Growing your Membership Program in a Changing Environment

Contents

Introduction

Join Jennifer Cauhorn, the Executive Director of Handbell Musicians of America, to discuss membership trends — we’ll learn how they’ve changed their program and benefits to meet the needs of their members. Plus, how they use NeonCRM’s communication and membership tools to encourage renewals!

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Slides

Slides from the presentation are available here: Membership Trends.pdf

Contents & Additional Resources

• What is a membership in Neon? How is it different from a recurring donation? Check out this guide. 
• Trends and changes for the Handbell Musicians of America's membership program 
  • When membership is declining, how do you know what people want? They used this carefully-crafted survey: HMA Member Survey.pdf
  • Members' preferred benefits: the printed Journal & event attendance
  • Members' ignored benefits: local lending libraries
• Enabling member-only benefits on your website
• Restructuring memberships? Jennifer Cauhorn warns that sub-members can feel ignored. Consider moving toward a individual-based membership or specifically targeting messaging at your sub-members. 
• How do you encourage your members to stay?
  
  • The Handbell Musicians of America reach out to their expiring membership at a national level using a mix of paper and digital messages before transferring responsibility to the local leader. For more specific information, check out their Renewal Timeline: RenewalTimeline-AreaLists.pdf
  • See the Area Member List Time Line within the Membership Chair Handbook: Membership Chair Handbook.pdf