Association Assistant by Virtual Interconnect is an online software package which allows you to create, update, and maintain a professional website and online portal for your group or association. Our unique proprietary content management system is specifically tailored for associations, with many features for group management, member benefit promotion, and fundraising to help keep your association and/or non-profit funded and moving forward in our modern internet-connected world.
Advertise your membership with the member directory function. Association Assistant's member directory pages not only allow for search and lookups of members by name or category but can also be configured to allow members to update their own listings. Directory listings can show logos, contact information, website links, and more, and integrate seamlessly with the membership login and management systems for easy membership management.
Members can pay their dues online using a credit card or e-check, with the funds immediately deposited into your account. You can combine it with automatic invoicing to make the system of invoicing and collecting dues paperless and requiring little to no human interaction. The online membership payments system allows new members to sign up and renewal of existing membership using a credit card or e-check. It integrates with QuickBooks to issue automatic invoices and file received payments, keeping your accounting up-to-date automatically.
The newsletter system allows you to send mass mailings, using either e-mail or print, to thousands of people at once. These mailings can be customized per-recipient with their name or other pertinent details from their member record to set your messages apart from spam and increase your open and response rate.
Lock down parts of your website with the private members-only area. Documents, event registration forms, committee contact info, etc. can all be placed in a password-protected area available only to your existing members.
Keep your site fresh and up-to-date by designating multiple people editing privileges for different parts of your site. Access control for pages on your site is configurable on a per-page basis, so not only can you lock down who can view a page, but also who can edit it.
The Association Assistant system allows for multiple blog pages on a site to keep your membership up-to-date on the latest news for your organization. Blog pages also tie in with the delegated editing system to allow committees or community coordinators to maintain their own internal news feed.
The event calendar system displays a calendar of your upcoming meetings, conventions, conferences, or any other type of event. The calendar system integrates with calendar systems in your members' smartphones, tablets, and e-mail programs for automatic distribution of updates to your schedule.
Sell event tickets online with our online store function. Different prices can be set for members and non-members, bulk discounts can be added for large groups, and you can even add promotional discount codes to help boost ticket sales.
The chat system allows instant messaging between your members in a password-protected area to keep out non-members and keep the conversation on-topic and civil. Have online informal meetings and discussion groups by sending out an invitation for a particular time to only those who you want to participate.
Allow members to send messsages to each other by using our fanout listserv forwarding e-mail addresses. Set up a mailbox @yourwebsite.com which forwards to the people on the mailing list and never have to worry about synchronizing address book lists again.
Sell fund-raising products in your online store such as branded mugs, t-shirts, books, etc. Members can be offered these products at a discount, or the entire store can be locked down to only members. Products can be searched for by name or category and can have multiple options such as size or color. When the customer has finished filling their cart, shipping can be fully calculated and their credit card automatically charged with the system sending you an order to fill.
Remind your members of seasonal responsibilities using the seasonal announcements system. With it, you can set up a message once and have it go out year after year, with messages customized with the recipients name or other pertinent fields. Send out reminders to prepare for tax season, tips for the holidays, etc.
Schedule e-mail messages to go out to wish your members a Happy Birthday for an extra personal touch. A discount code for your online store can be included to give newcomers an extra purchase incentive.
Have a magazine or journal you publish? Distribute it online using our page turner system, where issues of your periodical are displayed as if they were a printed magazine where navigating through the magazine flips the pages back and forth, provides zoom functionality, etc. all right in your members' browsers.
Ask for your members' opinions using the survey system. Formulate your list of multiple choice questions to ask your members and watch as the statistics start to build up. Analyze the results as the survey is ongoing and archive the dataset for later reference.
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