Author: Rob Barr is Divisional Director for Access’ Not-For-Profit (NFP) division, with responsibility for 1,000 customers and the NFP product roadmap. Rob has many years’ experience in the NFP sector and is passionate about ensuring that Access software remains relevant and adds value to the organisations it serves. 3 key elements of a successful digital [...]
I am delighted to introduce Joel Turner, Membership Marketing Manager at The Chartered Insurance Institute. Let's see what Joel has to say on this important topic. Harnessing the web: avoiding the Tabasco fiasco…. (Opinion Piece by Joel Turner) While sleepily fumbling around the kitchen one morning this week, I mistakenly spilt Tabasco sauce from the [...]
Author: Anthony Flack, Head of NFP and Private Sector Clients at Indigo Blue and a speaker at upcoming MemberWise conference "Harnessing the Web 2015" to be held on 4th November in London. Anthony has extensive knowledge in Third Sector, Retail Banking, Change Management, and Consulting. With Indigo Blue, I have been involved in excess of [...]
I am delighted to introduce Tim Sainty, Head of Membership at the British Veterinary Association (BVA). Let's see what Tim has to say on this important topic. A meander through data protection…. (Opinion Piece by Tim Sainty) You don’t need to have been following the Ashley Madison* data leak story closely to understand the importance [...]
Article by Tony Mulcahy - Head of infrastructure and data security, iFINITY plc. As we, hopefully, all know “data protection” is a key challenge and a serious issue for all Associations. In order to provide the required and expected levels of data protection we need first to have good security. I’m not going to write [...]
There are over 400 active Chartered bodies in existence, however many of those originally granted a Royal Charter no longer exist. We thought it would be interesting to explore the topic... A significant number of membership bodies continue to petition (apply) for a Royal Charter. 42 charters have been granted during the period 2000-2009, and [...]
Over the past decade I've worked for a number of leading associations in a variety of senior management roles. Many were good places to work; some weren't so; but only a couple were what I would genuinely class as 'great'. This got me thinking - What if I could capture what I believe truly makes [...]
Major reform of EU data protection laws will result in a new EU Data Protection Regulation (EU DPR) being enforceable for UK organisations in the next 12-24 months. The changes will have a huge impact on the way in which all organisations collect and manage personal data.
During challenging times we need to ensure our membership schemes are optimised and exceed expectations way beyond the delivery of positive outputs (initiatives) and outcomes (benefits received). In our latest Blog article we explore the idea of 'starting again' and the benefits this can bring…
During challenging times it is important for us to optimise member engagement to enable enhanced member value, existing member retention and growth particularly when it costs us 8 x more to recruit a new member than retain an existing member. In this short blog article Sector Thought-Leader and consultant, Sue Froggatt, introduces us to a [...]
