The Membership Project

Megan and I met this morning and talked about the research dimension of this project. I've just updated the research page so you can see where we got to.

We also discussed the question of how to engage other key people in membership organisations in our discussions and thinking. I'm sure we'll have a chance to discuss more when we meet face-to-face in a couple of weeks' time, but for now I thought I'd just share our ideas as food for thought.

We know that in order to encourage people to participate there has to be a clear 'ask' and clarity about the terms of engagement. How about creating a series of boxes (or something) on the front page with the key questions we're interested in. So for example:  read more »

Project outline

This is an outline of the project ageed with our initial partners, the RSA and NCVO Third Sector Foresight Unit, February 2008. See below for history and links, and here for development plans.

The Membership Project explores how the social web and other factors are changing the ways in which we may belong to groups and organisations.

We believe that these changes will have major implications for civil society institutions, ranging from national charities to local groups.  read more »