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.

Recruit Your Membership Superhero Now & Rocket Power 4th Quarter Results

2021-06-11T13:55:15+01:00Monday, 5 August, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, People and Volunteer Management|Tags: , , , |

The summer months have traditionally provided membership bodies with ‘time out’ to plan/prepare for member focused activity taking place in September and November. A lot of new staff recruitment related activity tends to grind to a halt and we think this is a MASSIVE opportunity missed particularly if you are looking for a ‘Super Hero’. [...]

Our Membership Priorities & Avoiding Magic Money Trees

2020-02-07T09:44:03+00:00Sunday, 28 July, 2019|Categories: Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Membership Finance, Membership Strategy, MemberWise, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: , , , , |

We're now midway through the year and it feels right to revisit the Membership & Association Sector's 7 Key Priorities identified at the start of the year. These key priories were established via the statistically significant findings contained in the Digital Excellence 2019 Survey Summary Report (free to download via our online professional community, MemberWise [...]

Sports Bodies: What can we learn from them?

2020-02-07T09:45:03+00:00Tuesday, 16 July, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Membership Strategy, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: , , , , , |

By Kerrie Fuller Associate Director of Engagement MemberWise Network Sport England recognise 155 National Sports Bodies in the UK – set up to be the governing body for every sport that you can think of, however small. Sport England is the public body that invests funding into these sports bodies and works with them to [...]

Chambers of Commerce: What can we learn from them?

2020-02-07T09:47:18+00:00Tuesday, 2 July, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, Member Engagement & Retention, Member Value, Membership Strategy, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

By Kerrie Fuller Associate Director of Engagement MemberWise Network A delegation from the New South Wales Business Chamber were over in the UK collecting best practice from the membership sector and in return, gave us an insight into their membership strategy. In this article we share the top 5 lessons we can learn from this [...]

HMRC List 3: Potential Tax Relief of Up to 40% for Your Members

2020-02-07T09:47:58+00:00Thursday, 27 June, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, Membership Finance, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , , , , |

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 [...]

MemberWise Launches new C-Suite Executive & Director Group

2020-02-07T09:48:59+00:00Wednesday, 12 June, 2019|Categories: Membership Strategy, Membership Leadership & Governance, MemberWise|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

Membership Role Job Description Templates

2020-02-14T11:22:01+00:00Tuesday, 11 June, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, People and Volunteer Management|Tags: , , , , , , |

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 [...]

Membership Body Manifestos & Priorities: We need to get these sorted. Now!

2024-05-23T09:36:23+01:00Thursday, 23 May, 2019|Categories: MemberWise, Member Value, Membership Leadership & Governance, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , , , , |

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 [...]

Introducing The CPD Intelligence Community

2020-02-07T09:50:28+00:00Thursday, 28 March, 2019|Categories: Member CPD/Learning, MemberWise|Tags: , , , |

We’re pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new (pilot) online community for CPD/learning professionals working within membership organisations and associations. Introducing the CPD Intelligence Community... A free online professional community exclusively for professionals (at all career levels/stages) who are responsible for planning, delivering, reviewing and/or measuring continuing professional development (including learning/eLearning, qualifications and [...]

How We Change Membership Focused Conference Perceptions, Expectations & Experiences

2020-02-07T09:52:26+00:00Tuesday, 26 February, 2019|Categories: Membership Strategy, MemberWise|Tags: , , |

  Written by: Richard Gott, MemberWise Network Chair It’s very easy for me to say to you: ‘come to our next conference, MEMX 2019, it’s going to be the biggest and best ever’! If you haven’t been to a MemberWise Conference you will probably think: ‘well he would say that wouldn’t he - as the [...]

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