Memberwise Recognised Suppliers have best practice examples to share. So here we present articles written by commercial suppliers to the membership sector.

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Using artificial intelligence to retain members

2021-06-11T13:54:16+01:00Tuesday, 20 November, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Membership Digital Transformation|

By Guest Blogger: Adam Legge, Director of Development Silverbear Imagine if you could predict when – and why – your membership was about to decline. Suppose you could gain insight that enabled you to know who, by age, gender or even by name, was about to ‘drop off’ and be able to do something to stop [...]

If you need to add value, add print

2020-02-18T14:01:35+00:00Thursday, 15 November, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Engagement & Retention|

By Guest Blogger: Steve Pearce, Director Rubicon Marketing I want to look at the value of the medium of print. Like many people I’m sensory-seeking. Whether it’s a smell, a specific sound, or the physical feel of an item in my hand with my senses engaged I focus more on what I’m doing and have [...]

Making Your Mobile Event App a Success Part 2: Preparing and Planning

2020-02-19T08:56:56+00:00Friday, 9 November, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Engagement & Retention|

By Guest Blogger: Russ Magnuson Results Direct Mobile   This is Part 2 in a series of articles about ensuring success with a mobile event app for your organisation’s annual conference or meeting. Part 1 covered “Selecting Your Event App.” Preparing and Planning (Before Your Event) Now that you’ve selected your event app, getting your [...]

What does the future hold for membership cards?

2021-11-08T13:20:22+00:00Thursday, 1 November, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Value|

By Guest Blogger: Garry Ford, Account Director Latcham Direct Over the past two years, we have seen a shift from membership professionals who now want to embrace sustainability by utilising new techniques and products to produce ‘green’ membership cards and packs. Most members associate very strongly with membership brands and having a membership card is [...]

What can AI do for Membership organisations?

2020-06-17T13:54:37+01:00Wednesday, 24 October, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Membership Digital Transformation|

By Guest Blogger: Naresh Raj, Client Development Manager Smartimpact With Digital Excellence 2018 just around the corner, we thought it would make sense to align this MemberWise blog post with our very own Ahmed Eltohamy’s session ‘How AI will get you much closer to your members’, which he’ll be delivering to delegates at the event [...]

Why this is Your Year to Level Up With Association Learning Management Software (LMS)

2020-02-19T09:01:04+00:00Tuesday, 23 October, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member CPD/Learning|

By Guest Blogger: Carsten Pleiser, Business Development UK Blue Sky eLearn For the majority associations, learning programs contribute to nearly 25% of average non-dues revenue generation. The crunch question? How can your associations provide more value & more education to more people while expanding and charging more for it? The ability of your leadership team [...]

Modernisation across the generational gap

2020-02-19T09:02:03+00:00Thursday, 27 September, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Engagement & Retention|

By Guest Blogger: Matilda Strachan, Account Manager Guild   Guild recently conducted research with 33 professional membership organisations in an attempt to further understand their current challenges, specifically in the context of communication with and amongst their members. The issue of modernisation was a recurring theme, establishing three main areas that any membership body should [...]

Making Your Mobile Event App a Success

2020-02-19T09:05:01+00:00Wednesday, 26 September, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Engagement & Retention|

By Guest Blogger: Russ Magnuson Results Direct Mobile   In this series of articles, I’ll explore all aspects of ensuring success with a mobile app for your organisation’s annual conference or meeting. While I’ll generally focus on organisations that are searching for their first event app, there will be plenty of useful tips for those [...]

Member Value Mismatch: Making Sure Membership is Worth the Cost Part 2

2020-02-19T09:05:43+00:00Tuesday, 28 August, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Value|

By Guest Blogger: Tom Walters, Consultant Cantarus Key Definitions from the Member Value 2025 Project Handbook Perceived Member Value: The value existing members feel they receive from access to benefits and services of membership and/or being able to participate. Actual Member Value: The value an existing member actually receives from membership. We hope you enjoyed [...]

Why engaging today’s youth will secure tomorrow’s membership

2021-06-11T13:54:16+01:00Wednesday, 22 August, 2018|Categories: MemberWise Recognised Supplier, Member Engagement & Retention|

By Guest Blogger: Carl Grieves, Managing Director Silverbear As someone who is responsible for managing and growing a business built on developing and providing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to membership organisations, I’m able to spot trends, patterns and potential issues impacting on this sector as and when they arise. It is from this vantage [...]

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