria they can use to filter your existing educational courses/content to provide them with just the information they are looking for. If they are looking for a specific topic or just courses with more than 2 hours of credit, the navigation will be simpler than you have ever seen in iMIS. No longer will a member need to search your whole catalog for courses/content that meets criteria or credit needs. Join us as we review how the ATS iMIS Catalog can make finding and selling educational courses or content through any RiSE store or the Online Marketplace simple.

Integrating Secure Voting and Elections with iMIS

Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: David Simms, Elections Consultant, ElectionsOnline

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Are you looking for the best, most secure way to permit voting or conduct an online election?  Join us as we review how an integrated ElectionsOnline solution can allow your organization to leverage the valuable data in iMIS to:

• Authenticate the individual/voter
• Determine who should be allowed to vote
• Eliminate duplicate voting
• Cross-tabulate voting against iMIS demographics
• Track ElectionsOnline engagement in iMIS as an activity record

Going (and Staying ) Virtual: Lessons Learned Supporting Thousands of Virtual Events

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Liam O'Malley, Vice President, Association Solutions, Blue Sky eLearn

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

While Blue Sky eLearn has provided virtual event solutions for years, the pandemic brought on an unprecedented number as well as a pivot from webinars and hybrid meetings to fully virtual annual conferences. In this webinar we will discuss:

• Lessons Learned from Clients who have had to pivot from in-person and hybrid meetings
• Best practices for making your virtual event a success
• Considerations you should have during the decision making process
• Tips for getting (or keeping!) sponsors on board
• Benefits of leveraging the ATS bridge to support your virtual conference
• Looking forward to the rest of 2021 (and beyond)

Manually Importing Data into iMIS Made Easy

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Laura Tidquist, Senior iMIS Consultant

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Do you have data from sources outside of iMIS and are looking to import it into iMIS so you can maximize the effectiveness of your queries, reports, dashboards and engagement scoring? If so, ATS Ultimate Spreadsheet importer may do the trick. Join us as we review how you can import customer records, addresses, demographics and activity records from any spreadsheet in any format. Concerned about creating duplicate records? Not a problem with the Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer, which de-dupes before you upload the data and allows you to create de-duping rules to ensure consistency of data flow.

How to Transition to a Virtual Event

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Rich Finstein, CEO, CommPartners

Presenter: Meghan Gowan, Vice President of Client Development, CommPartners

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many associations are forced to shift from in-person conferences to virtual events and many predict that virtual or hybrid events will be the way of the future. Join us as we review:

• What you should consider when shifting to a virtual event
• Tools for delivering virtual concurrent sessions
• Tips for making your virtual conference interactive
• How sponsors and vendors can effectively interact with attendees
• Increase & measure attendee engagement
• Tips for how to handle continuing education through a virtual event

This webinar will leverage the experience of CommPartners, a leading provider of virtual events for associations, to provide tips you can use to get started with virtual events or maximize your existing event.

Making Webinar Registration and Tracking Easy with an iMIS Integrated Zoom Solution

Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Ben Zastrocky, Senior Consultant

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Zoom is one of the most popular webinar platforms available to the iMIS community, but with the shift to virtual events, many organizations are struggling with creating a seamless registration workflow. Join us as we review how the ATS Zoom bridge can allow you to easily handle the registration in iMIS via a financial transaction or by leveraging an IQA. This workflow will allow Zoom to send out unique URLs to clients which helps with security and tracking. We will also review how the bridge pushes back important data to the member's iMIS record so that you can use this information for reporting, dashboards, engagement scoring, CE tracking and more.

Creating a Seamless Workflow between iMIS and MailChimp

Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Aaron Milligan, iMIS Consultant

Are you looking to streamline and maximize your Mailchimp email process? Integrating iMIS and MailChimp might do the trick. Join us as we review how to leverage IQA's and MailChimp Tags and Interests to easily segment your lists as well as best practices for unsubscribes and tips for increasing your deliverability. We will also review what information is pushed back to the member's activity record and how to maximize it's value with dashboards and engagement scoring.

No More Stored Procedures?!

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Michelle Clemovich, Senior iMIS Consultant

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

As IMIS moves away from on-premise SQL access. ATS has developed a creative solution to safely update existing records. Learn how you can update your existing data without the use of SQL jobs and stored procedures.

