Member data is a key asset within membership organisations. So we have provided a dedicated space on the website that pulls together all related content.

The Memberwise Network is the UK’s leading community for those working in membership. Because of this, we create fantastic best practice guidance. We love helping you do your job well. We run conferences and events in London every year to do just that. Join the Network and you can access all our resources. You can also join our online community, Connect. This will give you the opportunity to meet other membership data professionals and share your questions and ideas. Our commitment is to increase your efficiency as well as enhancing your value proposition. We will help you improve your membership retention and engagement rates. Best practice content is generated by the community so it is timely, current, targeted and robust.

So what makes the Network different? Our members tell us it is because we have created a thriving member data community. A community that is fully inclusive. We include membership professionals, sector experts, influencers, thought leaders and providers. Although we take our work seriously, we know how to have fun at the same time! We support over 6,500 individuals working in over 2,500 organisations. Many of which are data roles.

GDPR: Repermissioning Member Data. A Rock and a Hard Place

2020-02-19T09:30:06+00:00Friday, 28 July, 2017|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|

Guest blog by:Paul Dawson-Hart, Member360 Over the last few months my advice on this tricky topic has been to adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach and avoid any irreversible action until the ICO releases final guidance on consent - scheduled for the end of July 2017.  Actions that is, such as Weatherspoon’s decision to delete [...]

GDPR 360°: Selecting a good processor

2020-02-19T09:32:35+00:00Wednesday, 14 June, 2017|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|

Guest blog by: Paul Dawson-Hart, Member360 In less than a year it will be the responsibility of Membership Organisations to ensure personal data is secured in accordance with the GDPR regulation and that any 3rd party processors are vetted to ensure the same. But what does this mean? What is a processor and how might [...]

Roll up, roll up, and get your GDPR cure here

2020-10-29T09:34:49+00:00Tuesday, 16 May, 2017|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|

Guest blog by: Paul Dawson-Hart, Member360 My first ‘eye opening’ GDPR experience was sitting in a room studying for GDPR exams with a mix of Information Governance/InfoSec consultants, multi-national aerospace, defence, IT and pharma organisations as well as a guy from GCHQ who said he worked at Matalan. As the sole membership sector representative I [...]

Sharing Your Members’ Personal Data with Outsourced Providers?

2020-02-14T11:39:46+00:00Wednesday, 22 March, 2017|Categories: Member Data, MemberWise|Tags: , , , |

I regularly receive queries from membership organisations and associations regarding data protection. It can be a rather 'dry' topic (if I am honest) but it is definately something we must all take seriously; but what about our providers? "Data Breach" - There's two words that send shivers down my spine as a membership professional and [...]

Harness your ‘data’ to improve your learners’ experience

2020-02-19T09:37:17+00:00Monday, 6 February, 2017|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|

Guest Blog by: Jenny Parsons (McTiernan) COO, ProTech   Do you think of ‘big’ data as only being important to those ‘big’ enterprises operating outside of the NFP sector and who are daily inundated with huge amounts of data? If the answer is yes, you are missing a trick! If you are a NFP/Association that [...]

Security Threat

2020-02-19T09:48:52+00:00Monday, 5 September, 2016|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|

Jenny McTiernan, COO, ProTech (a MemberWise Recognised Supplier) asks Martyn Croft, co-founder of the Charities Security Forum and CIO at The Salvation Army UK Territory, for his thoughts on avoiding some of today’s key cybersecurity threats. With security high on the agenda the Salvation Army chose ProTech’s Government ‘OFFICIAL’ Security accredited CRM solution as the [...]

Are Your Member Emails Performing Well Enough?

2020-02-14T11:40:56+00:00Monday, 25 July, 2016|Categories: Opinion Piece, Member Data, Member Engagement & Retention|Tags: , , , , |

As social media continues to grow in terms of users and channels, you could be forgiven for thinking that email marketing is losing its ROI. However, statistics from the latest Harnessing the Web 2016 survey summary report from MemberWise show that membership organisations and associations are still using and seeing the value in email marketing. [...]

Utilising data and technology to drive the member experience

2020-10-29T09:28:35+00:00Tuesday, 1 March, 2016|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|Tags: , |

Author: Shannon Dority, Marketing Executive Abacus eMedia. Providing a valuable and engaging member experience remains a top priority for all membership organisations and associations, but there is no doubt the disruption caused by the growth in digital technology has presented a challenge in delivering this effectively. A common trend we have seen with our member [...]

Innovative ways of tackling Cyber Attacks: from insuring your organisation’s reputation to an extortion cover

2020-02-19T10:12:14+00:00Sunday, 10 January, 2016|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|Tags: , |

Author: Allen Simpson, Director at R K Henshall and Co Ltd Advances in technology over the last few years mean that nearly every business relies on the internet and digital technology to help them go about their day to day business. For the majority of your members this will have no doubt had a major [...]

Data Protection: Don’t leave it up to the penguins

2020-10-29T11:14:12+00:00Sunday, 25 October, 2015|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Data|Tags: , , |

In the first week of October a lunchtime data protection seminar took place, hosted by Kingston Smith, a MemberWise Recognised provider. Securing member data continues to be a top priority for membership organisations and associations in 2015. No organisation can afford the damage to reputation that would be caused by either a loss or abuse [...]

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