Membership is a huge subject area. So we have provided a dedicated space on the website that pulls together all related content from the Memberwise Team.

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 international membership 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 international 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 international.

Your Membership Organisation and the Coronavirus

2020-04-05T01:03:20+01:00Monday, 23 March, 2020|Categories: MemberWise|

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) we have created the following suggested steps that you and your membership body may wish to take. Information updated: 5th April 2020 (10:00am) What is it? It is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from [...]

MEMX 2020 – Early Bird Offer Ends (Tuesday 30th June 2020)

2020-03-27T17:46:25+00:00Thursday, 27 February, 2020|Categories: MemberWise|

Our popular annual membership focused conference will take place on 8th October 2020 at the Novotel London West hotel and this year we will welcome circa 800 delegates/stakeholders. Our Early Bird Offer (save 20%) ends at 5pm on Tuesday 30th June The Membership Excellence 2020 Official Theme this year will be: [...]

Helping you to find the right supplier – MemberWise Recognised Supplier programme relaunched

2020-02-14T11:13:13+00:00Wednesday, 12 February, 2020|Categories: MemberWise|

Written by: Richard Gott, MemberWise Network Chair   The MemberWise Recognised Supplier programme has been helping leading membership bodies meet great sector suppliers since 2008. In response to demand we relaunch this great service with some exciting new changes/developments. We list 3 key changes below. 1) A new MemberWise Recognised Supplier Badge – The MemberWise [...]

Our next Annual Conference MEMX 2020 on How Membership Changes the World

2020-02-14T11:10:13+00:00Tuesday, 28 January, 2020|Categories: MemberWise, Member CPD/Learning, Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Membership Leadership & Governance, Membership Strategy, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: , , , , , , |

By Kerrie Fuller Associate Director of Engagement MemberWise Network There is a concern that membership is a dying concept in the 21st century. The younger generation are proving a stubborn audience to engage and we are all becoming ‘on demand’ consumers; able to purchase products and services that meet our needs as and when we [...]

Is ‘Membership’ as a concept is dying out? We think not.

2020-02-14T11:10:44+00:00Tuesday, 14 January, 2020|Categories: MemberWise, Member CPD/Learning, Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Membership Leadership & Governance, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , , , |

There is a theory that membership as a concept is dying out, to be replaced with purchasing on demand. That the younger generation do not see the value in 'joining' an organisation. So how can membership as a sector survive these challenges? By evolving into a more innovative and enthused force for good. In fact, [...]

Influence 100 List Launched (4th Quarter) & 20 Official Plaques Awarded

2020-02-07T09:31:22+00:00Monday, 11 November, 2019|Categories: Membership Strategy, Member Value, MemberWise|Tags: , , |

The MemberWise Network is pleased to launch the Influence 100 List (Largest UK Membership Bodies) fourth quarter update (2019). In celebration we presented 20 membership bodies with Official Recognition Plaques at Digital Excellence 2019. Congratulations to the following membership bodies that have risen up the rankings via exceptional new member acquisition work over the past [...]

Students’ Unions: What can we learn from them?

2020-02-07T09:33:15+00:00Thursday, 7 November, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , , , |

By Kerrie Fuller Associate Director of Engagement MemberWise Network As part of our series of articles on key segments of the Membership Sector, in this article we focus on Students’ Unions (SU). There are over 600 students’ unions in the UK, the first being created in 1884 at Edinburgh University. Their role is to lobby, [...]

A Royal Charter: A Unique Opportunity to Outwardly Display You Are ‘Gold Standard’

2020-02-07T09:38:35+00:00Wednesday, 9 October, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, Member Value, Membership Leadership & Governance, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , , |

- By Richard Gott - Membership Sector Influencer & Thought Leader   Since Royal Charters were first granted in 1231 over 1,000 have been granted, which include professional bodies, universities, schools, charities and theatres. There are approximately 400 active Chartered bodies and this year The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects and the Academy of Medical [...]

Digital Leaders within Membership: The Inside Story

2020-02-14T11:18:24+00:00Wednesday, 2 October, 2019|Categories: Member Data, Membership Digital Transformation, MemberWise|Tags: , , , , , , |

In the lead up to this year’s national membership focused digital conference, Digital Excellence 2019, we interview a selection of Digital Leaders who have achieved ground breaking online member focused results and will share their inspirational online success stories. Digital Leaders represent leading membership bodies including The National Trust, NAHT, RIBA, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, [...]

Private Members’ Clubs: What can we learn from them?

2020-02-07T09:42:19+00:00Thursday, 8 August, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Membership Strategy, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: , , , , , |

By Kerrie Fuller Associate Director of Engagement MemberWise Network As part of our series of articles on key segments of the Membership Sector, in this article we focus on Private Members' Clubs. Private Members’ Clubs are unique in that the concept of a ‘private club’ is an old one (the oldest dates from 1693) and [...]

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