{"id":2,"date":"2015-04-02T13:15:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T13:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qzl.e7b.mytemp.website\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:16:01","slug":"professional-membership-consultants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrpconsulting.co.uk\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-145679b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"145679b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f718bab\" data-id=\"3f718bab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b7b99f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b7b99f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-240 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mrpconsulting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/about.jpg\" alt=\"About Us - MRPC Group membership consultancy\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" \/><\/p><p><strong>A 16-year track record supporting consumer and professional membership organisations informs our work as specialist consultants.<\/strong><\/p><p>Where you lack the resources, the expertise or even just the management time MRPC, as professional membership consultants, can:<\/p><ul><li>Develop <a href=\"http:\/\/qzl.e7b.mytemp.website\/Temp3\/membership-strategy\/\">strategies<\/a> for membership retention and recruitment<\/li><li>Initiate plans to improve membership satisfaction and \u2018value-for-money\u2019 perceptions<\/li><li>Ensure all membership offerings both on-line and off-line reflect sectorial best practice, including:<ul><li>Websites<\/li><li>Publications<\/li><li>Events and awards<\/li><li>CPD and other educational programmes<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Support senior management in developing coherent strategies to boost brand values.<\/li><\/ul><p>Where you are considering outsourcing or are already committed to such a strategy, MRPC can:<\/p><ul><li>Resolve issues of \u2018in house\u2019 v. \u2018bought out\u2019<\/li><li>Identify the right suppliers or partners<\/li><li>Negotiate and implement performance-based contracts and ensure appropriate governance.<\/li><\/ul><p>Finding exactly the right strategy to support your ambitions is a serious challenge for most membership organisations. We&#8217;ve summed up what we think are the Questions for membership organisations.<\/p><p>Here are 8 of the key questions, our clients, are currently asking themselves:<\/p><ol><li>How good are our current operations measured against best practice within the sector?<\/li><li>What should we be doing to improve membership recruitment, renewal and retention?<\/li><li>Do we have a coherent strategy covering internal communications?<\/li><li>Do our external communications fully project our brand values?<\/li><li>Have we formulated an adequate content strategy, including our use of digital media?<\/li><li>Is our commercial performance as good as it could be, including data usage?<\/li><li>Have we got the right strategies for the organisation, and the right organisation for the strategies?<\/li><li>Are we outsourcing the right things to the right people?<\/li><\/ol><p>If any of these questions for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_professional_associations_in_the_United_Kingdom\">membership organisations<\/a> resonate with you, then a conversation with MRP Consulting would be a useful start to formulating an appropriate response.<\/p><p>James Ranft &#8211; Is the founding Director of MRPC. You can view his linkedin profile here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/james-ranft-60850a2\/\">James Ranft <\/a><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acad4ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acad4ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9111136\" data-id=\"9111136\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09f159c elementor-widget 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