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It’s been an overwhelming year for the memcom membership excellence awards, with more entries than ever before. So, this year’s judging panel had a tricky job on their hands as they sifted through hundreds of entries to end up with the 2021 shortlist... 

Following our EDI workstream in May, Josie Hastings shares with us her thoughts on measuring for EDI.

Ben Sturt, our resident expert from Chrysalis Digital answers more of the common challenges around CRM systems.

Julian Smith, Executive Director at memcom, muses on the outcomes of the inaugural memcom workstream on sustainability, why it matters and what we can all achieve by working together.

Launched a podcast? Turned your annual conference into a week-long virtual festival? Hosted a webinar (or 200)? Jackie Scully, Executive Director (professional) of content marketing agency Think, gives us insight into their latest member comms research and explains why the pandemic has led to a positive shift in the way we engage with professional communities…

Thinking of entering the memcom membership excellence awards this year? Find out what it takes to write a winning award entry straight from two of this year's judging panel.

The membership sector represents millions of people in the UK alone, covering all kinds of industries and areas of society. We take a look back at some of the interviews we have conducted with leading industry professionals in light of National Careers Week in the UK.

This month, David Lonie and Gary Ford, Specialist Client Directors at Latcham, answer your questions around personalisation and data.

The memcom excellence awards are for any membership organisation, professional or trade associations, or not-for-profit company that want to gain recognition for their hard work and innovation.

Some thoughts on the digital social divide

Digital optimisation has quickly become a reality for so many organisations directly because of the pandemic. It's now time to celebrate the success of those that have done it well.

Ben Sturt, our resident expert from Chrysalis Digital answers more of the common challenges around CRM systems.

After winning memcom’s CEO Leadership Award last year, Paul Rees, CEO of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, hosted our annual Leadership Lecture. This year’s event centred around two key aspects of 2020 that shaped the way the world operates: the global pandemic and the death of George Floyd.

CPL’s collaboration with CIWM in creating a new website and one of the world’s most environmentally friendly print magazines saw the partnership scoop two golds in the 2020 memcom membership excellence awards.

As part of our ‘Reorienting your Business’ workstream, we were joined by Cristian Holmes of CABA, who provided some really interesting insight into the sociology of professional membership organisations.

Julian Smith, Director of Executive Recruitment at memcom highlights some of the trends we can expect to see in the recruitment market this year.

Ben Sturt, our resident expert from Chrysalis Digital answers more of the common challenges around CRM systems.