Part of Shift Insight Limited, a London-based yet global-minded research agency established in 2002, Shift Membership specialises in market research and strategic consultancy for membership bodies and scholarly societies of all shapes and sizes.
We are a dynamic team of researchers from a variety of backgrounds, including education, publishing and marketing, which gives us a broad range of skills and perspectives to help clients advance their understanding of markets and audiences, while solving complex problems and identifying opportunities
It is crucial for organisations to respond to the diverse and ever-changing needs of their stakeholders, while keeping pace with sector trends. For that reason, we offer a host of qualitative, quantitative and desk research methodologies to provide both breadth and depth on a range of projects, including:
- Membership research: satisfaction and needs; packages and pricing; branding and communications; cluster and segmentation analysis.
- Policy development research: desk research into key issues or policy changes; research with key stakeholders; management of consultations; evidence to support new policies.
- Qualifications and accreditation research: including consultations with employers, experts, learners, training providers and professionals.
- Publications and service development research: journals, magazines, newsletters, guidelines and books, with particular expertise in user experience and digital products.
- Conference fieldwork: a team of researchers we can send out to conduct research at academic and medical congresses in the UK and beyond.
We respect our clients’ confidentiality above all and several choose to keep their research anonymous, but recent clients include the IET, ICSA, APM, RCGP, RSC and the Royal College of Nursing.