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The Top 5 Membership Body Recruitment Game Changers

2021-01-12T12:07:38+00:00Monday, 14 December, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: |

The pandemic has led all leaders to reflect, and none more so than those within the membership organisations and professional bodies sectors. The old rules and expectations for attracting, selecting and appointing new senior team members are, rightly, under challenge. Arguably, there has never been a time when attracting and securing the best talent [...]

Our Three Predicted Digital Trends for 2021

2021-01-12T12:08:33+00:00Friday, 11 December, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Membership Digital Transformation|Tags: |

The digital landscape has shifted massively over the past 12 months, and in ways that we hadn’t expected. The impact of Covid-19 has affected all businesses across the globe, but more importantly, customer behaviours have changed along with it. For membership organisations, it’s been a tough year. Not known for being the most agile [...]

Member acquisition starts with ‘why’

2021-01-12T12:09:33+00:00Tuesday, 8 December, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: |

‘People don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it.’ (Simon Sinek) If you’ve never come across Simon Sinek, you might want to add his book ‘Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action’ to your Amazon wishlist (treat yourself!). In it he explores how people are drawn to [...]

Change management – 7 steps to avoid project failure

2021-01-12T12:10:34+00:00Thursday, 3 December, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Project and Change Management|Tags: |

As you’d expect change doesn’t come easy to any organisation. If you are planning on implementing a new CRM or other digital technologies that forces you to change the way the organisation, individuals and teams operate, then expect some internal push back and barriers to emerge. Depending on the degrees of push back, who [...]

How to generate an income for your membership organisation during a pandemic

2021-01-12T12:11:25+00:00Wednesday, 2 December, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Membership Finance|Tags: |

As we approach 2021 the devastating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic continues to be felt by membership organisations around the world, and the need to look at creative and disruptive ways to generate income has become essential. Take events for example. Some organisations have firmly found their feet in the virtual event space during [...]

What’s the best format for learning in a post Covid-19 world?

2021-01-12T12:12:21+00:00Friday, 27 November, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member CPD/Learning|Tags: , |

Trying to structure and plan any type of learning support programme can be a daunting prospect (especially if you have little experience in this area). People’s attitudes to learning have changed over the years and, even before the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a significant swing to ‘learning in the moment’, a bite-sized approach to [...]

Maintaining a membership website: your 7 key tasks

2021-01-12T12:13:21+00:00Monday, 16 November, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Membership Digital Transformation|Tags: |

Your membership platform is a living, breathing ecosystem. Just like a physical store needs maintenance; so does your digital ecosystem. Except, proper maintenance of your online presence gives it the ability to add value and reach more members. We’d like to see a physical location do that! Here are the 7 key maintenance activities [...]

Creative Membership Marketing Campaigns: 8-step guide for membership organisations

2021-01-12T12:14:15+00:00Friday, 13 November, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, New Member Acquisition/Recruitment|Tags: |

If you work in an advertising, marketing or design agency, creativity is part of the job. But what if you’re a membership organisation tasked with needing to ‘be creative’? The most successful creative membership marketing campaigns don’t happen overnight and marketers have different processes they follow to unleash their creative genius. So if you [...]

Building Stronger Member Relationships via CRM

2021-01-12T12:18:28+00:00Monday, 9 November, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Membership Digital Transformation|Tags: |

Nearly 60% of organisations increased their IT spending in 2020 and this move is set to continue. This kind of year on year investment is necessary to keep up to date with new and emerging technologies and achieve on-going digital transformation. Interestingly, the biggest is trend is for CRM software with global spending reaching [...]

Why professional development will be the key to retaining members in 2021

2021-01-12T12:19:18+00:00Friday, 6 November, 2020|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member CPD/Learning|Tags: |

This current period of economic uncertainty is something that we could never have predicted a year ago, with membership organisations shifting their focus to retaining their members. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to virtually all business sectors being affected in one way or another, with many organisations cutting their workforce due [...]

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