50 Great Ideas Day
Sue Froggatt Training & Consultancy
Book this Seminar
£295+vat
(per delegate)
Special Offer* Book 3 places, and the third place is FREE!
Venue & Dates
TBC for September 2018
London
Please Note: Start time is 9.30am with tea and coffee served from 9.00am. Finish time 4.30pm
The theme for 2018 has yet to be confirmed.
The 50 new ideas presented will re-envigorate you, your team and your membership development plans with fresh enthusiasm.
These annual ‘great ideas’ days are always a great motivating and teambuilding event—and really valuable if you have a planning day ahead. Bring your colleagues and gain extra momentum and buzz in your association for developing membership.
You will hear from two of the world’s leading membership thought leaders and experts who have travelled extensively to bring you the best ideas of what is happening around the world in membership and new trends on the horizon.
During the day there will also be ample time to reflect on the ideas and share, ask question and discuss issues with other delegates and presenters. You will leave with a list of valuable action points and many new contacts.
This is a relaxed and professional day when you can take a step back from your everyday routine and be exposed to new thinking. The Great Ideas Day creates a space in the calendar to be exposed to many new ideas that will raise the value of your membership.
Past themes of the ‘Great Ideas’ day:
- Delivering valuable membership experiences
- Ideas for boosting recruitment, retention and engagement
- Increasing the value of membership
- Communicating the real value of membership
Bring your colleagues
If you can, we highly recommend you bring colleagues, because it will help you get more out of the day. These annual ‘great ideas’ days are always a great teambuilding event.
The Venue
Details here
Venue to be confirmed
London
Seven reasons to attend the 10th ‘Great Ideas Day’ in London
Keep-up-to-date and stay ahead with the best of the very latest member recruitment and retention ideas from around the world. Guest co-presenter is US membership expert, Mark Levin.
This is a great day to top-up your knowledge and skills. It compliments Sue’s regular membership seminars.
Drive and formulate membership strategy and plans.
Don’t develop your plan without taking a look at the latest trends and the best of what associations have been doing.
Hear new strategic and tactical ideas.
The ideas always have a wide appeal – some will appeal to those working on strategy, others are highly practical and tactical that you can implement immediately.
Energise the membership team.
It is a great day to enthuse and immerse everyone involved in membership, both full time staff and elected members. Follow-up with a planning day and end up with a great, inclusive plan that everyone understands. Launch your plan to a great start – one that the team has fully bought into! What a result! (There is a special 3 for 2 offer so that you can bring other colleagues involved in the planning or delivery process.)
Grow your network of contacts.
There are four separate round table discussion sessions built into the day, so you get the chance to meet other delegates and hear what they have to say. These are great opportunities to ask, listen and learn, then swap cards so you can follow-up and keep-in-touch.
Find out about the membership community.
Those new to a role in membership, find the day a great way to find out about the landscape of the support network and resource facilities available for membership professionals.
Elevate the role and interest in membership activity in your organisation.
Great value.
Book 3 places, and the third place is free!
Special guest Mark Levin CAE, CSP
Co-presenter Mark Levin is a world leading expert in membership. He has written several books, is a regular international conference speaker and has an impressive lists of association clients.
Mark’s books include: Managing the Membership Experience; Retention Wars – The New Rules of Engagement; Millennium Membership – How To Attract & Keep Members in the New Marketplace; Membership Development – 101 Ways to Get & Keep Your Members; The Gift of Leadership – How to Rekindle the Volunteer Spirit in the 21st Century. His clients include the American Medical Association, the National Education Association and the US Chamber of Commerce.
“An outcome of attending is the need to proactivity seek member feedback to drive a member-centric culture.”
“A really well planned day with lots of useful and practical information. The tips about how to make the membership experience better were great – particularly the first year communications plan.”
“A really well planned day with lots of useful and practical information. The tips about how to make the membership experience better were great – particularly the first year communications plan.”
A great reminder of the importance of the membership experience and first year members need special attention.”
A great reminder of the importance of the membership experience and first year members need special attention.”
Event Partners
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Headline Partners
Smart Impact are experts in providing and supporting CRM systems for membership organisations. Their SmartMembership product is powered by Microsoft Dynamics and combines the latest technology with industry best practice to drive your organisational strategy and deliver the optimum membership experience.
