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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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