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Rich Campbell, Co-Founder & President, discusses how managing expectations impacted the Account Center project with Consolidated Communications.

As part of STL TechWeek, Engage’s quality specialist Kristen Palm will be presenting Quality Assurance Testing at StartupSTL Summit on Friday, April 4, 2025. Attendees can anticipate learning about different types of testing tools and software, best practices for implementing testing plans and when to do them, as well as a brief overview of quality assurance and why it is so important. Seating is limited, and registration is required. We hope to see you there!

On Sept 19th, Engage Digital Strategist, Kristen Palm, passed the GA4 Certification exam in one try with a high-flying 86%.

Engage is excited to announce that we have acquired SMB Creative Group and its Connecting Members platform. Additionally SMB Creative’s entire team will join the team at Engage. Welcome SMB Creative Group to the Engage Software family!

Engage Software commemorates 20 years of growth, innovation and leadership.

DNN co-founder, Joe Brinkman, joins the development team at Engage Software. In addition to working with our clients, Joe will also help bring two new Engage products to market in 2019.

Engage discusses options for associations to integrate their AMS and website for a better member experience.

19th Anniversary celebration: continued growth in our client-base, skillset, product offerings, and partnerships.

Engage discusses the upcoming GDPR deadline and tools to ensure a compliant digital presence.

Engage continues its growth and introduces new project manager and software developer to its team of experts.

For most associations and non-profits, your website is an essential tool for managing, connecting, and communicating with your members, and it is often the first point of contact for those first discovering your organization. Crucial to establishing a positive first impression and maintaining ongoing relationships, your website must provide a user-friendly, engaging platform for readers to communicate and learn. If you are looking to design a new website or update your existing one, be sure to include targeted questions in your request for proposal (RFP) that will connect you with the best fit for your organization. One of the first and most crucial factors to consider for project success is a potential agency’s proven industry expertise. 

Choosing a website design firm is a critical decision. You're not just buying a professional service and putting a project in the provider’s hands, you're entrusting your association to them. In doing so, it is essential to select the right firm to partner with to ensure your association’s success.

Over the past three years, approximately 60 percent of our clients have been in the association space. It became clear that, especially for small-staff associations, there was a need for an AMS (Association Management System) that was accessible, scalable and customizable to fit their specific business needs. Given the success of our AMS website integrations and our Engage Sports registration system it was a natural progression for us to develop Engage AMS to meet this growing need.

In June we made note of an issue with Telerik components affecting DNN users. Please be aware of a subsequent bulletin issued by DNN affecting all versions of DNN and Evoq from 5.6.3 to 9.1.1.

One of the main sources of revenue for nonprofit organizations, as well as some government agencies is events. With so much riding on each event, it is important that your organization’s event registration system is robust enough to handle not only the volume of events you host, but makes the attendee experience as easy as possible – from finding the event on your website and registering to attending the event and providing you with valuable feedback after the event.

Join Engage at the Midwest Digital Marketing Conference (MDMC17). We're sponsoring the 2-day St. Louis event April 12 & 13. After attending the one-day event last year, we knew this year's two-day event would be even better so we're also sponsoring! Come to the conference and stop by our table and say hello. This year's theme is "Rise of the Digital Native." Learn from top speakers from around the Midwest on all things Digital Marketing. Register to attend on the event website.

On April 20, join Lindsay Matush and Jason Stone to learn about marketing for Associations. This will be the sixth webinar in our Association Best Practice Series.

When redesigning an association website, it is wise to seek user experience resources and data. User experience (or UX) is the crossroads of design, functionality, and site visitor interaction. It’s not just about striking images or clear navigation. It’s the takeaway “feeling” a person has after visiting and using your website. Its psychological and physical.

We are thrilled to announce that our client, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), is a winner of a 2016 Gold Circle Award from the Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) in the website category!

Here we are at the mid-point of 2015, and what a whirlwind of a year it has been thus far. Over the past couple of months, we’ve added several new clients and even introduced Microsoft Dynamics CRM development to our repertoire. Of course, more clients and more services mean more work. And, more work means growing our staff. 

Engage is looking for both a Front-end Web Developer and a Software Developer. For more information, please visit our careers page.

If you read our white paper, "Taking a Responsive Approach: Responsive Web Design in the DNN CMS," you probably already know that Google has sung the praises of responsive design, claiming it to be its "preferred site configuration." But, did you know that you can use Google Analytics to gain insight on your need for a responsive site? Follow these steps, and you’ll be able to tell if you should spend more attention to better serving your small-screen audience through responsive design.

Last week, a few of Engage’s finest (Jason Stone, vice president, marketing and sales; Kevin O’Brien, co-founder and vice president, operations; and Kayle McLean, project manager) made their way to Washington, D.C., for Fusion 2014, Protech Associates’ annual customer conference. As a company, we were thrilled to return to the conference for a second consecutive year, this time as a Fusion Premier sponsor.

At Engage we believe in investing in the professional development of our employees. While building professionals who can effectively communicate with our customers has always been a priority for us, we also stress a healthy work-life balance.

2014 is shaping up to be a banner year for us. In an age where 90% of tech start-ups fold within their first five years of existence, we celebrated our 15th anniversary last month – May 26, to be exact. Over time, our company has grown from a consulting firm, to a leader in the DNN community, and now a full-service web development firm that serves a diverse set of organizations.  

Engage welcomes two new employees to our team. Meet Kayle McLean, Project Manager and Joe Lissner, Web Developer...

In 2008, Engage released our first commercial module, Engage: Publish, to a wonderful reception from the DNN community. Soon after, Engage created several more top-selling modules – committing nearly 7,000 man hours to their development. We were very successful at creating solutions that met system integrators’ needs and, hopefully, exceeded their expectations.

