Q2 2023 iMIS Product Update

In April, I was given the opportunity to visit with some clients in Michigan at a client seminar. We had a chance to talk with iMIS users about their experiences using the iMIS Engagement Management System (EMS) to engage with their members to help their organizations to continue to improve the performance of their organization. Some of my favorite conversations were those that occurred between users, sharing their experiences and giving tips and tricks to help each other use iMIS to its fullest. It was a great reminder of the openness and the generosity of the iMIS Community.

Every day we see people in the iMIS community take time to help others on the NiUG forums, in user groups, in-person at conferences, or at client seminars, like the one in Michigan. I think most everyone here at ASI, across our partner channel, and in our client community would agree that iMIS is about much more than just software; it’s about connections and generosity and helping each other to grow. The ASI Development team works together to bring that spirit of connection to the product we develop.

We’re always happy to hear your product feedback, whether it’s feature requests or (especially) your iMIS success stories. You’re always welcome to reach out to us at productowners@imis.com. Thanks to all of you who regularly contact us, and I assure you that we read and respond to each email. To see what some of our clients are doing with iMIS, look at our Great Things Award Winners. You’re sure to be inspired! 

In the coming year, there will be many opportunities for you to connect (live and in-person) with the iMIS community, connect with other iMIS users and see some of the great things that users are doing to further the missions of their organizations. A list of events can be found at imis.com/events.

What's New in the Latest iMIS EMS Upgrades

Over the last couple of months, we’ve rolled out two iMIS upgrades, getting the great work that our developers are doing in your hands, so that you can put the latest enhancements to work for you. You can always find information on the latest updates on our What’s New page, including links to our full documentation.

Here are some of the new features that you’ll find in that release:

Split gifts

For our Fundraising clients, we have added split gifts to allow a single donation to be allocated to multiple gift items. This is one of our top requested Fundraising features and we’re so pleased to make it available to you!

Fundraising reports by fiscal year

Also, for Fundraisers, we have updated some of our Fundraising reports to report on Fiscal Year, rather than Calendar year. Another frequent request!

“Continuum” now called “Reports”

Speaking of reports, we have also renamed the main reporting navigation item to... Reports! This may seem somewhat trivial, but we heard from many people that Continuum wasn’t very intuitive so, hopefully, this will make it a little easier to navigate around iMIS.

Adjust memberships during the membership term

For membership organizations, we’ve added the ability to adjust memberships during the membership term. You can now change the price of an item or cancel the item altogether, making it easier to manage those times when you need to make those updates.

Pricing Groups

We’re also continuing to work on Pricing Groups, currently being used for event pricing. In this release, you can review pricing group usage to see where a pricing group is being used and you can edit or delete it. This is another frequent request, and we hope it will make it a little easier to manage your pricing groups!

Speaker management from event dashboards

These are just a few of my favorite updates in the latest release of iMIS. For the full list, documentation, videos, and training, pay a visit to our What’s New page on the help site.  

Thank you again for being a part of the iMIS Community, we can’t do this without you. All of us here at ASI wish you continued growth and connections and I hope to see you at one of the many upcoming events!