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Member Enquiries >> Membership >> Membership Administration >> Member Recruitment
Why do professionals join a professional body?
This enquiry looks at research professional bodies have undertaken to understand why professionals join their organisation.
Issues covered include:
• Engagement with employers to promote membership
• Information gathered from members/perspective members
• Tangible and intangible benefits considered most important for attracting new members
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Why do professionals join a professional body? (May 2010)
Refugee Professionals
This enquiry looks at awareness of, and supports for, refugee professionals who are members of professional bodies.
Issues covered include:
• Awareness of refugee professionals
• Policies for responding to refugee professionals
• Pro-actively seeking refugee professionals in your discipline
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Refugee Professionals (July 2009)
Predicting Future Membership Trends
This enquiry looks at research undertaken by professional bodies to predict future membership trends. Issues covered include:
- Elements considered
- Approach used
- Use of a third party to undertake the exercise
- Success of such ventures
- Potential problems
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Predicting Future Membership Trends (May 2009)
Current Recession
This enquiry looks at the impact of the economic climate on professional bodies.
Issues covered include:
- Effects on membership numbers
- Other areas affected
- Supporting members e.g. training provision
- Supporting the organisation e.g. cost cutting
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Current Recession (October 2008)
Royal Chartered Status
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies acquire Royal Chartered Status.
Issues covered include:
- Impact of Chartered Status on recruitment and retention of members
- Impact on member benefits
- Cost and duration of process for securing Chartered Status
- Unsuccessful attempts as securing Chartered Status
- Reasons against seeking Chartered Status
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Lay Member Recruitment
This enquiry introduces a service from PARN to assist in recruiting lay member services. Issues covered include:
- Charges for this service
- Information required of candidates
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Lay Members Register (January 2007)
Cost Analysis – Membership Admin and Marketing
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies record and assess the costs of administering and marketing membership. Issues covered include:
- How such costs are monitored
- How membership activities are managed using the cost breakdown
- Benchmarking of membership costs
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Cost Analysis – Membership Administration and Marketing (September 2006)
Membership Extension
This enquiry looks at a number of issues regarding widening categories of membership.
Issues covered include:
• Restrictions on membership
• Membership for non-qualified complementary or auxiliary professionals and their rights/responsibilities
• Student members
• Corporate partnerships/associations
• Corporate membership
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Membership Extension (October 2003)
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