Working at Engage means being part of a team of talented, passionate individuals who love what they do and bring that spirit to work everyday. We work hard… and play hard. We value and acknowledge everyone’s contributions with an uncompromising focus on our culture as well as competitive pay and great benefits. Engage is looking for a Software Developer who will be responsible for leading all technical aspects of client website implementations. This position is responsible for designing and building tools and systems to streamline implementations of clients on a daily basis. For more information, please visit our careers page.

Join the Engage team at this year's DotNetNuke World 2012 in Orlando. Come enjoy sessions packed with tips and techniques from DotNetNuke core team members, community members, and industry experts. In case you missed our pre-conference emails, here is a summary of what we're up to...

In the next chapter of the True Value Company's DotNetNuke (DNN) success story, all stores on their TruSite platform now have mobile sites. With the introduction of mobile device detection in the DNN 6.1 release and with the explosion of the mobile web, the time was right for True Value to offer a mobile solution to its members. Engage was happy to take that solution from timely idea to tangible reality.

Camp Quality serves children with cancer and their families by providing year-round programs, experiences, and companionship, at no cost. Camp Quality promotes hope and inspiration while helping children foster life skills and develop their full potential. We felt like kids heading to camp each day working with Camp Quality - excited, inspired, giddy. Providing Camp Quality with a web site that reflects the experience they provided to campers was a true joy.

Engage is proud to announce we have earned the Gold Certified status within the DotNetNuke Partner program. We have been an active supporter of the DNN project for many years with the DotNetNuke Benefactor and Sponsor programs. Engage has also been a DotNetNuke Partner since the program was announced.

In case you missed it earlier this month, we released our second skin bundle - Engage Skins Collection II, which includes these six great skins, now available for one low price: Engage: Element Engage: Pure Engage: Fresh Engage: Serene Engage: Prototype Engage: Nebula

Free DNN Training! Engage is now offering free DotNetNuke Video Training through the end of February. To access the training, go to Engage University and register for a free account. If you already have an account, just login. Then access the free training here: http://www.engageuniversity.com/Courses.aspx#free Why Free? Why Now?

Over the past few years, Engage has done a lot in the DotNetNuke Training space. Some highlights include: launching a DNN training program from scratch developing a great training DNN curriculum partnering with DotNetNuke Corp. to become an Official DotNetNuke Training Provider training hundreds of individuals and many groups of people at major corporations, government entities and learning institutions around the world creating alternative learning channels with live and on-demand webinars, DVD video training, and e-Learning formats This time and effort has been both exciting and challenging. Our biggest challenge has been reaching everyone who needs instructor-led DNN Training. Today we are pleased to announce the next chapter in our DotNetNuke Training adventure. Engage has again partnered with DotNetNuke Corp., this time to help launch a major initiative: the DotNetNuke Training program.

Engage launched Engage University last year as an e-Learning resource for DotNetNuke. The site is built on DNN of course, and powered by our Engage: Campus LMS. Our first course Introduction to DotNetNuke was a free, short course to provide an overview of what DNN is and how it can be applied. The course also serves as an example for how Engage: Campus works, and more importantly, what students will get in an e-Learning experience for DotNetNuke. During the past 10 months, over 350 students have taken the free Introductory course.

Just announced: DotNetNuke® Training dates for October Learn DotNetNuke from the experts at Engage - Official DotNetNuke® Training Provider.

Engage is honored to have 2 sites chosen as finalists in the DNN OpenForce Community Choice Awards contest. Please cast your vote for one of our sites!

For the past several years, our policy has been to not respond to RFPs. The process is flawed and a complete waste of time and resources. We are confident in our ability to deliver quality work at a fair price. We want to work with clients who want to work with us. What's so wrong about that? Shouldn't it be that simple?

Want to make the most of DNN? Curious about the recommended site settings? Couldn’t make it to Vegas for Open Force? We’ve got you covered.

Shaun Walker's DotNetNuke keynote was a great overview of the current state of DNN and the road ahead.

Chris Hammond did a great job with both of his sessions - Selling DotNetNuke and DNN 5.0 Administration They were both well attended and well received.

Well it took a bit of work, but we got the booth all set up. Ian, Chris, Dang and I did it all relatively painlessly. Chris took a neat time-lapse video of the process [coming soon]...

Stay in touch and up-to-date with the happenings at OpenForce '08 by visiting the Engage Software Blog. We will have 4 employees in attendance, speaking, manning our booth, conducting post-conference training, and blogging about the conference!

The final BETA release is feature complete. What you see in Engage: Events BETA will be what you get in Engage: Events 1.0. We're still seeking your help to make sure the features that are included in Engage: Events work properly, function as expected, and position the product to quickly improve upon the initial release.

Do you have a gauge for your site's effectiveness, performance, and overall health? By offering a consolidated display of site metrics and portal administration tools, Dashboard acts like a diagnostic test for your website.

Engage Software is proud to announce we have attained Gold Partner status within the Microsoft Partner Program.

I just finished reading Eric Sick on the Business of Software by Eric Sink, the founder of SourceGear -- makers of source control products Vault and SourceOffSite (which we use here at Engage Software). It was a great book. Very insightful, funny and inspiring. I recommend it to anyone who works for an "ISV" (Independent Software Vendor). While the author targets the "Micro-ISV," I consider Engage Software to be more of a "Mini-ISV" but the concepts still apply. The book is essentially a collection of blog posts, categorized into sections: Entrepreneurship, People, Marketing and Sales. Since each chapter is a former blog post, there is a lot of over-lap with previous chapters, giving the sense of deja-vu. But all-in-all, it's an easy read and I really enjoyed it.