Name: GoMembers Enterprise
Rating: 8 (2 reviews)
Author: Avolin

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Cross-Browser Testing

Development

Student Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Demand Planning

Enterprise Asset Management

Knowledge Management

Policy Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Invoicing

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Time Tracking

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Cloud Cost Management

Cloud Management

Cloud Storage

Data Catalog

Data Center Networking

Data Center Outsourcing (USA)

Data Integration

Data Lakehouse

Embedded Database

Fraud Detection

Function as a Service (FaaS)

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Managed IT Service

Mobile Identity

Network Attached Storage

Network Performance Monitoring

Observability

Output Management

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Rack Servers

Server Management

Tape Storage

Value Stream Management

WAN Optimization

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Account-Based Marketing (ABM)

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Click Fraud

Contact Management

Content Management

Data Cleansing

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Mobile Analytics

Product Sampling

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Video Conferencing

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Predictive Sales Analytics

Sales

Database Security

GDPR Compliance

Security

Civil Engineering

Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

Laboratory Information Management

Lease Management

Legal Case Management

Spreadsheet

Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA)

eDiscovery

Vertical-Specific

iMIS Engagement Management System

Likelihood to Recommend

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Usability

Support Rating

Implementation Rating

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GoMembers Enterprise association management system is a complete software, services, and support solution for associations and nonprofit organizations of all sizes that are looking to improve member services by streamlining the back office and enhancing front office processes all with one tool. GoMembers Enterprise is now owned and supported by Avolin since being divested by Aptean in 2018.

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Essentials

Impact

Empower

Neon CRM

Nonprofit CRM

Communications and Marketing

Reporting and Analytics

Fundraising and Events

Security and Platform

Constituent engagement and marketing

Social listening

Digital advocacy enablement

Reporting and data visualization

Wealth screening

Online donation options

Event registration and ticketing

Text and phone donations

Volunteer shift management

Mobile event check-in

Role-based user permissions

Mobile access

Integrations

Neon One, LLC

Wild Apricot is an association management platform that emphasizes automation of member lifecycle management (i.e. attract, engage, renew), and also assists with receiving online payments and payment processing, and website content and engagement.

Wild Apricot was acquired by Personify Corp in 2017.

Personal

Group

Community

Professional

Association Management

GoMembers Enterprise

Association Management software is primarily designed to automate some of the standard management tasks of membership organizations, where members pay monthly or annual dues. These systems include not just membership management and event management, but also campaign management for targeted marketing campaigns, subscription and publications management, and award management.

Avolin

Reviews

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TrustRadius

Submit a ticket

Create a custom

Management system

Custom report

Technical team

Double check

End user

New customer

User friendly

Service portal

Technical staff

Project manager

Service support

Meeting management

Customer service support

Accounts receivable

Service is excellent

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Pros and Cons

Membership management.
Meeting management and registration.
Accounts receivable.

Things done well

The GoMembers system can be user friendly for some functions, but order entry is both in look and functionality from the 1980's. It's horrible to navigate, add orders and process returns. I would recommend improving that portion of the system.
Address administration. We have had several issues with addresses not being removed from records when we've tried to process them. We also have experienced an address displaying on a record when there is no connection between that record and the address owner.
Membership renewals. Since day 1 of going live with the system, membership renewals have not generated correctly. Most often some members are not "pulled" for renewal and should be. We had to create a custom report to double check what the system generates for renewals. Doing so defeats one of the purposes of upgrading our system. Our goal was to streamline these activities and having to compare lists defeats that purpose.

Things done poorly

I was recently published by Aptean as a GoMembers case study. That case study was also published in the ASAE newsletter that thousands of Associations across the country receive. The case study was provided to ASAE by our Association President. That publication generated a few dozen phone calls in which colleagues from various associations wanted my opinion of the product. I gave a honest response each and every time, which included the good and bad (mostly good). I also mentioned to each of them how the team of Aptean staff we had during our setup and go live phase were great to work with.

Upgrading to the GoMembers system has led us to initiate and complete a company wide overhaul. We have streamlined many administrative functions, reduced time spent manually tracking certain information. Although we are less than one year of being live with the system, countless hours of staff time has been saved due to system driven changes and improvements.

Return on Investment

As with any company, we are always looking and interested in technology that can make our operations run smooth. I don't believe we'll be changing providers anytime soon, however if our needs grow and Aptean/GoMembers isn't capable of that functionality we will be required to look elsewhere.

