Dear Colleague
Welcome to our November issue! Last month was a busy one for the network! We held our governance event and engaged with membership organisations and associations at the NFP Technology Exhibition. This month we launch our next conference (Recruiting and Retaining Members During Challenging Times), signpost a handy tool that will enable you to evaluate your member benefits against the requirements of Generation X (and beyond!), and re-focus attention on the benefits of Direct Debit and how it can help drive membership. We also invite you to our free Christmas Social (15th December) and a Guardian seminar (10 ways to gain more members) that we are hosting in January. This month's eUpdate is sponsored by leading CRM consultancy and Recognised MemberWise Supplier, Hart Square. If you like this resource don't keep it to yourself! Please ! I hope that you read this eUpdate with interest!
Richard Gott
Founder
The MemberWise Network
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| Our next conference: Recruiting & Retaining Members During Challenging Times | |
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Recruiting and Retaining Members During Challenging Times to be held on 5th March at the One Whitehall Place, London.
This 'much needed' conference will focus on practical and cost-effective solutions to help maximise member recruitment and retention during the current economic downturn.
We have partnered with ten high profile membership experts and speakers to deliver eight good-practice themed sesions that include:
- Recruiting members during challenging times
- Retaining members during challenging times
- Organising events that will drive membership
- Driving recruitment and retention through online engagement
- Optimising member recruitment and retention by getting the design right
- Effective membership organisation email campaigns in practice
- The BIG Debate: Print V Digital
- Expert Panel Question & Answer Session
Keynote speaker, Sue Froggatt, provides us with the outcomes of her seminar below:
'In my session I will outline how to plan strategically so you are better prepared to recruit members during the current economic climate. I will draw on 15 years experience of consulting with high profile membership bodies by providing practical top tips, sound advice and sector-specific success stories'
A limited allocation of discounted 'Early-Bird' tickets (£130) are now available and will be sold on a first-come first-served basis. We are also pleased to offer MemberWise subscribers 3 tickets for the price of 2.
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| New Advice: Serving Generation X and beyond - Member benefit evaluation tool |
Do your member benefits meet the requirement of Generation X and beyond?
 At our Summer Social we advised that in 2015 'Generation X' would, for the first time, outnumber the 'Baby Boomer' generation. This has massive implications for membership bodies due to the very different requirements of each generation.
We are again ahead of the curve and have created a tool that will enable you to make a quick and informed analysis that enables you to:
- Take a snap-shot of your current membership (by generation)
- Understand the requirements of each generation
- Rate your member benefits against generation-specific criteria
- Understand if you need to take action in order to be future-proof
This resource was inspired by MemberWise member and well-known US author Sarah Sladek. We highly recommend her latest book, The End of Membership as We Know It, that we recently reviewed for the ASAE.
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Next Direct Debit Conference:
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If you have been a MemberWise subscriber for over a year you will know that we held the first ever Direct Debit focussed conference within the membership sector.
The event attracted over 100 delegates and featured high profile speakers, including BACS Head of Marketing, Mike Hutchinson.
Since this popular event 15 membership organisations and associations have asked 'When are you organising the next one?!'
We now think think the time is right! We are therefore consulting on particular Direct Debit focussed topics that interest you.
Click HERE to express an interest in the next conference and tell us what topics you want to see featured on the programme.
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Invitation to our free 'Christmas Social'
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 Following the success of our 'Summer Social' we are delighted to announce a 'Christmas Social' that will take place on 15th December @ Institute of Biomedical Science, London.
A free late afternoon of learning, sharing and then networking drinks. The topic this time is 'Effective Branches and Regional Groups'.
We have three great speakers/sessions:
- Strengthening Relationship between the Regional Branch Network and HQ Presented by Mary Foley, Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
- The FSB Recruitment Model and its Evolution presented by Hanah Holdroyd, London Development Manager, Federation of Small Business (FSB)
- Roses not thorns - branch and group governance presented by Susie Kay, Managing Director, The Professionalism Group
We are pleased to announce that every delegate will receive a free drink at a local pub afterwards, thanks to our kind MemberWise Recognised Supplier sponsor: Conference Business Agency (CBA) - who are an established venue finding service and event management company. CBA Director, Sara Young, will provide an overview of how her company has helped a number of membership organisations and associations with their national and regional event requirements. A big thank you to Hedley Glencross, Institute of Biomedical Science, for hosting this meeting. We hope you can join us! Click HERE to register...
Note: This event is open to all membership professionals, however due to space limitations we cannot extend to commercial suppliers/consultants. However, we are inviting expressions of interest in sponsoring future 'Socials'. To request further information email social@memberwise.org.uk |
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Guardian Seminar: 10 ways to gain more members... | |
We have partnered with The Guardian to facilitate a morning seminar on the following topic - 10 Ways to Gain More Members.
The event will take place in London on 20th January 2012 and will focus on:
- Top ten fundamentals of running a successful mebership scheme
- How social media can be used to engage with new and existing members
The session will be facilitated by MemberWise Founder, Richard Gott, and Consultant Abby Wright-Parkes
As a MemberWise subscriber you can enjoy a 10% discount by entering the following promotional code '10ways12'.
Find out more about this event...
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| Dates for the diary (November) | |
Key membership sector events taking place in November:
November
03: TA Best Practice Exchange 2011, Trade Association Forum (TAF), London
10: PARN Conference, Future-proofing your professional body, PARN, London
14: PARN Training Course: Developing & Managing CPD, PARN, London
19: CEO Luncheon with Alexander Ehmann, Trade Association Forum (TAF), London
22: Does your society pass the charitable public benefit test?, Learned and Professional Societies Forum, London
23: Less is more - how to improve services with fewer resources, RSA, London (Organised by MemberWise Recognised Supplier IndigoBlue)
24: How legal are you?, IofAM, London
29: CRM Master Class with Dr Peter Flory, London
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We are always looking to develop and improve this e-update so if you would like to submit ideas/recommendations or enquire about sonsoring the next issue please get in-touch!
Yours Sincerely,
Richard Gott
Founder
The MemberWise Network
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