Making Remote Customer Service Easy with Website Chat

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Brent Sitton, Director of Product Development

With staff working remotely, customer service can be a challenge. Have you used a website's chat options to get a question answered quickly? Would you like to offer the same immediate convenient customer service to your site's visitors? Now you can with the ATS Chat Module for iMIS. This module will allow you to easily assign remote staff members to answer questions in real time and record the dialog on the member's activity record. You can use chat to also send requested documents or assist in log-in issues.Join us as we review how chat can provide excellent customer service while making the process easy for remote staff.

Cutting through the Noise: Effective Advocacy Campaigns with SoftEdge and iMIS

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Ben Russell, VP of Sales, The Soft Edge

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Challenged with mobilizing your membership and turning them into grassroots advocates? In today's ever-changing political climate it is more important than ever to quickly get the message to your community so that they can lend a voice to legislation that affect them. Join us as we review how integrating iMIS with SoftEdge Congress Plus can seamlessly get the message out and also write back critical engagement information to member's iMIS record which can be used for engagement scoring, reporting and dashboards. Congress Plus is the leading platform for grassroots advocacy and government relations with a built-in solution for helping your advocacy campaigns stand out.

Travel Restrictions Affecting Your Event? Go Virtual!

Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Lance Simon, Senior Director, Blue Sky eLearn

We've seen it in the past. Outbreaks, travel bans, terrorist attacks and shrinking budgets affect travel around the world, and as a result your events may be at risk. As the current Coronavirus outbreak continues to grow, more and more organizations are seeing lower attendance rate or in some cases being forced to cancel their events and conferences. Wouldn't it be nice to know your options and plan contingencies appropriately? In this webinar we will review options to help offset lower attendance rates or even having to cancel a conference completely. We'll review:

• Hybrid meetings
• Pre-recording
• Live Streaming
• Live Streaming replays
• Webinars
• Options for issuing Continuing Education Credits

Certification Made Easy

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Beth Kampner, Senior Project Manager

Presenter: Brent Sitton, Director of Product Development

Moderator: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Do you have a certification and/or continuing education program where people earn credits based on information that is (or can be) stored in Activities? There may be a simpler solution for you than the full-blown iMIS Certification module. Even if you have minimum requirements and different types of credits which can/must be earned, this could be the out-of-the-box solution you have dreamed of! In this webinar, we’ll show you how ATS has created a series of iParts that can be configured to your specifications for maintaining your continuing education needs.

ATS Online Marketplace Release Review

Version 2019.48.10666

Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Presenter: Laura Tidquist, Senior iMIS Consultant

We review the latest enhancement to the ATS Online Marketplace.

How Organizations are Maximizing Their Educational Content

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Panelist: Debbie Ivie, Learning Experiences Manager, NetVU

Panelist: Zach Pleasant, Director of IT Services, Institute of Transportation Engineers

Panelist: Jocelyn Fielding, Director, Marketing, Blue Sky eLearn

Panelist: Richard Banks, Sales Manager

Are you looking to add learning management or enhance your existing educational program? Join us as our panel reviews their member's different educational needs and how they configured a solution to address them. During this presentation we will touch on where the content comes from, strategies for selling and delivering it, as well as tools available within iMIS to maximize its impact to your staff and members.

Take your Events to the Next Level with the ATS Event Program Toolbox

Presenter: Jake Robida, Service Team Manager

The out-of-the-box Event Program iPart provides a great way to register for events, but provides little in the way of flexibility. Introducing the ATS Event Program Toolbox- a dynamic, expandable solution for displaying detailed information about your event including:

• Sortable and searchable function lists
• Function detail pages with speaker lists
• Speaker detail pages with session lists, photos and bios

Join us as we demo the solution and discuss ways it can be expanded upon to meet your specific needs.

3 Ways Mobile Technology Improves Your Member Experience

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Presenter: Queirra Fenderson, Data Impact Solutions

Presenter: Courtney Ross, Data Impact Solutions

Creating a first-class member experience with mobile technology, that is fully integrated with iMIS, is no longer impossible! It’s actually the direction of the future. In this webinar, we’ll show you how to revamp your renewal reminders to encourage instant action, fast-track your event check-in experience to decrease wait times, and implement a stress-free way for your members to log CE’s from their smartphones. By the end of the webinar, you’ll walk away with case-study examples of how associations, like yours, implement mobile strategies to improve their member satisfaction, year-round.

Tools for Importing Data into iMIS

Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Presenter: Laura Tidquist, Technical Support Manager

Presenter: Tresse French, Technical Support Analyst

You need to import records into iMIS, but how? There are several tools available to get information into iMIS but which one is right for what you are trying to accomplish? Join us as we review ASI's import utility & workbook importer as well as the ATS Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer.

