Each year as part of the Influence 100 List of the largest and most influential membership bodies in the UK we publish a list of the 10 largest and most influential professional bodies in the UK. The list can be found below with comparative figures from the previous year. Notable changes: The Institute for [...]
By Guest Blogger: Tom Walters, Consultant Cantarus Key Definitions from the Member Value 2025 Project Handbook Perceived Member Value: The value existing members feel they receive from access to benefits and services of membership and/or being able to participate. Actual Member Value: The value an existing member actually receives from membership. We hope you enjoyed [...]
By Guest Blogger: Carl Grieves, Managing Director Silverbear As someone who is responsible for managing and growing a business built on developing and providing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to membership organisations, I’m able to spot trends, patterns and potential issues impacting on this sector as and when they arise. It is from this vantage [...]
By Guest Blogger: Tom Walters, Consultant Cantarus Key Definitions from the Member Value 2025 Project Handbook Perceived Member Value: The value existing members feel they receive from access to benefits and services of membership and/or being able to participate. Actual Member Value: The value an existing member actually receives from membership. There are a huge [...]
Author: Richard Gott, MemberWise Network Founder & Chair The current membership climate is challenging and many organisations are increasing their perceived and actual member value via a range of member benefit-focused development projects. However, an increased focus is required on the topic of member value, particularly with the observed mismatch (outlined in my [...]
By Guest Blogger: Carsten Pleiser, Business Development UK Blue Sky eLearn We all agree, it takes a lot to deliver an amazing event: Finding speakers, planning workshops & creating content that inspires and educates. But too often the speakers present, the spoken words vanish into the air, the audience applause, everyone leaves and the content [...]
Guest Blogger: Susie Kay (The Professionalism Group & MemberWise Ambassador (Governance) Another important deadline is imminent. Changes to the law on trustee automatic disqualifications will come into force on 1st August 2018. Charities have less than two weeks until the disqualification provision of The Charities (Protection and Social Investments) Act 2016 takes effect. Since the [...]
By Guest Blogger: Steve Shiels, Head of Operations Protech At the risk of stating the obvious, how can you deliver value to your members if you don’t understand why they joined your membership organisation or association in the first place? Making sure that you deliver value, consistently and sustainably to members is crucial for all [...]
By Guest Blogger: Janine Chasmer, MemberWise Ambassador (Digital Tranformation) So, you’ve mapped out a personal data inventory, you’ve raised GDPR awareness in your organisation and maybe you’ve even appointed a data protection officer. You’re safe in the knowledge that once May 25th arrives, your organisation will be an air tight data fortress. But compliance success [...]
By Guest Blogger: Alex Lonie Electoral Reform Services As leaders of membership organisations, you are focused on growing your membership and engaging members. Of course, the two goals go hand-in-hand as you are unlikely to succeed with the growth agenda if you do not engage with members effectively. You will want to maximise engagement at [...]
