About Richard Gott

I am widely recognised as one of the leading membership thought-leaders / specialists in the UK and I chair The MemberWise Network - the largest free professional network for membership and association professionals.

I provide practical help and support to over 8,000 membership bodies looking to increase new member acquisition, improve member retention, enhance member value and optimise member engagement/participation to enable long term sustainable growth.

Throughout my career I have delivered a range of member-facing senior management team roles at a range of high profile membership bodies (including the Royal College of General Practitioners, The Law Society, Royal College of Psychiatrists, British Dental Association, College of Optometrists and Chartered Instititue of Educational Assessors)) and I pride myself on 'walking the talk'.

I regularly speak at national conferences, facilitate membership focused away days/working groups/client days (for organisations including The IET, Royal College of Nursing and Chartered Institute of Credit Management) and provide membership diagnostic consultancy insight/advice to leading membership organisations (including the British Society of Immunology, Institution of Fire Engineers and Royal College of Anaesthetists).

WATTLE announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2024)

2024-02-16T19:15:00+00:00Friday, 16 February, 2024|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier|

We’re pleased to announce that leading sector software company, WATTLE, has been recognised by the MemberWise Network for their year-round commitment to best practice sharing within the Membership and Association Sector and their alignment with the network. As an Official Partner (2024) WATTLE demonstrates its firm commitment to enabling membership bodies to drive improved [...]

D2L announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2024)

2024-02-13T10:06:20+00:00Tuesday, 13 February, 2024|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier|

We’re pleased to announce that D2L has been recognised by the MemberWise Network for their year-round commitment to best practice sharing within the Membership and Association Sector and their alignment with the network. As an Official Partner (2024) D2L demonstrates its commitment to enabling high quality learning/development for membership/association professionals, optimised and focused networking/sharing [...]

Cantarus Partners with MemberWise for 7th Consecutive Year

2024-01-29T19:49:47+00:00Monday, 29 January, 2024|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier|

We’re pleased to announce that leading digital agency, Cantarus, has been recognised as an Official Network Partner by MemberWise for the seventh consecutive year. This is testament to Cantarus’ year-round commitment to best practice sharing within the Membership and Association Sector and their close alignment with the network. As an Official Partner (2024), Cantarus [...]

Pixl8 announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2024)

2024-01-23T09:04:11+00:00Tuesday, 23 January, 2024|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier|

We’re pleased to announce that leading digital technology group, Pixl8, has been recognised as an Official Network Partner by MemberWise for their year-round commitment to best practice sharing within the Membership and Association Sector. Pixl8, whose products – such as ReadyMembership – are developed specifically for the membership sector, bring together in-depth technical knowledge [...]

Struggling to write a robust job description for a member facing vacancy? We can help….

2023-09-14T11:31:29+01:00Wednesday, 13 September, 2023|Categories: Member Engagement & Retention, MemberWise Recognised Supplier|

Drafting a new job description or updating an existing job description can be a challenge. It is critical to include an accurate person specification and include all the key responsibilities included within the role. How can you be sure you have covered off all the essential areas? Does the wording make sense? Is there [...]

MemberWise Announces New Official Network Partner (2023) – D2L

2023-05-17T10:01:24+01:00Wednesday, 17 May, 2023|Categories: MemberWise|

MemberWise is pleased to welcome new Network Partner, D2L, in recognition of it's year-round commitment to best practice sharing within the membership and association sector, and its alignment with the network. D2L is the network’s first Learning Management System (LMS) provider to become an Official Network Partner (2023). The MemberWise Network is an independent [...]

Ramping Up Membership (Staff) Recruitment in 2023

2022-12-07T15:26:04+00:00Wednesday, 7 December, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

Looking for your next role? Looking for great job candidates? 2022 has been a big year for MemberWise. We have seen the return of both our conferences as well as in person seminars and newly launched ‘tech insight days’, but this article focusses on how we [...]

A Safe Pair of Membership Hands. Why Has This Become Such a Challenge?

2022-12-02T10:26:31+00:00Wednesday, 30 November, 2022|Categories: MemberWise, People and Volunteer Management|

A Safe Pair of Membership Hands. Why Has This Become Such a Challenge? How many times have you heard this comment/question over the past couple of months? Far too many times I hear you cry! In this blog article we try to answer the question. The first point to make is that this challenge [...]

MemberWise Ambassador (The Next Generation) Call-To-Action

2022-07-11T17:56:16+01:00Wednesday, 15 June, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

The MemberWise Network is the leading free best practice network for membership and association professionals in the UK/EU. This year we embark on an ambitious programme to develop our successful MemberWise Ambassador Programme to further champion best practice and professionalism with the next generation of Membership and Association Professionals.We explain how you can get [...]

Wattle Announced as Official MemberWise Partner (2022)

2022-06-06T12:24:36+01:00Monday, 6 June, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

We’re pleased to announce that Wattle has been recognised by the MemberWise Network for their commitment to best practice sharing within the Membership and Association Sector and their alignment with the network. Wattle is the leading independent integrated technology partner for membership organisations including Royal Institute of British Architects, Royal Academy of [...]

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