Is your association looking for strategies to improve your decision-making process? Leveraging your data to inform how your organization should approach a situation is a great place to start. Many associations use data-driven decision making to move their missions forward, advance public policy, and enhance advocacy programs.
Association management software (AMS) can serve as your organization’s most important tool to help you gather data and inform your decision-making process. Read our blog to discover how one association leveraged its AMS to improve its decision-making process and advance advocacy efforts with real-time data.
What is data-driven decision making?
Data-driven decision making is the process of utilizing data to inform your association’s decision-making. Your organization can use innovative technology to gather data to incorporate into your decision-making process. Using software makes it easier to streamline your organization’s records and analyze relevant member behavior to determine how to approach a new opportunity or decide how you want to tackle a strategic goal.
Another great way to drive data-driven results at your organization? Leverage your AMS to gain insights into your advocacy program. When you streamline your data in your AMS, you can improve your decision-making process and empower your members and stakeholders who advance your advocacy efforts.
Organizations everywhere are leveraging data to inform their decision-making processes. The Montana School Boards Association (MTSBA) chose to use its data and Nimble AMS to elevate its leadership decision-making process, advancing its advocacy program.
Who is the Montana School Boards Association (MTSBA)?
The Montana School Boards Association (MTSBA) is a private nonprofit membership organization founded over 95 years ago through the efforts and interests of volunteer elected trustees from the state of Montana. The core purpose of MTSBA is to develop the full potential of each child in every public school. MTSBA represents the interests of more than 155,000 students across the state of Montana.
MTSBA has more than 1,450 members and serves more than 25,000 public employees. To fully empower its members, represent the needs of students, and support advocacy and policymaking in Montana, MTSBA needed efficient, data-driven solutions.
What challenges did MTSBA face?
MTSBA leads an intensive advocacy program working to advance public policy to improve student achievement and outcomes before the Montana Legislature and Congress. The organization offers skills training opportunities for Montana School boards and a variety of educational resources for its members and stakeholders.
To meet the needs of its members and stakeholders, MTSBA faced growing demands to streamline its data. Offering accessible, reliable data was a challenge for MTSBA, but the organization recognized its importance in increasing opportunities for students and advancing Montana’s public school system.
MTSBA needed innovative association management software (AMS) to streamline its data and improve decision-making. The organization turned to Nimble AMS.
How did Nimble AMS help MTSBA?
MTSBA leveraged Nimble AMS to revolutionize its advocacy efforts. With Nimble AMS dashboards and real-time reporting features, MTSBA can utilize public state records, ensuring necessary data is accessible to its members and Montana legislators to better support policymaking.
Here’s how: Nimble AMS offers actionable insights in real-time on Montana state data about school district budgets, expenditures, student achievement levels, and more. With Nimble AMS, MTSBA members and Montana state legislators have easy access to data to make good policy decisions and proactively solve challenges.
By using Nimble AMS, MTSBA is empowered to leverage its data, make better decisions, and meet the needs of its members and stakeholders.
“Nimble AMS reports and dashboards help us provide helpful data to our members and Montana’s legislature. Our constituents don’t have to hunt for this important information, wondering if it’s accurate. Nimble AMS reports has made MTSBA much more efficient.” —Emily Dean, Director of Advocacy, MTSBA
By choosing to leverage Nimble AMS, MTSBA has access to powerful analytics for smarter decision-making and mission advancement. Looking forward, MTSBA will continue to utilize Nimble AMS to empower its members and stakeholders, ensuring the organization can positively impact each community, school district, and student in Montana.
