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The presentation of the MemberWise survey results at Tuesday's seminar, A Convenient Truth, provided plenty of food for thought. The report has now been sent to MemberWise members and others can download it at Survey Results. Importantly it provides a benchmark against which organisations can measure themselves, and it highlights a number of significant constraining factors that we can hopefully work together to address. More on this will follow in later blog posts.

Harnessing the Web to Drive Membership Value and Growth

Overview

In late 2012 the MemberWise Network consulted with over 3,000 membership and associations to understand how the membership sector harnesses the power of the web to drive membership value and growth, and its plans for the future. The results contained within this survey make for compelling reading and are both unique and statistically significant.

Sponsors of the report, IndigoBlue, and the MemberWise Network held an evening seminar dedicated to the launch of the survey report. This free event provided unique insights into current and proposed usage of the web in driving online member value. Richard Gott of MemberWise presented the report with insight provided by IndigoBlue’s Managing Director, Rob Smith.

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Rather than a rash of acronyms, this post looks at Bring Your Own Device strategies in the third sector.

The launch of the latest version of the iPhone (slightly larger screen, a wee bit thinner, a faster processor and slightly worse on-board maps) reminded me about the opportunities and challenges of introducing a BYOD strategy in a NFP organisation.

Where are the savings that IT can make for non-for-profit organisations? 

This question has been prompted firstly by the recent Government Charity Report and secondly by a meeting we had recently with a consultant on behalf of a cross-sector organisation promoting the UK's digitally capability (which quotes NCVO identifying ICT as the biggest skill-gap in the charity sector).