Integrating iMIS Cloud to Third-Party Applications

Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology, Partner

Are you already using iMIS Cloud or thinking about it? Are you worried about the third-party integrations that you currently use or want to use in the future? Clients migrating to iMIS Cloud will not have access to SQL and they won’t be able to use integrations or customizations based on the soon to be deprecated, iMIS Business Objects. The iMIS Cloud platform will not allow software to be installed on the server as you will no longer have server access.

In this webinar we will talk about the current approach that ATS is using to ensure continuity as you upgrade to these new iMIS offerings ATS offerings to iMIS Cloud Clients and discuss the road map to ensure that current and future integrations will work now and in the future with iMIS Cloud and iMIS 20.4.

ATS Online Marketplace Release Review

Version 2019.23.10216

Date: Thursday, June 13, 2019

We review the latest enhancement to the ATS Online Marketplace.

Chat for iMIS- The Next Level in Customer Care

Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Presenter: Brent Sitton, Director of Product Development

Presenter: Stephanie Mareski, Director of Member Support, EPCOR

Are you looking to provide unparalleled customer care support? Have you ever used a chat feature on another website and thought it could also benefit your community? Join us as we review how ATS' Chat module can do just that by integrating SnapEngage with iMIS to allow your community to get immediate help while also tracking that information on their individual iMIS record. During this webinar we will also explore how EPCOR is using the tool to provide world-class customer support and how they are leveraging the chat information for quality control and member engagement scoring.

Getting Started with Learning Management

Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Presenter: Ben Zastrocky, Senior Consultant

Are you looking to extend online learning to your community or to refine your existing learning process? Join us as we review iMIS workflows and best practices which will enable you to easily sell and deliver learning content to your membership. During this webinar we will touch on:

• Creating courses and certification programs
• eCommerce options
• Working with learning management solutions and tips to help you choose the right one
• Integrating learning management and content delivery systems to iMIS
• Leveraging queries, reports and dashboards to provide insight into learning initiatives

One Search to Find Everything - Breaking the Barriers to Finding All Your Content

Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Presenter: Adam Hostetter, CEO, FUSE Search

The challenge for many organizations is that they have so much content, in so many categories, all spread among different sources (e.g. AMS, CMS, Events, Communities, LMS and Social Media). Using FUSE Search we will show how your members can cut through the noise and find all content no matter where it resides. We will demo LIVE sites that:

• Bring all content to the home page search regardless of the CMS used
• Multi-level filters that slice and dice content until you find what you are looking for
• Content hubs that pull in content from all sources allowing search by topic including Personas
• Restrict search results based on profiles stored in iMIS
• Saved searches that run automatically, can be subscribed to, and an email can be sent when something changes

Creating an Amazon.com-like Shopping Experience

Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology Solutions, ATS Partner

Amazon.com has set the standard for online shopping experiences and now this experience has come to the iMIS community through the ATS Online Marketplace. Here are a few of the many features that set the ATS Online Marketplace ahead.

• Streamline your membership join and renewal process or add an integrated AutoDraft that includes payment plans.
• Electronic check payment (ACH) or allocate payments to different accounts or payment gateways
• Bulk Dues & Registration Processing
• Effectively market your products and events through cross-sell, upsell, and product recommendations
• Robust couponing functionality
• Kits of events and products
• Increasing security & control through time limit access and watermarking of digital content
• Taking your events to a higher level by integrating learning management & webinar platforms

If you are looking to enhance your online store or streamline your processes by leveraging the information you are already storing in iMIS, this is the webinar for you.

Simplifying Abstract Management & Conference Session Building

Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Co-Presenter: David Lincoln, Associate Brand Manager, OpenWater

Co-Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology Solutions, ATS Partner

Looking to simplify your abstract submission,and conference session building process? Join us as we review how an iMIS-integrated OpenWater solution can handle the most demanding application and review processes for abstract, awards, scholarships, grants and fellowships as well as conference sessions. Learn how this integrated platform leverages IQA queries to allow OpenWater to pull propose information from iMIS to OpenWater and the ability to push activities back into iMIS for proposers and speakers.

Unleashing the Power of Learning with an iMIS-Integrated GoToWebinar

Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018

GoToWebinar continues to evolve with the changing landscape of online learning. This year's enhancements are no different! New features include:

• New Analytics Card and a calendar of upcoming events
• New & improved layout and feel
• Pro tips throughout the site
• Mobile-first design for a richer and simpler mobile experience

Want to learn how your organization can leverage the GoToWebinar platform to provide a world-class education experience? Are you currently using the platform and wanting to know more about the ATS integration bridge and the latest GoToWebinar enhancements? Join us to hear the latest offerings and how you can maximize your member's learning experience.

