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Spotlight Series:Association
Development Group
Albany, New York
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We're proud to be our clients' project management advisors and advocates.
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To acknowledge their contributions to the creative industry, we've launched a Spotlight Blog series.
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Meet Megan, Project Coordinator at Association Development Group Inc.
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In a nutshell, what is Association Development Group?
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“ADG is an association management and communications firm.”
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“We provide the full range of daily operational and administrative services, event planning and management, and effective communications for professional trade associations and non-profit organizations.”
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“Our in-house divisions, ADG Events and Studio136, provide event planning, design and communications to all of our managed associations, as well as various non-profit and small businesses.”
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What made you realize you needed a task management software?
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“As our company has grown, we realized paper tickets and filing cabinets were only going to get us so far!”
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“Function Point provides Association Development Group and Studio136 with a centralized system that tracks, organizes and archives important information.”
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“Looking up past job specs, vendor information and client history is easy because it is all contained within Function Point.”
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What has been your company’s greatest achievement?3
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“Our greatest successes to date have been taking a professional trade organization from the verge of bankruptcy to financial stability…”
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“…taking over an association's communications and giving them a plan and direction to reach important external audiences as well as their internal audience…”
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“… and helping a long-time client with its advocacy and marketing to become a significant part of economic growth in both its state and the communities in which it operates.”
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What has fp. helped you achieve?4
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“Organization is key to growing a successful business!”
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“The proper worfklow between our Creative Department and Association Management team had been streamlined and simplified.”
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“It allowed our creative team to simply focus on the amazing design, web and communications work they do.”
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What are your 3 favourite fp. features?5
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1. Tasks: “It's easy to delegate jobs to one or more person, be it for copywriting, marketing, or graphic design.”
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2. Staff Portal: “This feature helps to reduce interruptions to both the Studio136 and association teams by providing an efficient method for collecting project details with easy-to-use project request forms and status updates.”
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3. Archiving: “Having a history of internal and external expenses makes it easy to keep track of information for any related jobs and future reprints.”
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Check out the full blog post
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