Time to be UpBeat about your membership profiling

Your professional association’s event was clearly a success. There’s going to be a grind tomorrow, because the sponsors are expecting a breakdown of the attendees with analysis of how they fit the sponsors’ aims. You’ll be working in a spreadsheet. Yes, a grind.

Not for profit organisations should be Upbeat about Microsoft CRM memb...

Donors form the lifeline for not for profit (NFP) organisations. Hence, donor management becomes a vital and core competency of NFPs. The better an organisation can understand and interact with their donors the more stable and successful the NFP will become.

What’s the right membership system for your association?

By ‘Roger Pegler' Choosing a system for your association is less about features and functions and more about a system that matches your association's objectives. Find out more about the right Membership System for your association

As an NFP our business is very simple really!

I was talking with the CFO of one of our not for profit clients the other day and he made a wonderful observation – “our business is very simple really. We get money from the government which we then just have to spend delivering programs to the community” followed by a...

How do not-for-profit organisations manage regulatory change?

Currently the not-for-profit sector in Australia is hearing a lot about regulation. On 27 May 2011, the Assistant Treasurer announced the new chair of the advisory board assisting the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) will be Robert Fitzgerald AM. The ACNC will...

As a Not-for-Profit, is survival enough?

Is survival enough? If you are not a growing tree then you are a dying tree. When NFPs consider growth strategies the question is how does your organisation provide the same level of care and service that you are previously recognised for? One needs to assimilate the organisation into...