Unlocking the Power of the iMIS Online Join/Renew Process with the ATS Online Marketplace

Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Are you looking to take your online join/renew to the next level? This webinar will review what is possible with out-of-the-box RiSE and the advanced capabilities of the ATS Online Marketplace to create an easy intuitive process by your members.

Join us as we review

• Paying dues for other individuals in your organization or organization dues if you are authorized
• Customizing the join/renew path based on what a person is qualified to do
• Kits of dues products and rolling up products together
• Using coupons for join/renew
• Dynamically changing pricing of non-dues items in your cart when a member joins or renews in the same transaction
• Integration with enSYNC's Online Auto-Draft for auto renewals and installment payments

Sharing Member Only Content in an iMIS-integrated Mobile Application

Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Do you need to share secure 'Member Only' content in a Mobile App? Join us as we review how an iMIS-integrated Walswoth Mobile App can allow secure access to your content as part of your Association's membership. Walsworth specializes in application development that focuses on providing an "All-in-One" communication tool for mobile phones and tablets. We will also review how the iMIS workflow and integration works.

Email Marketing with an iMIS Integrated MailChimp

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Looking for a cost-effective email solution? Join us for a case study on how the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities is leveraging an iMIS- integrated MailChimp solution to cost-effectively communicate with their community. We will also review how the ATS MailChimp Integration bridge allows lists to be sent and what information is sent back to iMIS.

Overview of Higher Logic Updates

Lindsay Starke and Meghan Curtin of Highe Logic provide n overview of how the Higher Logic Engagement Platform combines Online communities, marketing automation, volunteer & customer advocacy management into one easy to use, unparalleled engagement experience for your community.

ATS Online Marketplace Release Review

Versions 2018.23.9334, 2018.21.9313, 2018.19.9728

Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018

We review the latest enhancement to the ATS Online Marketplace that includes support for enSYNC's Online AutoDraft and Dues List Billing.

Maximize Value to your Community by Leveraging an iMIS-integrated Boxwood Career Center

Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Access to job opportunities is often an important benefit of association membership and can be a significant source of non-dues revenue. Join us for a brief overview of Naylor's Career Center powered by Boxwood Technology and the ATS bridge for iMIS. The ATS/Boxwood integration bridge allows for single sign on and the ability to record member engagement metrics back to iMIS.

Advanced IQA Layout and Formatting with ATS Custom Query Display iPart

Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2018

iMIS gives associations the ability to conduct extensive queries, but if you're like many of our customers, you've found the output format less than ideal. ATS created the Custom Query Display iPart in response to this need. Join us to learn about the freedom and flexibility this iPart provides to take control over your query results layout and formatting.

Options for Selling Booths Without the Exhibitions or Expo Module

Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2017

The Exhibition & Expo modules will no longer be supported in future releases of iMIS, so what is the best way for your organization to sell and manage booth space? Join us as we review how you can leverage a wide range of options from out-of-the box iMIS to advanced ecommerce platforms to popular iMIS integrated exhibition applications such as a2z, Cadmium and EXPOCAD.

The Changing Landscape of Integrated Email Marketing

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2017

Time: 3:00 PM ET (1:00-1:30 PM MT)

Co-Presenter: Randy Richter, Director of Technology Solutions, ATS Partner

Co-Presenter: Jim Katz, Executive Vice President, Real Magnet

Co-Presenter: Brent Sitton, Director of Product Development

The world of email marketing is dynamic, but what is the right solution for your organization? Join us as we review integrated email solutions including Real Magnet, Informz, ASI Advanced Email Marketing and MailChimp. We will focus on the advantages of these iMIS integrated platforms and how to leverage the information pushed back to iMIS to be used for engagement tracking and much more.

Simplifying the Elections Process with an iMIS Integrated ElectionsOnline

Board elections and voting events don't have to be complicated or difficult. An iMIS-integrated ElectionsOnline solution can simplify the process with its robust Evote platform. Join us as we review how organizations are providing a world class online voting experience for their members while maintaining the internal control and security necessary to ensure the integrity of the voting process. We will also review how the ATS ElectionsOnline integration bridge works and what information is tracked in iMIS.

Leveraging Your Event and Educational Content to Increase Your Revenue

Making education available to your members doesn't have to be difficult. Join us as we review how associations are maximizing their existing e-commerce solution to generate additional non-dues revenue. During this webinar we will share strategies for organizing and structuring live and ondemand content in a meaningful way in order to sell and deliver education while seamlessly tracking the activity in Blue Sky's Path LMS and iMIS.

