For membership organizations, your welcome strategy will be a new member’s first experience with the group. If you do a good job, your members will feel like they’ve made the right decision. And if you really nail it? Your members might be impressed enough to become active members and maybe even volunteer. But what makes . . . read more
In times of financial hardship, members may not be able to keep up with their membership dues. To assist members and prevent them from completely canceling their membership, you can allow them to pause their membership for either a set time frame or indefinitely. Options for Pausing Memberships There are two options for pausing memberships. . . . read more
Organizations looking to offer a financial break to their members may pause memberships for either a specific or indefinite amount of time. This article is for organizations who have a fixed renewal date. Organizations with rolling renewals should read this other article. Provide One Year of Free Membership With this option, you’ll utilize the bulk . . . read more
Organizations looking to offer a financial break to their members may pause memberships for either a specific or indefinite amount of time. This article provides instructions for temporarily pausing memberships that have a rolling anniversary date. Organizations with a fixed renewal date should see this other article. Pausing Membership for a Defined Amount of Time . . . read more
Some members may be asking about canceling their accounts. It may be more than you want to handle manually. To remove some of your workload, you can create a page where members can perform this task themselves. Note that if you already have a Cancel membership level established, you can skip directly to step 4. . . . read more
Organizations looking to offer a financial break to their members may pause memberships for either a specific or indefinite amount of time. In this article we’ve compiled information to help you implement a membership pause for a specific amount of time.
Rescheduling or canceling an event can be stressful for event organizers. With Covid-19 stay-at-home orders and quarantine, rescheduling is more common than ever. Follow these steps to use MembershipWorks to aid you in the process of rescheduling, canceling or suspending your event. How to Reschedule Your Event To reschedule your event to a future date, . . . read more
A 2018 study by Cone/Porter Novelli found that 77 percent of Americans have a stronger emotional connection to ‘purpose-driven companies.’ These are companies that stand for something beyond sales and profit. Purpose driven companies have become much more popular over the past decade, and more corporations are looking to support nonprofit organizations as a way . . . read more
Announcing a new website launch is a joyous occasion. All the hard work you’ve put into building your site has finally paid off, and your customers or members will now enjoy a more rewarding experience when they interact with your organization online. Your new website announcement should be as creative as your new website is; . . . read more
Organizations with members or customers in California are subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which takes effect on January 1, 2020. Similar to the goals of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the aim of this legislation is to secure new privacy rights for California consumers. Note that this post is . . . read more
