LEADERSHIP, PLATFORMS & PURPOSE: THE ACADIA BAY BLOG
Candid insights from our founder on running a mission-driven consulting business, raising the bar for AMS support, and helping associations and nonprofits thrive on Salesforce.
Fonteva Success Does Not End at Go-Live When people reach out to Acadia Bay, the story often starts the same way:“We went live six months ago, and things don’t quite work the way we expected.” That moment is not a failure. It is a very normal phase in the life of a complex system like an AMS. Fonteva success does not come from a single implementation. It comes from intentional evolution. Organizations that thrive long-term treat their AMS as a living system that requires care
Start With the Data, Not the Vendor If you’re planning an AMS implementation, the natural instinct is to start by comparing vendors or drafting requirements. That feels like progress. In reality, some of the most important work happens well before those steps. If I were directing strategy for an association about to invest in a new AMS, I would start with the data. Many associations do not fully realize how critical their data is until they are deep into implementation. Over