Aptean 2013-12-04 09:10:22

Aptean's customer service is excellent. The process of submitting a ticket is easy - and 90 percent of the time, resolution by their technical staff is swift, thorough and friendly.
Aptean has a wealth of knowledge at its disposal and should be extremely proud of its people. Their staff - everyone from our project manager, other management and customer service/support - has been knowledgeable, responsive, and friendly.
Aptean's corporate trainers are second to none. Smart, efficient and thorough. They provided a wealth of support and knowledge both prior to and following the implementation of our new CRM.

The new customer service portal seems to be missing a lot of the product documentation/training manuals. In order to access them, I had to submit a ticket and receive a file via FTP.
The process by which to get a quote or proposal has been sometimes challenging and lengthy. It's certainly been a point of frustration from time to time.
The GoMembers (Association Management System) product has changed the way we do business, but some of the functionality seems to be incomplete or missing. Basic functionality of certain processes within the system are cumbersome or just don't make much sense to our technical team, or the end user.

The GoMembers product has allowed us to be more efficient and effective in our front- and back-office processes. Fewer steps to making someone a member (12 steps to three), registering a member for a meeting and tracking subscription data. Increased overall employee efficiency while automating many things we formerly did manually. The integration with our website will only further reduce the manual work done within the system, freeing up staff to focus on other areas of importance within our organization.
The implementation of the system is helping us to achieve overall business objectives and digital communications initiatives. The CRM is more robust than our former AMS, and the information we're able to track and retrieve more important than ever, allowing us to target interests, communications preferences and member activity in ways we might have never previously thought possible.
The system is flexible, allowing us not only to anticipate new data points and change accordingly, but plan for the future.

We know there is no perfect product, but we're familiar with GoMembers and have made modifications specific to our business and its overall objective. Unless there were some compelling reason to change, we have no plans to change products.

The product was purchased four years before implementation. After having been stalled for more than a year, we were tapped to get the software setup and implemented on a tight six-month deadline. And because we hadn't been involved in the selection process and primary setup, we basically had to start from scratch. I can't say what questions were asked, since I wasn't a part of the selection process, but if you are - and beyond anything else - know upfront what your overall business objective goals and end results are before selecting a product. If the product doesn't meet your needs - with or without modification - keep moving. Research, research, research.

Type of implementation

Prior to Phase I: Selection process/planning (not involved)Phase I: Database planning, setup and testing. Overhaul/analysis of organizational processes that drive interaction with the database. First data conversion. Identifying power users. Staff training. Creation of manuals for all staff.Phase II: Go-live. Second data conversion and testing. Troubleshooting and continued maintenance.Phase III: Website integration.

Phased Implementation

Our leadership was onboard. Convincing our staff and end-users was another thing. Several were champions of the implementation and change, some were barriers. Overall, those barriers didn't stand in the way of implementing and using the new system, but it certainly was an issue throughout the three phases of our system implementation.

Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled

Change Management

Change management. People don't like change - and with a 14-year-old system, that change is likely even more difficult to swallow.
Time. We have full-time jobs in addition to the implementation - and ended up needing to sequester ourselves for six months, away from 90 percent of our normal job duties, to get it done on time and as expected.
Knowledge. We aren't database architects or programmers, so a lot of trial and error was required. Regardless, every little bit we figured out was worthy of a high-five.

Implementation Issues

Support from our project manager and trainers was bar-none. They were there both before and after Go-Live, answering questions and anticipating any snags along the way.

Implementation satisfaction

Most GoMembers modules are similar in the fact that if you learn one, the others seem to make sense and aren't difficult to master.
Though lengthy, setup was relatively easy.
Being able to edit end-of-day transactions prior to posting is great. Makes it easier to catch errors before too much effort is required to correct them either on our part or on the part of support.

Easy Functions

The older modules (Order Entry, Accounting) seem outdated and not at all intuitive.
Certain functionality that would be expected is missing or minute.
Often the same term is used for different processes, making it confusing for the end user.

Difficult functions

Some of the GoMembers CRM is intuitive, some is counter-intuitive. What might seem like common sense to me might not to another user. Having been through the setup of the product, it's easier for me to anticipate the steps needed to complete a task. For the average user, possibly not.

Product usability

Digital Communications Manager

Aptean 2013-11-26 09:54:51

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Mobile Application	No

GoMembers Enterprise

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What is GoMembers Enterprise?

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Aptean GoMembers: Increasing Efficiencies in Front-/Back-Office Processes and Furthering Business Objectives

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