Author: Jon Smith, Head of Digital, YHA (England and Wales) About 18 months ago, I gave a talk at the annual MemberWise Digital Excellence conference in London. I spoke about plans for YHA England & Wales to simplify its old, outdated and complex membership scheme in a bid to remain relevant to today’s customers, guests [...]
In this article we provide a guidance not on how professional membership bodies can enable members to gain up to 40% off their annual membership subscription fee via tax relief approval (via inclusion on the HMRC List 3). In real terms you could provide your members with this discount (indirectly via inclusion), however continue [...]
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Introduction The MemberWise Network is pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated new online professional networking group exclusively for Directors and C-Suite Executives working for the largest and most influential membership organisations and associations in the UK. The group is free to join and is launched in response to [...]
The MemberWise Network has published a comprehensive suite of job description templates to help membership organisations and associations better communicate senior stakeholder roles/responsibilities. Below we provide you with clear job/role description templates that your organisation can personalise in order to ensure responsibilities are clearly communicated ‘from the get go’. We have created helpful templates [...]
By Guest Blogger: Ben Sturt, Managing Director Chrysalis Digital Your objectives are to grow the organisation’s revenue, diversify from existing revenue streams and increase the engagement from your members, while acquiring new ones. Member requirements are changing so fast, servicing existing members and not leaving them behind while evolving and expanding can feel like an [...]
Richard Gott Membership Sector Influencer & Thought Leader Following the UK General Election being announced on Wednesday 22nd May 2024 professional bodies and trade associations across the country should now publish their respective manifestos and priorities to ensure they align or call-out key issue/omissions of those published by the next UK government. Not [...]
Members of the MemberWise Network automatically receive our popular monthly newsletter direct. It contains: - The latest network activity - Information about our conferences and events - The latest discussion items on MemberWise Connect - Registration information for our free monthly seminars - Latest Guest Blog Articles - New & Renewing Recognised Supplier Information - [...]
By Guest Blogger: Amanda Gilmer, Managing Director Chord UK Sending email is quick, cheap and easy. But communicating using just one channel doesn't work. Membership and association teams need to add value to the member journey across multiple channels. This can only be achieved by having meaningful conversations that build trust. So when is [...]
By Guest Blogger: Ben Sturt, Managing Director Chrysalis Digital CRM discussions have always led the way in conversations related to improving member engagement, but are we forgetting about the importance of your website? Digital savvy members are demanding more and more, they want to feel individual, they are more time poor and expect you to [...]
