That means change for campaigning charities, trade associations, and membership bodies who may have worked in the past through a mix of newsletters, events and perhaps not very special services. Amy Sample Ward interviewed Clay on a topic close to her heart : what impact will social media have on nonprofits … those charities, memberships bodies etc. The negative thing is, Clay Shirky really pins down what any organisation relying on members or supporters for its life must do if it is to stay in business as people increasing network online. If they don’t offer more

I’ve written a fair bit about membership organisations and the impact that social media may have on them, and also helped start a project on the subject that’s now been taken forward by NCVO and RSA. But as someone said to me the other day: “I get more from my Twitter friends that I do from membership of xxx”. As I’ve written The Carnegie UK Trust is also investigating civil society associations. I’m I’m

The challenge is to get some connection and integration - because the vertical organisations will have membership fees and closed spaces, while the horizontal ones will be more open. Josien has been following the development of The Membership Project , started by Simon Berry and I, because this open-closed issue is exactly the challenge faced by the RSA and other membership organisations. I’ve come away from the Powering a New Future conference in Lisbon with three interlocking reflections on developing the concept and practice of social reporting - and a new conclusion about what it means to be a social reporter.

I’m delighted that NCVO and RSA have come up with a way to explore the future of membership organisations in a world where people may feel that paying subscriptions isn’t always worthwhile if they can easily get information, advice and connections online. It’s an issue that Simon Berry and I started to pursue with others through The Membership Project , with initial RSA and NCVO support. We generated a lot of discussion, but found it difficult to follow through without more funding. We were both interested in working on specific practical projects, and our

Tags: asides rsa Organisations All posts membershi About 30 RSA Fellows and friends enjoyed an afternoon last week playing - very constructively - with Lego and plasticine under the guidance of David Gauntlett , Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Westminster. I’ve written before about David’s metaphorical modelling, and this time we were discussing the future of RSA networks and other activities.

So the first FreshNetworks breakfast briefing has just finished and we had some great insights into how not for profit organisations (NFP’s) can use social media for strengthening their membership offering. Breast Cancer Care Case Study First up to speak was Bertie Bosredon , Assistant Director of Services (Information & Multimedia) at Breast Cancer Care.

Membership is by no means a new fad. However, before the study quoted in the WSJ gets your board all fired up to institute a membership program, there are words of caution you may want to heed. Caution #1: Membership Membership dues are paid annually. Memberships tend Oh no, here it comes. When times are tough for Community Benefit Organizations, a single article like this one (originally from the Wall Street Journal, then quoted at the Chronicle of Philanthropy) can be enough to send boards and EDs scurrying to get ahead of the latest new fundraising

Tags: Expert Interviews Featured Posts community management coop membership online community REI Social Media Strateg This month’s Online Community Expert interview is with Jordan Williams, Manager of Digital Engagement at REI. In this role, Jordan is responsible for creating deeper customer engagement through the creation of content and community touch points on REI.com and throughout the social web.

Ed Mitchell: Platform neutral Network and community design and facilitation; event design and facilitation. Blog About Ed Projects Services Membership engagement story December 6, 2007 – 5:05 pm Lyndsay Rees-Jones (CILIP Membership Support Advisor) and I gave another presentation about the CILIP membership communities at Online Information yesterday. Since talking about this project publicly, we have found that there are very few ‘community’ teams in HQs which are pragmatically integrated into the membership

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