It provides you with a central source for all member data and activity; allows all departments to input into and view data in one system; and enables you to develop a rounded view and better understanding of your members.
Other Event Partners
Page Lizard is a mobile publishing platform which empowers content creators to author once and distribute across apps, webviewers, social and media channels. This helps membership organisations create engaging mobile content and apps which enhance members’ experience and appeal to younger audiences and new members as well as helping engage and retain existing members. They have helped many membership organisations achieve instant results at a small cost with no impact on their internal teams.
Chord UK are telemarketing specialists who work with membership organisations to identify your best prospects, accelerate recruitment and learn more about your existing members. They integrate dialogue, insights and data services.
Pixl8 have many years experience creating websites, self service portals and personalised experiences for professional associations, trade bodies and regulators. They take projects through strategy, design, development, membership system integration and long term support. They follow a proven methodology to engage your staff and member representatives to identify audience needs, develop personas and prioritise. Their creative team will work to develop wire frames and the project managers will work to develop a detailed specification for fixed cost project delivery.
Think!Sponsorship provide sponsorship advise, training, consultancy and intelligence to sponsorship seekers from across the sports, arts, charity, entertainment, broadcast, local council, music & media sectors. They have special expertise in working with a range of membership organisations. On the day sponsorship expert Catherine Hawkins will be on hand to help answer all your questions about sponsorship.
Memberships Organisations that have attended
Cost & Terms
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Cost: £295 plus VAT per delegate
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On receipt of your booking an invoice with confirmation of your booking, course joining instructions and a map are sent to you by post
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All fees must be paid for in advance
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Cancellations must be received 30 days in advance of the seminar date. All fees forfeited thereafter, however substitutions can be made
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It is possible to change date or venue after you have booked, but there is £25 administration fee if the change is made more than 2 weeks before the event and £70 administration fee if made less than two weeks before the event.
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Normally each seminar is limited to 24 places to give delegates the opportunity to explore individual issues.
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Dress is smart casual.
Comments from delegates attending
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- “All the engagement ideas and the time spent with the sponsorship expert was brilliant. We can also implement some of these ideas straight away.”, Elizabeth Thomas, Head of Events, International Corporate Governance Network
- “I have loads of action points to take away!”, Gavin Spencer, Head of Member Services, Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce
- “I was really impressed – it was all valuable – especially the idea about places and spaces. Thank you Sue!”, Nisha Kalra-Tutt, Senior Membership Marketing & Development Officer, Parkinson’s UK
- “It was great to hear from the experts and the one-to-one appointments with experts was really valuable.”, Kelly Pike, Executive Assistant – Membership Development, International Association of Book-keepers
- “It was really valuable to hear about the guided discovery process.”, Juliet Wamara Kamese, Member Engagement Manager, Institute of Risk Management
- “It was great to be able to think about how to take our ideas to the next level. I will now be reviewing all our processes to make things easier for members.”, Claire Bloxsome, Membership Administrator, Physio First
- “It was valuable to hear the expertise from the presenters and hear best practice. “, Luca Segantini, Executive Director, International Society of Nephrology, ISN
- “Many thanks for yet another wonderful day. I look forward to joining you again soon on a development session and recommending my managers attend future events.”, Sandra Loton-Jones, Head of Commercial Services, British Association for Shooting and Conservation
- “Some great ideas to take back to the office – especially on how we can improve our web site. I really enjoyed the day!”, Shannon Craig, Membership Administrator, Physio First
- “Thanks for a great day! It was so worthwhile to be able to take a da out and focus on membership. I really liked hearing about the guided membership process – I makes so much sense!”, Claire Conquest, Membership Officer, National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- “The 50 great ideas have provided lots of food for thought. I will now be looking at guided decision pathways and will try to integrate this in our new web site.”, Alison Barham, Membership Officer, Nutrition Society
- “The day was very engaging and thorough and gave me lots of food for thought. I will now be taking a step back, re-evaluating what we do and then moving forward.”, Danielle Guildford, Marketing Manager, Nutrition Society
- “The ideas were great – and it was also good to hear some of the ideas that I have been talking about here. I will now be better able to convince others in the organisation.”, Sarah Yardley, Member Services Officer, Charity Retail Association
- “This was all useful and I can see some quick wins and long term ideas. It was also re-assuring to hear I am doing quite a few things right”, Emma King, Marketing Manager, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants