The forces that are changing the shape of membership
11th October 2019Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. So said a teen icon back in the 1980s, when your PC had ...
Future-proofing your membership organisation
3rd October 2019To future-proof something is to enable it to continue to be of value in the distant future; in essence, to ensure that it does not become obsolete. Th...
Re-evaluating membership organisations: what it means to be a member
15th August 2019We all have the primal needs of food, shelter, safety, love and esteem. And it’s these needs that drive all our motivations.
Success Around The Table
13th March 2019We had a brilliant time talking with representatives from 15 fantastic membership organisations at the inaugural Fish Roundtable last week at The Ivy ...
A Wrap Up of 2018 and Top Digital Marketing Trends for 2019
30th January 2019River’s Head of Digital Content Experience, Pares Tailor, tells us what grabbed his attention in 2018 and what digital trends to look out for this yea...
Commercial Revenue or Not? That is the Question | 3 min read
22nd January 2019I keep getting into a loop on a particular debate. Membership organisations with static income and rising prices need new revenue streams. Fact. Not a...
Fish on the Menu at the Ivy | 2 min read
21st January 2019We are all very busy folks with little time to stop and reflect. It is also sometimes quite hard for membership professionals to justify the cost of a...
River Group and Fish Membership Predictions in 2044 | 4 min read
26th December 2018At the last count there were, if you include the unions, more than 500 professional membership organisations in the UK with around 20 million members....