Uncover the Power of Learning with GoToWebinar and iMIS

GoToWebinar is a leader for providing live webinar events with a feature rich, easy to use platform, all at a reasonable cost. It can also integrate with your iMIS database to deliver live and on-demand content directly to your members all while tracking their activity in iMIS. Join us as we review the new and exciting innovations from GoToWebinar and unleash the power of integrating your events with iMIS.

Revolutionizing Online Communities with an iMIS Integrated rasa.io Solution

Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2017

rasa.io has fundamentally reconsidered the way associations utilize online communities. It's a content-centric community platform built to fit the way association members navigate the online world. Artificial intelligence, auto-curated content, and a mobile-first experience are central to rasa.io's ability to dramatically improve member engagement. Join us as we review how the iMIS integrated rasa.io platform is helping Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association create a dynamic online community for its members.

Taking your RiSE Event Program to the next level with the ATS Event Program Toolbox

Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Are you looking for a more robust online event program in RiSE? Join us as we demonstrate a new and dynamic way to display your events on your RiSE website. The ATS Event Program Toolbox will provide your registrants and website visitors with a visually-appealing program that will integrate with iMIS in real time. No need to create separate static event program pages or rekey data into your website. The Event Program Toolbox leverages the data you already entered into iMIS to produce a compelling, robust, mobile-friendly online conference program.

ATS Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer- A Difficult Task Made Easy

Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Importing records into iMIS with ATS Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer makes a difficult task easy regardless of your iMIS version. During this event we will review how associations can easily import customer records, addresses, demographics and activity records into iMIS through a user-friendly interface. Associations will also learn how the Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer aligns data using robust user-defined de-duplication options.

Chat for iMIS - Customer Service for Millennials

Date: Wednesday, February 22 2017

You've heard the numbers – Millennials will give you ONE opportunity to prove your value to them. If they can't find what they need immediately, that opportunity may be GONE.

Discover what one association has done to solve this pressing customer service need by implementing technology that Millennials prefer over phone calls. Byron Patterson of JCAPHO will walk us through how they have implemented online chat to provide immediate help at the instant the member or prospect is on the site trying to gain access.

Printing Badges at Registration Made Easy by Integrating iMIS with Expo Logic

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017

This webinar will demonstrate how iMIS clients can leverage the iMIS registration process while integrating with Expo Logic for badge printing. The Expo Logic bridge pulls registration information from iMIS, including badge information, additional badges, and even ticketed functions. When someone prints their badge an activity record will be written back to iMIS indicating that the badge was printed. In addition, the SSO will allow onsite integration as records in iMIS can be looked up in real time.

Integrating iMIS with WordPress

Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Many organizations have chosen WordPress as their content management system (CMS) of choice. Others have chosen RiSE as their sole CMS solution. What about organizations that want to leverage their investment in WordPress while using RiSE for account management and ecommerce? This webinar will discuss the solutions that ATS provides to address these issues including the new ATS WordPress Bridge for iMIS. This bridge includes full single sign-on (SSO) and will allow an organization to lock down content in WordPress based on member type, iMIS roles, or even an IQA query. Our unique "scraping" technology allows your RiSE site to have the exact look and feel of your WordPress site while leveraging the functionality of iMIS. If your technology roadmap includes support for both RiSE and WordPress, then this webinar is for you.

Getting Started with Online Learning

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Join us as we review strategies and tools to get your online learning initiative off the ground with an integrated GoToWebinar solution. On this webinar we will discuss:

• Strategies for monetizing and delivery of educational content.
• How you can combine the power of GoToWebinar and iMIS to deliver live and on-demand content to your members while tracking that activity in iMIS.
• Going to the next step with Learning Management Systems.

Online eCommerce - Real World Challenges, Real World Solutions

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2016

In this webinar, three organizations will share what they have learned and how they leverage their use of iMIS and the ATS Online Marketplace to enhance the customer e-commerce experience. They will describe how they use these tools to help shoppers use coupons, drive shoppers to quickly purchase the content they want with IQA queries, and provide education clubs to encourage bulk purchasing of courses.

These techniques will be demonstrated in the context of the ATS Online Marketplace but are also applicable, in part, to the out-of-the box RiSE e-commerce solution.

With All these Email Options, Which is the Right One for our Organization?

The iMIS community has several great options for email marketing, but which is the right one for your organization? Join us as we review the out-the-box iMIS email solution including iMIS Advanced Email Marketing and some of the features integrated third party email solutions offer. We will review strategies for managing your unsubscribes, automating your email deliveries and creating useful iMIS dashboards to provide real-time feedback on your organizations marketing activity.

