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.

We Are All Responsible For Our Own Behaviour

2020-10-29T09:22:48+00:00Sunday, 14 February, 2016|Categories: Membership Leadership & Governance, MemberWise|Tags: |

Author: Susie Kay, MD of The Professionalism Group and a MemberWise Ambassador. Choosing a consultant from the sector makes a lot of sense. In a recent article The Guardian printed a lurid piece in their Voluntary Sector Network, as part of their ‘Confessions of a charity professional’ series, supposedly written by an individual who told [...]

10 Tips for Dealing with Negativity on Social Media

2020-02-07T10:33:07+00:00Monday, 30 November, 2015|Categories: MemberWise, Member Engagement & Retention, Membership Digital Transformation, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , , |

The following might help you with dealing with negativity on your social channels: Acknowledge the issue & respond – if members/social channel users are making a less than positive point, you need to acknowledge it and then respond. The response should be clear and consistent, should that person or others continue to push the issue. [...]

5 Essential Tools for Social Media Management

2020-02-07T10:34:28+00:00Friday, 30 October, 2015|Categories: MemberWise, Member Engagement & Retention, Membership Digital Transformation, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , , |

Feedly Content is King but having the right content tools is just as important. Feedly makes day-to-day social media management tasks simple. With this tool, you can search the web for content that is relevant to your members and organize it quickly and efficiently. Free and pro accounts are available depending on your requirements. Pocket [...]

Provide Enhanced Status to Members by Gaining a Royal Charter

2020-02-07T10:35:34+00:00Saturday, 2 May, 2015|Categories: MemberWise, Member Value, Membership Leadership & Governance, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

Good to Great: 12 Real Differentiators for Associations

2020-02-07T10:37:17+00:00Thursday, 30 April, 2015|Categories: MemberWise, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

Your Membership Scheme: Time to hit the ‘Reset Button’?

2020-02-07T10:38:20+00:00Wednesday, 10 December, 2014|Categories: MemberWise, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , |

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…

How Tweetwall.com helped MemberWise reach 653,990 Twitter users

2020-02-07T10:40:02+00:00Friday, 31 October, 2014|Categories: MemberWise, Member Engagement & Retention, Membership Digital Transformation, Membership Strategy|Tags: , , , |

Twitter Walls When discussing how to increase social media engagement prior to the conference, we talked through various options and decided to create a Twitter Wall, which is a webpage showing a visual   representation of Tweets relating to a hashtag for display at events. Tweetwall.com Having researched the various providers I suggested we use Tweetwall.com [...]

Online Anywhere, Anytime & On All Devices. Right?

2020-02-07T10:40:56+00:00Friday, 12 September, 2014|Categories: MemberWise, Member Data, Member Engagement & Retention, Membership Digital Transformation|Tags: , , , , |

The ‘mobile web’ advances deeper into our lives and over the past 12 months this trend has continued. Are associations and membership organisations ready for this rapid shift in the way members wish to access mobile content? Last year the jury was out, so what about this year? Before we dive into this article it [...]

The Tip of the Online Membership Iceberg: Must Go Deeper?

2020-02-07T10:41:50+00:00Friday, 1 August, 2014|Categories: MemberWise, Member Data, Member Engagement & Retention, Membership Digital Transformation|Tags: , , , , |

In this Blog article we investigate how associations and membership organisations are using their websites to drive membership value and growth more effectively. This topic follows our last LinkedIn article, Optimising Online Member Value? Could Try Harder!, which established that members expect an interactive, engaging and value driven online experience. Let’s start with a worrying [...]

Procuring a CRM System: Interview with Robert Dann, Investor Relations Society

2020-02-07T10:42:30+00:00Tuesday, 22 July, 2014|Categories: MemberWise, Member Data, Membership Digital Transformation|Tags: , , , |

In this blog article we interview IR Society Head of Membership and Marketing, Robert Dann, and ask about his recent CRM procurement/selection journey... Why did you replace your existing membership database? 'We decided it was time to replace our CRM because it 'just didn't cut it' due to a number of reasons. Our members expected [...]

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