Digital Transformation

Will Your Association Survive and
Thrive the Digital Age?

Modernize your systems, streamline operations, and enhance member engagement without betting the farm, taking months or years, or burning barrles full of cash.

What We Can Do

Our areas of Digital Transformation expertise

Our Digital Transformation services lead your association to relevance, resilience, and innovation in the digital age.

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Benchmarking and Assessment

Future-Proofing

Platform Selection and Implementation

Tech Stack Analysis and Design

Tech Debt Review and Reduction

Legacy Systems Modernization

our solutions

Digital Transformation for Associations

You don't have to bet the farm to benefit from Digital Transformation. Our iterative and continuous improvement approach ensures your digital transformation efforts pay for themselves quickly and with ease.

Benchmarking and Assessment

Gain data-driven insights to evaluate your association’s digital maturity, identify gaps, and develop a strategic roadmap for successful digital transformation.

Tech Stack Analysis and Design

We evaluate your association’s current technology ecosystem, identifies inefficiencies, and designs a strategic, scalable tech stack to support a seamless and future-proof digital transformation.

Future-Proofing

We help you ensure your association’s technology and digital strategy remain adaptable, scalable, and resilient, equipping you to navigate industry changes and emerging trends with confidence.

Tech Debt Review and Reduction

We help you identify outdated systems, inefficiencies, and technical bottlenecks, providing a strategic plan to streamline, modernize, and optimize your association’s technology for long-term success.

Platform Selection and Implementation

We guide your association in choosing the right technology solutions that ensure seamless implementation, optimizing efficiency, integration, and member experience.

Legacy Systems Modernization

We help you upgrade and integrate outdated technology, transforming your association’s systems for improved efficiency, security, and scalability in the digital era.

Our Unique Process

Our unique process is based on one important thing we've learned - it's never about the technology.
Or, put another way - the technology is the easy part.

That's why every project and client engagement revolves around these four questions:

1

Why

Why this project, and why now?

2

Who

Who asked for this project, and who will be impacted?

3

What

What resources do you have available?

4

How

How can this project benefit you, and how much do you want us involved?

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And the #1 goal
of our process is always this...

- to elevate your status,
- to expand your influence, and
- to future-proof your career growth.

While leading your Association to technology excellence and creating measurable impact for your members. Its a win-win-win.

Our process does everything possible to TRANSFORM YOUR ROLE:

  • From just-get-it-done manager to strategic thought leader
  • From liability expense to value creator
  • From always reacting to ahead of the curve
Our AI Work

Three Digital Transformation Projects in our Portfolio

Disclaimer: to respect the confidentiality & privacy of our clients and partners, we’ve omitted specific names. We are, however, happy to share details of our experience and outcomes, including references.

Challenge

"I can’t find anything, I spend hours looking before giving up in frustration." - These were the words of an Executive Vice President on trying to find files and relevant information on their association’s file system.

This was a common pain point across the association. Many alternative solutions were offered and rogue IT solutions tried. And to make things worse, the association was deeply entrenched in a single workflow - single documents sent as email attachments.

That's when we got the call.

Strategy

Our primary strategy for this project had two parts - 1.) rip off the band-aid, and 2.) take baby steps.

  • Selected Microsoft 365 Cloud (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, CoPilot) as the solution
  • Evaluated, hired, and managed a specialized consulting firm for the migration from file system to the cloud
  • Leveraged several advanced change management techniques to ensure a smooth transition and adoption

Results

Over 115 users were successfully trained and migrated from a single-file, Windows File share system to a fully-collaborative and cloud based environment.

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Challenge

"Our technology needs to be innovative and cutting-edge." - this was the command given by a new CEO of a national trade association.

Results were expected, and fast, but no further instructions or details were provided. Just the phrase repeated from the top down - “We need cutting-edge technology.”

But what did “cutting-edge” mean? And which technology, specifically? All of it? Some of it?

That's when we got the call.

Strategy

Our primary strategy from the start was to gain clarity before taking any rash, or reactive, actions. Our strategy after that was to figure out where the association needed to go and how to get there.

  • Defined what “innovative” and “cutting-edge” meant for this association
  • Assessed and benchmarked the association’s included technology in relation to the definition of innovative
  • Created a road map for getting from where the association was to where they needed to be by identified and managing 12 projects over two years

Results

The association moved from a benchmark assessment score of 58 (Effective) to 82 (Innovative), putting their technology in the top 9% of associations.

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Challenge

"Because we’ve done it this way for 35 years." - these were the words of the race director for a charity race held each year in partnership with a large association.

The race attracted big names, big sponsors, and raised big money for the supported charity. The problem? The race website was built in 1998, and the team registration process was done completely on paper and by mail. Even the donations to the charity were physical checks, delivered in a giant bag at the end of the race.

That's when we got the call.

Strategy and Services

The primary strategy we used here was one of our favorites - just build it (or at least, appear to just build it).

The race director was convinced it would take several months, maybe even a year or more, and barrels full of cash to rebuild the website and take the registration process on line. Here's what we did:

  • Quickly rebuilt the website with a modern and elegant look and feel
  • Quickly built a proof-of-concept online race registration website
  • Honored the race director and his team by ensuring them the process would not replace them, only make the process easier for everyone involved

Results

With the website rebuilt, the registration proof-of-concept complete, and the race director honored, it was a win-win for both sides.

The new website and registration process went live within two months, and the race was a huge success - for registrants, sponsors, the supported charity, the director, and the association.

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Reviews

What Our Clients Are Saying

We respect the confidentiality and privacy of our clients and partners, so we've omitted some identifying details here.

But we are more than happy to connect you directly with our current and previous clients, so you can get honest feedback on what it's like to work with us.

"In over 20 years of working with Chris and Sandy Point, there's not a single project they could not get done or a problem they could not solve. Chris is on speed dial and I don't know what we'd do without him and Sandy Point.'

Glenn S.
Vice President, Technology

"Chris and Sandy Point have the uncanny ability to take our plain english (and often confusing) requirments and tranlate them into technology solutions that were not only exactly what we wanted, but more than we ever thought possible."

Emily W.
Assistant Vice President, Compliance

"The work of Sandy Point, under Chris' leadership and guidance, have saved me countless hours of work through automation and integration, allowing me to focus on higher-value and strategic priorities that benefit me, our members, and our association. "

Geneva B.
Senior Director, Conference Systems and Strategic Partnerships
Full references available on request.

Questions? Answers.

Have a different question and can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Reach out to our support team by sending us an email and we’ll get back to you.

We are different in four important ways: 1.) our focus is on you, not just the project or technology, 2.) associations are all we know and work with, 3.) our rates adjust based on your association's revenues, and we guarantee ROI, and 4.) you have complete control over the amount of help you need.

How do you focus on me?

Our goal is to help you elevate your status, expand your influence, and future-proof your career growth through your technology project or task - while leading your association to excellence. Trust us, it's a win-win for everyone, including members!

We believe that every association, no matter how small, deserves access to innovative and modern technology. That's why our rates adjust based on your association's annual revenues. We also guarantee our rates: if your project doesn't deliver, then your money back, it's that simple.

Every association has different levels of resources available in terms of staff capability, knowledge, technology, and budget.

That's why we offer three ways to work with us: 1.) Do-it-Yourself (DIY): we guide you with expert support and knowledge while you complete the majority of the project on your own, 2.) Done-with-You (DWY): we complement your internal resources and we complete the project together, 3.) Done-for-You (DFY): don't worry about a thing - we do it all for you!

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