Upgrading Your Customer Care with the NEW ATS Chat Module for iMIS

Have you ever used the chat option on a website to get a question answered quickly? Do you wish you could offer the same convenient customer service to your site visitors? Now you can with the new ATS Chat Module for iMIS. The ATS Chat Module allows organizations to communicate with its members online, in real-time, while accessing their iMIS record and recording chat text. Join us as we review how it works.

Board Elections Made Easy with an iMIS integrated ElectionsOnline

Struggling with board elections or other voting events online? An iMIS-integrated ElectionsOnline solution can simplify the process with its robust Evote platform. Join us as we review how organizations are leveraging Evote to make the election process easy. We will also review how the ATS ElectionsOnline integration bridge works and what information is tracked in iMIS.

Unified Learning: Using Engagement Data to Drive eLearning Design

Member engagement data is driving the way associations develop e-Learning programs. Join us as we review how organizations are leveraging data integrated between iMIS and iCohere to create diverse educational programs, including webinars, as well as a robust learning community portal designed to increase member value and retention.

Best Practices for Building Directories in RiSE

This webinar will review a variety of options that are avaiable to build dynamic and robust directories in RiSE. We will demonstrate a range of options, from out-of-the-box options such as the Query Menu and Panel Editor iParts to custom iParts such as the Custom Query Display iPart and ATS Geocoding Module.

Latest Innovations for Event Registration

Are you looking to implement online event registration or improve your current processes? This webinar will show what is possible with out-of-the box iMIS RiSE event registration. In addition, we will demonstrate some of the advanced event registration features in the ATS Online Marketplace.

Event Management: Integrating Speaker & Exhibitor Information in iMIS with the ATS Cadmium Bridge for iMIS

Are you looking to store all of your event information in iMIS but need a solution to help manage your abstracts, speakers and exhibitors? Join us for a case study on how NAFSA leverages the integrated Cadmium platform to manage these important areas of event management. During this webinar we will also provide an overview of how the Cadmium platform and ATS bridge work.

Turning Members into Advocates with CQ Roll Call and iMIS

Looking to rapidly increase your number of grassroots advocates? Join us for a review of how organizations are leveraging an integrated Engage platform to mobilize and track the activity of their community to target specific legislation. We will also review how these advocates activities are tracked in iMIS with the ATS CQ Roll Call integration bridge.

Powerful Prospecting: Marketing Automation and newly-enhanced ATS Real Magnet Bridge

Want to extend the reach of your marketing efforts using iMIS? The ATS Real Magnet bridge has been enhanced to support the adding of prospects generated from Real Magnet's Marketing Automation campaigns directly into iMIS! Learn how this powerful integration between Real Magnet and iMIS provides a seamless way to create, engage and convert prospects into community members.

Unlock the Power of Collaborative Learning with CommPartners' Elevate and iMIS

When just providing on-demand learning content isn't enough, Cadmiums' Elevate LMS can take learning to the next level. Elevate combines a full-functioning learning management system (LMS) with a built-in webinar platform as well as interactive collaborative forms to stimulate learning and peer exchanges. Join us as we review how organizations are turning educational programs into a dynamic peer- sharing community all integrated with iMIS.

Deliver Live Educational Content with GoToWebinar and iMIS

This 30-minute webinar will highlight how organizations are utilizing an iMIS-integrated GoToWebinar solution to deliver cost-effective live, educational content to their communities. We will also review our latest bridge enhancements including the ability to write back webinar completion and attendance data to iMIS on a scheduled basis.

Don't Work in Silo's - Unify Your 3rd Party Information in iMIS by Using ATS Integration Bridges

From learning management systems (LMS) to webinar products to payment processing solutions and so much more, ATS offers over 50 bridges allowing associations to integrate the most popular third-party association technologies with their iMIS environment. Join us as we review how organizations are integrating disparate systems with iMIS to create a seamless member experience and extend the functionality of iMIS.

Event Management Simplified with an iMIS-Integrated eshow Solution

Coordinating event activities doesn't have to be complicated. Join us as we review how an organization can leverage eshow's unified platform to manage lead retrieval, onsite registration, exhibit sales and floor plans in a single platform that is seamlessly-integrated with iMIS using the ATS eshow integration bridge. We will also be discussing how the ATS eshow integration bridge communicates and tracks activity in iMIS.

