Dear small business owner,

I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable summer. Here at NewPath Consulting we have been working hard all summer to bring new customers on board to Wild Apricot and Formstack, 2 star services in our SMBStack.

Here is the September 2019 edition (#69) of the monthly NewPath newsletter.

A few highlights from last month:

▪ PAIU and FDPI Institute are the lastest 2 customers who have launched on Wild Apricot. We worked with PAIU over the past several months to configure a very complex membership model and transfer many spreadsheets into a new modern system. FDPI was our fastest ever implementation -- from vision to launch in just 1 month!
PAIU and FDPI Institute are the lastest 2 customers who have launched on Wild Apricot. We worked with PAIU over the past several months to configure a very complex membership model and transfer many spreadsheets into a new modern system. FDPI was our fastest ever implementation -- from vision to launch in just 1 month!

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▪ We are proud to announce the Wild Apricot Reports Manager this fall. The Wild Apricot Reports Manager (aka WARM) is NewPath Consulting's custom reporting solution for Wild Apricot administrators who want an increased level of reporting flexibility and analytical power. Our plans are to release continued improvements to the Google Data Studio-powered reports and our community connector this fall.
We are proud to announce the Wild Apricot Reports Manager this fall. The Wild Apricot Reports Manager (aka WARM) is NewPath Consulting's custom reporting solution for Wild Apricot administrators who want an increased level of reporting flexibility and analytical power. Our plans are to release continued improvements to the Google Data Studio-powered reports and our community connector this fall.

If you run an association, clubs or know any small business customers please send me a quick email. And of course I welcome your questions or comments.

Yours in the clouds,

Alex Sirota
Director, NewPath Consulting
(888) 781-2539

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WordPress Toronto North Meetup

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Let's Fix Your Website Meetup in Toronto

The usual monthly meetup "Let's Fix Your Website" meetup is on September 16, 2019 at 6:30pm at Lokaal Coworking.

Weglot is sponsoring the meetups for the next 12 months so your food and drinks are taken care of and we will waive the usual $5 fee. Weglot is an automatic translation system featuring a WordPress plugin that features a five minute install, activation and initial configuration. Then Weglot translates your copy automatically, on the fly, and creates a best-effort translation using commercial cloud-based translation services.Thanks Weglot!

NewPath Consulting is a proud supporter of WordPress Toronto -- your Toronto-based community with a link to the international WordPress community. We are proponents of the open source and collaborative nature of this robust yet free web platform. At our Meetups we have fun, share knowledge and continue life-long learning.

To see all WPToronto meetups visit Meetup.com.

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Do you need a 'Refund Policy'?

Organizations who run events sometimes get asked for refunds. It's great to have a published refund policy but the wording and policy is sometimes difficult to come by. This template can be adapted for your needs:

[ORGANIZATION NAME] will refund payments made for program fees over $10.00 when the cancellation occurs a month before the event. Program fees under $10 will not be refunded. If the cancellation incurs bank or PayPal fees, the transaction fee cost will be deducted from the refund. Refunds are available only for transactions involving the purchase of goods and services. Dues payments are not refundable.

If the ORGANIZATION cancels a program, a full refund will be given.

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Cool Article of the Month

Association Trends sponsored the AMSFest in Chicago last June. At the conference they announced that there are now over 60 association management systems (AMS) on the market, with close to 20 capable of meeting most needs even at complex associations. This blog post by Rob Miller of Nucleus Analytics summarized the main findings at the conference. There is also a consolidation trend shaking up the market in which larger players have been gobbling up some of their competitors. This has created some uneasiness in the market, but the acquiring vendors appear to be expanding and supporting most of the systems.

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New Podcast! - Planet Leadership with Eric Thurston

At Personify, Eric Thurston led the company through a founder transition, a major product rewrite. He has transformed the organization into the market leader of association, constituent management and engagement solutions. On this new podcast, Eric meets with leaders, influencers, movers, and shakers in the association and nonprofit market. He explores the issues and topics keeping up executives up at night such as how to drive efficiencies within an organization, leverage technology to be more effective, and stay on top of trends in a rapidly evolving market.

 
     
 
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