Imagine you’re organising an environmental volunteering day. It’s 9 a.m., in a natural park with no phone signal. 25 volunteers turn up. You pull out a sheet of paper and a pen to write down who has arrived. Three people queue. One leaves without signing in because they were in a hurry. At the end […]
Leer más →Collecting membership fees is one of the tasks that steals the most time from associations. Between the person who pays in cash in person, the one who sends a Bizum but doesn’t write the reference, the one who makes a bank transfer and then texts you “hey, I’ve already paid”, and the one who simply […]
Leer más →The membership card is no longer a piece of laminated cardboard lost at the bottom of a wallet. A digital card is a document members carry on their phone, always up to date and always at hand. Here’s how it works. What a digital membership card is It’s a document (usually a PDF or a […]
Leer más →Many associations start out with an Excel sheet. It’s easy, it’s free and everyone knows how to use it. But as the association grows, the spreadsheet that was once a solution becomes a problem. Why Excel falls short 1. Only the person who built it understands it. The secretary who set up the spreadsheet knows […]
Leer más →If your association already has a WordPress website, you’re halfway there. But WordPress on its own is a blank canvas. To turn it into the management tool you need, you have to pick the right plugins. This is the definitive guide. 1. For member management: Convoca Members The plugin that turns WordPress into your member […]
Leer más →Managing an association doesn’t have to cost money. Most small associations run on tight budgets, often based only on membership fees. But that doesn’t mean you have to do everything by hand. Here are 7 free tools that can change your association’s day-to-day. 1. WordPress + Convoca (free) If your association has a website, it […]
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