Organize, Monetize and Track your Educational Content with Blue Sky Broadcast's Path Learning Platform and iMIS

Making educational content available to your members doesn't have to be difficult. Join us as we review how associations are maximizing their existing e-commerce solution. We will share strategies for organizing and structuring content in a meaningful way in order to sell and deliver education and seamlessly track activity in the Path LMS and iMIS.

Tracking Member and Advocacy Engagement with Votility and iMIS

Tracking advocacy engagement in iMIS has never been easier. Votility Advocacy software helps membership organizations educate, organize, engage and mobilize the people that are affected by pending legislation. The ATS Votility Bridge allows you to track those activities in iMIS. Join us for an overview of how an iMIS organization can create an effective grassroots movement and track members' activities directly on their iMIS records.

Driving Non-Dues Revenue and Increasing Member Value with an iMIS integrated Boxwood Online Career Center

Job boards generate millions of dollars a year for membership organizations. Join us for a brief overview of Boxwood's Online Career Centers and the ATS Boxwood Bridge for iMIS. The ATS Boxwood integration bridge makes the communication between Boxwood and iMIS seamless through Single Sign-On and recording of member engagement metrics back to iMIS.

Extend the Functionality of iMIS with ATS' Most Popular iParts

By customer demand, ATS has developed many iParts that address the needs of today's iMIS users. This webinar will highlight our most popular iParts including:

• Event Calendar
• Custom Query Display
• Custom Form Builder Suite
• Committee Application
• GeoCoding

ATS Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer- A Difficult Task Made Easy

Importing records with the ATS Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer for iMIS makes a difficult problem easy regardless of your iMIS version. We will review how you can import customer records, addresses, demographics and activity records into your iMIS database through a user-friendly interface. We will also show how the Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer aligns data using robust user-defined de-duping options.

The ATS Quality Control Module makes Identifying Missing and Incorrect Data in iMIS Easy

This webinar will review how a user can use the ATS Quality Control Module to create queries which can run on a scheduled basis to identify data issues and email the last user or an administrator to correct them.

Using GoToWebinar and iMIS to Deliver Webinars to your Members in a Cost Effective and Efficient Manner

Looking for an affordable webinar solution that is integrated with your iMIS platform? This free 30-minute webinar will highlight ATS’ partnership and integration with Citrix’ GoToWebinar platform. (20 minute presentation, 10 minute Q&A)

Save time and money using the Authorize.net payment gateway with iMIS

Learn how small- to medium-sized business can save time and money by integrating Authorize.net with IMIIS. This free 30-minute webinar will discuss the benefits of using Authorize.net with iMIS, from payment processing to fraud prevention and mobile access.

How Associations Are Leveraging Online Communities and iMIS to Provide More Value to Members

This free webinar will reveal the secrets of online community engagement using Socious and iMIS: (20 minute presentation, 10 minute Q&A)

• Learn how to leverage private member communities to grow membership and increase retention
• Find out how peer-to-peer communities keep more members engaged than other channels
• Get advice for managing your online community efficiently and effectively from your iMIS platform

Deliver, Manage, and Measure Learning Content with Blue Sky Broadcast's Path Learning Platform and iMIS

The ATS Blue Sky Broadcast Bridge integrates iMIS and Blue Sky Broadcast allowing you to energize your eLearning program by combining your iMIS data with Blue Sky Broadcast's Path learning platform.

Email & Marketing Automation - Simplified

The ATS Real Magnet Bridge integrates iMIS and Real Magnet allowing you to energize your email marketing by combining your iMIS data with Real Magnet's behavioral analytics. Seamlessly transfer lists, tracking metrics, subscribe and unsubscribe data, and social metrics between the two applications.

ATS Online Marketplace - December 2014 Release Webinar

ATS introduced numerous enhancements in the December 2014 version of the ATS Online Marketplace and resolved many known issues. If you would like a demonstration, have questions or if you are ready to upgrade to the latest version, please contact us via the ATS Client Portal, or by sending an email to help@atsol.org.

Tracking Advocacy Engagement with CQ Roll Call and iMIS

Explore CQ Roll Call's flexible interface to take your current efforts with member engagement to the next level – CQRC Engage. For over 25 years, CQ Roll Call has been the market leader in grassroots advocacy solutions. Learn how the ATS integration of CQ Roll Call with iMIS will help you manage all of this data seamlessly. CQRC Engage deploys action alerts quickly and easily and targets your advocates with content to make their online experience more focused. The very concept of advocacy is evolving. CQRC Engage is a technological breakthrough that allows you to utilize all trends of issue campaigns and provide user generated content to educate your stakeholders.

