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Member management

Centralize your information, automate renewals and deliver a consistent member experience with Membri, within your Microsoft 365 environment.

What is member management?

Member management brings memberships, renewals, payments, events, communications and interactions together in a centralized platform.

The goal: reduce administrative tasks, improve the member experience and support your organization’s growth.

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When member management becomes a challenge

Scattered information and manual follow-ups take your team’s time away from member services and your organization’s development.

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Do these situations sound familiar?

  • data is spread across multiple tools;
  • renewals are tracked in Excel;
  • communications are hard to segment;
  • reports take several hours to produce;
  • members have to contact the team for every update;
  • it is becoming difficult to measure engagement and retention.
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The benefits of a modern member management platform

  1. Centralize information. Bring member profiles, organizations, dues, events, interactions and documents together in a single environment.

    Centralize information

    Bring member profiles, organizations, dues, events, interactions and documents together in a single environment.

  2. Automate renewals. Reduce manual follow-ups with automated reminders and structured renewal processes.

    Automate renewals

    Reduce manual follow-ups with automated reminders and structured renewal processes.

  3. Improve the member experience. Give members easy access to their information, registrations, documents and benefits through a member portal.

    Improve the member experience

    Give members easy access to their information, registrations, documents and benefits through a member portal.

  4. Better understand engagement. Identify your most active members, members at risk of leaving and the activities that generate the most participation.

    Better understand engagement

    Identify your most active members, members at risk of leaving and the activities that generate the most participation.

  5. Reduce the administrative workload. Automate repetitive tasks and free up time for higher-value activities.

    Reduce the administrative workload

    Automate repetitive tasks and free up time for higher-value activities.

What is member management software?

Member management software is a platform that lets associations, chambers of commerce and member organizations manage memberships, renewals, communications, events and interactions within a centralized environment.

Bringing key processes together in one system helps your organization improve efficiency, the member experience and visibility into engagement.

CRM or AMS: What’s the difference? CRM (Customer Relationship Management) A CRM is a system designed to manage relationships with customers or contacts. In particular, it lets you: centralize data; track interactions; automate certain processes; produce reports. AMS (Association Management Software) An AMS is a specialized platform for membership-based organizations. In addition to CRM functions, it generally includes: membership management; renewals; member categories; committees; events; member benefits; the member portal; governance processes. Which solution should you choose? A platform that combines CRM capabilities with AMS features helps centralize data while addressing the specific needs of member management.

What are the essential elements of member management software?

Modern member management software should include:

  • a centralized database;
  • membership management;
  • automated renewals;
  • a member portal;
  • event management;
  • segmented communications;
  • dashboards and reports;
  • integration capabilities with the tools the organization uses.

For Canadian associations, it is also important that the solution can support bilingual processes, different member types and the realities specific to membership-based organizations.

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Features to manage the member lifecycle

Member subscription types and options

Membership types

Structure your member categories, pricing and subscription durations.

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Our member management software lets you easily configure your various subscription types, including their price, their duration, the email templates to use for communications, and many other settings. This makes it possible to customize how the association management platform behaves so it aligns with your business processes.

Membership and renewal management

Memberships and renewals

Automate memberships, invoices and renewal reminders.

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Several options are available for embedding an online membership form in your website so that new memberships come directly into the system. Our automated processes then take over to generate a membership or renewal invoice, email the invoice to the member and update their record. All generated invoices can be paid online by credit card through our integrated payment platform, using a link included in the email sent to the association member. For renewals, the management platform automatically generates renewal notices and emails them to the members due for renewal. You can also configure a schedule of automated reminders.

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Member subscription upgrade management

Membership upgrades

Support membership upgrades with a structured process.

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If your association offers several subscription levels with different benefits and needs to manage subscription upgrades, our solution includes an upgrade process that lets you calculate and invoice an upgrade automatically. As with memberships and renewals, this invoice can be sent automatically by email using a customizable email template. One more option to make member management easier.

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Centralized management of billing, payments and membership dues

Billing management

Simplify the tracking of dues, payments and credit notes.

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See how you can save time and money with the features offered for managing your billing.

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Fewer manual tasks, greater visibility

Key indicators to track

Assess the health of your community with eight key indicators.

  • renewal rate;
  • membership growth;
  • event participation;
  • member engagement;
  • membership revenue;
  • revenue per member;
  • member portal usage;
  • average request processing time.

Access this information without manually consolidating multiple files.

More efficient management through automation

More efficient management through automation
  • less time spent on administrative tasks;
  • better renewal tracking;
  • better visibility into engagement;
  • less duplicate data entry.

Why choose Membri for member management?

Membri brings your member data, processes and interactions together in an environment connected to Microsoft 365. Your team gains consistency and visibility to better serve its community.

Designed for membership-based organizations

Manage memberships, member categories and renewals according to your processes. One platform supports the needs of associations and chambers of commerce.

Connected to your Microsoft 365 environment

Connect member management to your Microsoft tools to support collaboration, information tracking and the automation of recurring tasks.

A connected member relationship at every stage

Centralize interactions, event registrations and targeted communications. The member portal makes it easier to access information and services.

Better-informed decisions

Track renewals, engagement, participation and revenue through dashboards. Identify trends to guide your actions and follow-ups.

They modernized their member management

Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ)

The FCCQ uses Membri to structure the management of its network of chambers of commerce, centralize information and improve membership-related follow-ups.

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Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

The organization modernized its member management with a centralized platform that allows better tracking of memberships, interactions and member activities.

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FAQ - member management

1. What is member management software?

Member management software is a platform for managing memberships, renewals, member data, events, communications and engagement from a single environment.

2. What is the best member management software?

The best software is one that adapts to your operational reality, makes renewals easier, centralizes data and reduces your team’s administrative tasks.

3. Can a CRM replace member management software?

A traditional CRM can manage contacts and interactions, but member organizations often need additional features such as memberships, renewals, member categories and member portals.

4. What is the difference between an association and a chamber of commerce?

An association generally brings together people or organizations that share a profession, a sector or a common interest. A chamber of commerce primarily represents the interests of businesses in a given territory or region.

5. How can you improve your member renewal rate?

Best practices include:

  • automating reminders;
  • improving the member experience;
  • segmented communications;
  • an accessible member portal;
  • tracking engagement indicators.
6. Can member management software be integrated with Microsoft 365?

Yes. A modern solution can integrate with various Microsoft tools to support administrative processes, collaboration, reporting and automation.

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Automate renewals, centralize your data and improve engagement. Discover how Membri can support your organization’s priorities.