Membership organisations need to stay relevant to their core membership while adapting to attract the next generation of members –all without breaking the bank. An impossible task?
Of course not.There’s clearly a lot of thinking going on outside the proverbial box. Take, for example, CIPFA, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. They’ve engaged the whole of the public finance sector in the search for 20 “Future Leaders”, teaming up with a trade journal and a recruitment consultant to help in the search. Anyone could be nominated, providing they are members of CIPFA – a great way to raise the organisation’s profile, while encouraging young talent to join up.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is taking a rather different approach to staying relevant. With its role as an educational charity, the CIOT President has set annual themes to concentrate efforts on issues of particular importance to the next generation - starting with an assessment of qualifications.
As the Energy Institute puts it, member benefits are designed specifically to:
Provide formal recognition of your skills, achievements and expertise. This means we have a wide range of professional membership grades, registration opportunities and chartered titles available which are relevant for your energy specialism. We also have a register of professional energy consultants on which our professional members can be included. Employers and clients know that EI professional members have been assessed by their peers who have validated their qualifications and expertise.
Provide assistance to help you develop your career. We have an online professional development scheme with mentoring facilities; we run a wide range of training and development courses; we hold and participate in a series of events, seminars and conferences in the UK and abroad. All of these are designed to help you increase your knowledge and understanding of the energy sector. We give members generous discounts on our publications; our monthly member magazines and their supplements are widely regarded as being relevant, readable and what members expect us to provide.
Membership to the Energy Institute (EI) offers all the benefits you would expect from the energy industry's specialist professional body:
Recognition of professional expertise
Free subscription to one the EI's monthly magazines (Petroleum Review or Energy World) with discounts on other EI publications
Free Branch and Special Interest Group membership plus a wide range of other networking opportunities
Discounted access to events, seminars and conferences
Free career advice and professional development support
Exclusive Members-only information available on our website
Free use of London facilities (including hot-desk) and information services
Our members come from a very wide range of backgrounds. Energy is our business; it is what all our members and stakeholders have in common. Whether you work in energy extraction, transmission and distribution, or energy management, we are RELEVANT for you. So why not join us today and start enjoying the benefits of EI membership?
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