Dues, Events, Orders, Oh My… Webservices for All!

Don’t have time to develop your own custom webservices? Learn how with the ATS Web Services Suite you can integrate iMIS with any .NET, ASP, ColdFusion, or PHP website. Using the ATS Web Services allows you to use the iMIS Business Objects to read and write information to your iMIS database while leveraging all of the functionality and design benefits of Microsoft® .NET programming language or any other applications that can call a Web Service.

What You Need to Know About Setting Up Dues for the ATS Online Marketplace

Configuring Dues in iMIS can be a challenge. Learn tips and tricks for optimizing the setup of your dues for the ATS Online Marketplace.

Note: This webinar is not currently available. Click the buttons below to learn more about the ATS Online Marketplace for iMIS.

Operation Import: Easily Import Records into iMIS with the Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer

You need to import thousands of records into iMIS - But how? This free 30-minute webinar will demonstrate how to use the ATS Ultimate Spreadsheet Importer to import customer records, addresses, demographics, activity records, and more seamlessly into iMIS.

iMIS-Integrated Marketing: How ATS and Real Magnet Partner to Improve Member Engagement and Revenues

Learn how to energize your email marketing by combining your iMIS data with Real Magnet's behavioral analytics. You can seamlessly transfer lists, tracking metrics, subscribe and unsubscribe data, and social metrics between the two applications.

ATS Online Marketplace - September 2014 Release Overview

This free webinar covers the newly introduced improvements to the September 2014 version of the ATS Online Marketplace in addition to the resolutions to many known issues. If you would like a demonstration, have questions or are ready to upgrade to the latest version, please contact us by sending an email to help@atsol.org.

Bridges to Everywhere: Out-of-the-Box Integrations with iMIS

From learning management systems (LMS) to webinar products to payment processing solutions and so much more; ATS offers over 30 bridges allowing associations to integrate key systems with their iMIS environment. Using the ATS Web Services Suite, integrate iMIS with any .NET, ASP, ColdFusion, or PHP website. This 30-minute webinar highlights how integrating disparate systems with iMIS can not only save money but generate revenue.

iMIS-Integrated eLearning: Selecting the Right Online Learning Solution(s) for your Organization

Are you already providing or considering providing online learning for your members but need an iMIS-integrated solution? This 30-minute webinar will discuss various options available, from basic integrated webinars to open-source options such as Moodle, to fully hosted vendor solutions.

What's an iPART and Why do I Need One?

Not sure about iParts? This 30 minute webinar will cover what an iPart is/does and demonstrate some game-changing iParts available to associations.

5 Ways to Amplify Your Online Education Program Today: Next Generation eLearning with iMIS and ScholarLab

For associations, new technologies are breathing renewed life into eLearning by driving down the cost of content production and traditional Learning Management Systems (LMS). Discover how to use new technologies like ScholarLab and iMIS to amplify your eLearning program and grow your membership.

ATS Online Marketplace - June 2014 Release Updates

This free 30-minute webinar highlights features of the June 2014 release of the ATS Online Marketplace and discusses future releases. (20 minute presentation, 10 minute Q&A)

The ATS Online Marketplace - Look Out Amazon.com

Are you looking for ways to expand revenues? Learn how the ATS Online Marketplace for iMIS can help. This 1-hour webinar will demonstrate how the ATS Online Marketplace brings leading edge eCommerce functionality, similar to Amazon.com, to the iMIS platform.

Integrating iMIS and the ATS Online Marketplace with Real Magnet

Want to extend the reach of your marketing efforts using iMIS? The ATS Real Magnet bridge has been enhanced to support the adding of prospects generated from Real Magnet's Marketing Automation campaigns directly into iMIS! Learn how this powerful integration between Real Magnet and iMIS provides a seamless way to create, engage and convert prospects into community members.

Exploring Real Magnet's Email and Social Integration with iMIS and the ATS Online Marketplace

Want to extend the reach of your marketing efforts using iMIS? The ATS Real Magnet bridge has been enhanced to support the adding of prospects generated from Real Magnet's Marketing Automation campaigns directly into iMIS! Learn how this powerful integration between Real Magnet and iMIS provides a seamless way to create, engage and convert prospects into community members.

Using GoToWebinar and iMIS to Deliver Webinars to your Members in a Cost Effective and Efficient Manner

Looking for an affordable webinar solution that is integrated with your iMIS platform? This 30-minute webinar will highlight ATS’ partnership and integration with Citrix’ GoToWebinar platform. (20 minute presentation, 10 minute Q&A)