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).

How We Make LIVE More Value-Driven and Immersive for Members

2022-06-06T11:48:54+01:00Tuesday, 31 May, 2022|Categories: Member Engagement & Retention, MemberWise|

During COVID-19 the network took a break from its face-to-face events and went virtual (as most of you did) with your own respective memberships. We trialled many different ideas/projects that we would not have had the capacity/capability to deliver on, had there not been a global pandemic taking place. For example, [...]

MemberWise Quick Poll Results – Member Email Open Rates

2022-04-11T19:56:00+01:00Monday, 11 April, 2022|Categories: Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Newsletter|

Our most recent MemberWise Quick Poll temperature checked Member Email Open Rates. The poll was open for 3 weeks and 37 membership organisations/associations responded. The largest proportion of membership bodies achieved an average open rate of 21-30% of emails sent. We outline the spread of results below: Less than 4% Open-Rate  (2.7%) 5% to [...]

Let’s Talk Digital – with MemberWise Digital Transformation Ambassador, Daniel Bailey

2022-03-16T17:41:49+00:00Wednesday, 16 March, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

Daniel Bailey is the Head of Marketing, Communications and Digital Transformation at the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA). His organisation represents Electrical Contractors in the UK, employs 100 staff and his team includes 6 digital and marketing professionals. They currently have 3,000 company members. He has worked within the Membership and Association Sector for over [...]

Pixl8 Group announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2022)

2022-02-25T08:00:11+00:00Thursday, 24 February, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

We’re pleased to announce that the Pixl8 Group 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. The MemberWise Network is the UK’s largest professional network of over 7,500 senior professionals working within circa [...]

Millertech announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2022)

2022-02-24T10:38:53+00:00Thursday, 24 February, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

We’re pleased to announce that Millertech 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. Members will see Millertech co-author publications and partner for online/offline learning and development opportunities, including the network’s popular national [...]

Help us Build the Influence 100 (2022) – The List of the Largest & Most Influential Membership Organisations in the UK

2022-02-16T18:11:54+00:00Wednesday, 16 February, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

Our “Influence 100” is a list of the largest membership organisations in the UK.  It’s popular with membership professionals to benchmark against other organisations and learn what works (and what doesn’t) from others. We’re now working to update the list for 2022 and we need your help please! CALL TO ACTION – if your [...]

Latcham announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2022)

2022-02-16T11:55:14+00:00Thursday, 10 February, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

We’re pleased to announce that Latcham 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 (2022), Latcham will also provide the MemberWise Network with a range of print and fulfilment [...]

Cantarus announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2022)

2022-02-08T10:43:27+00:00Saturday, 5 February, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

We’re pleased to announce that, for the fifth consecutive year, Cantarus has been recognised by the MemberWise Network for their year-round commitment to best practice sharing within the Membership and Associations sector and their alignment with the network. As an Official Partner (2022), Cantarus will provide the MemberWise Network App on their [...]

RD Mobile announced as Official MemberWise Network Partner (2022)

2022-02-01T09:54:34+00:00Tuesday, 1 February, 2022|Categories: MemberWise|

We’re pleased to announce that RD Mobile, developer of the Eventsential event platform and Engagefully member engagement app, 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 (2022), RD Mobile [...]

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