The Organization Resource Group went to Richardson, Texas, June 21 to 23 to attend OrgSync Connect, OrgSync’s first annual user conference.

“We thought the conference would be a really good way to learn how other schools are implementing OrgSync,” ORG Chairman Derek Murray said.

The purpose of the user conference was to engage in discussion and collaborating learning with campus partners with the intent of educating them, according to the OrgSync website.

The OrgSync software helps MU’s many student organizations interact and communicate better. The program, which was installed last semester, also provides more accessibility and connectivity to students involved or even just interested in student organizations.

MU students can log into OrgSync with their MU usernames and passwords and access all sorts of information about student organizations.

MU is just beginning to use this software more than 250 other colleges have already implemented, which is part of the reason ORG attended the conference.

“We’re still getting used to it here at the office,” Murray said.

The conference offered informational activities and skills programs designed to address all kinds of OrgSync practices. Some key events included round table discussions, four classes taught by OrgSync professionals and a trip to OrgSync’s headquarters in Dallas.

Murray, who attended OrgSync Connect with MU’s student organizations coordinator Nick Evans, said the conference went very well. This successful outcome was due to not only the professional insight from OrgSync employees, but also the anecdotal warnings of practices that have previously fallen flat.

“We learned what other schools are doing well and what doesn’t work so well, so we won’t make the same mistakes and develop any bad habits,” Murray said.

OrgSync is evolving to become the only student organizational platform this coming semester. Last year, ORG ran two separate databases.

“Our hope is that everyone will fully embrace OrgSync … that’s really the only way to function in the student organization system this upcoming school year,” Evans said.