Associations: 2 tools to simplify your life!
It's often on your own time that you get involved in an association. It's all about motivation. That's why it's important to maintain it. If too many boring aspects pile up, beware! The aim is to inspire people to get involved, to take the project further and help your community grow. How do you go about it? Here's how. You'll also find all our articles on the challenges of collaboration.
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Bring your association to life with new technologies
Unite association members in project mode
An association is a group of people united around a common interest or passion. It's important to bring this group to life. It's all about promoting exchanges, keeping up to date, encouraging initiatives and organizing special events. Of course, you can join by SMS, e-mail or Facebook. But as soon as the project or community expands, that's quickly limited. We want to be able to exchange information and documents, so that everyone knows where we stand and what we can do. In short, it's project management pure and simple!
A dedicated interface to bring the whole association together in one place
Associations governed by the French law of 1901 are different from companies in that they are not-for-profit. Yet their project mode means they operate in much the same way. What are known as Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) also lend themselves well to associations. The principle is that members of a group can easily exchange information. An association, for example, could use it to make useful information accessible: upcoming dates, minutes, posters, etc. Members have access to it, and can react, comment or share content in turn. Information circulates better, in the form of more dynamic exchanges.
Structuring exchanges to facilitate association operations
Jamespot, specialized CSR software, is ideal for associations. You can exchange information bilaterally via the internal messaging system, or collectively by launching a thematic discussion. Collaborative monitoring can easily be initiated and followed by all. Content can be tagged with keywords for easy retrieval when queried. The group gradually accumulates resources, so that the day you welcome a new member, he or she is quickly integrated, thanks to immediate access to the history and all the association's useful documents. The CSR can also be opened up to extended members: partners or influencers, to expand the community.
CSRs are both a place for exchanges and a dedicated space. True 2.0 platforms, they encourage and coordinate the actions of association members.
Your association is more attractive and easier to manage
Your association needs to be visible on the Internet
To raise awareness of your project and attract people to your events, your association needs visibility. Setting up a website can be a daunting prospect: it's often expensive if you have it done, and time-consuming if you do it yourself from scratch. Settling for a "cobbled-together" site or a catch-all blog leaves much to be desired. So how do you go about it? With memboGo software, you can create your own site... worthy of the name.
A site with two purposes: image and management
It's good to have an image site. Now, why settle for a showcase, when you could also use it for operational purposes? Membership renewal, for example. In September, there's a 500m long queue outside your premises? All these people would no doubt be delighted to join online: a few clicks for them and less stress for you. All you need is a site with a membership form and online payment. Today, it's affordable, so your association might as well take advantage of it. On memboGo, you can also activate the facility to receive donations, or organize events online.
An easy-to-use site for everyone to take care of
It's risky for only one person in the association to know how to manage the site. Let's say that person leaves, or can't be reached, and you're stuck. With turnkey solutions such as memboGo, the tool is ergonomic enough that anyone can use it. There's no need for any prior training, and getting to grips with it is intuitive and instantaneous. Association members can take turns updating the site as and when they see fit. In this way, the association can be sure of having a regularly updated site.
A site equipped with a management section to simplify your life
Now that the site allows you to take a number of steps online, you might as well use it as a tool to keep track of them. Take memberships, for example: you need to track payments member by member, as well as the various deadlines, renewals and so on. That's what the site's back office is for. It centralizes all your members' contact details and tracks the associated formalities. As well as being the site's administrative interface, the solution also serves as your management software, so you can manage your association's accounts simply and on the same tool.
Your association relies on the involvement of its members. With a dedicated platform like Jamespot, you can stimulate interaction. Invited to participate, your members become pro-active. And if memboGo also makes administrative and accounting tasks easier to manage, the association can concentrate on what it offers. And everyone finds what they're looking for.
Article translated from French