Consultants

Conference & Events

The Business Narrative

The Business Narrative has a team of 12 experienced event professionals, all of them industry veterans, supporting associations and non-profits with services ranging from event conception, creating and managing budgets for profitable events, event design, content curation, event marketing, sponsorship sales and support, event logistics and delivery. Using our proprietary Event Narrative Framework - seven questions designed to create a coherent narrative communicating your event’s purpose – combined with operational playbooks based on decades of experience we deliver exception in-person, hybrid and virtual events. In 2020 we have organised a number of virtual events and have the team, the production processes and the experience to ensure that your online event delivers on its objectives.

Location: United Kingdom

Inbar Caspi

Inbar Caspi is association services and congress expert with more than 20 years of experience in consulting over 60 associations and managing more than 170 association congresses. She is the former Managing Director of Kenes UK. For the past 6 years, Inbar has been supporting Medical Associations that organise their congress in-house or wish to take more ownership on their key activity while reaching their goals for growth, profit, education and high level of service. In her new capacity, she has worked with and managed in-house the congresses of some of the largest associations in Europe such as the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), the European Pain Federation (EFIC), and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).

Gallus Events

Gallus Events have a team of three exceptionally experienced events professionals who have all run busy, profitable, association event departments. As any client of Gallus Events will testify an independent and experienced review from an events expert can transform the events you organise and improve your event department. We understand the challenges in effecting behavioural change and we have developed tools and techniques to support innovation.

Location: Spain

Development & Growth

SEBCO Consulting

SEBCO is the premier provider of association consulting expertise in the UK and worldwide, with experienced association consultants across a range of services commonly needed within the association sector. Founded to provide a dedicated association perspective, our goal is to add value to all that associations provide to their members.

Location: United Kingdom

Ashridge Associates

Ashridge Associates is an enterprising organisation that brings together a unique network of award winning people to help you succeed.

Location: United Kingdom

Digital Transformation

E AND H Consulting

E AND H are specialists in enabling membership organisations and associations deliver effective IT-enabled change and digital transformation.  Their expertise includes: strategic consultancy to enable you to take the right approach, business case development, requirements analysis, procurement and supplier selection, implementation project management and benefits realisation.  They guide you through the journey, help you understand digital and transformation, and what it might mean, and enable you to avoid the pitfalls of implementing new technology.  Their clients include a wide range of associations in the UK and mainland Europe implementing CRM, websites and operational efficiencies from the effective use of IT.

Location: United Kingdom

Pixl8 Group

Pixl8 is the go-to agency for membership organisations, associations and charities who are seeking digital solutions that go the extra mile. They blend technology, know-how and creativity to develop digital products that are designed to grow and nurture your membership base. Since 2001, Pixl8 has worked with over 200 membership-based organisations to build and design CRM-integrated websites, provide event management platforms, personalised email solutions, bespoke applications and more. The team has the skills and expertise to design and build the personalised digital experience that your membership demands.

Location: United Kingdom

eLearning & Online Learning

Desire 2 Learn (D2L)

A global leader in EdTech, D2L is the creator of Brightspace, the world’s first integrated learning platform. The company partners with thought-leading organizations to improve learning through data-driven technology that helps deliver a personalized experience to every learner, regardless of geography or ability. D2L’s open and extensible platform is used by more than 1,100 clients and almost 15 million individual learners in higher education, K–12, healthcare, government, and the enterprise sector—including Fortune 1000 companies. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore.

Location: International

Digital Learn

Digital Learn was created to meet the needs of professional learners in the workplace. We create learner-centric, technology enhanced learning that enables efficient and effective learning. Learning for professions is different from academic learning. It requires the application of tailored pedagogy and learning approaches. Digital Learn uses the latest educational theories and technologies to advise associations on the most effective solutions. We help associations to create online learning from 20 minute inductions for new members, to full training programmes for professional qualifications and member CPD. We also help associations who are new to the area to develop a digital learning strategy to ensure that the association remains credible and relevant in the future.

Location: United Kingdom

Governance & Leadership

Brave Inflexions

To assist individuals in leadership positions to use inflexion points to become stronger and propel forward and upward.

Location: South Africa

SEBCO Consulting

SEBCO is the premier provider of association consulting expertise in the UK and worldwide, with experienced association consultants across a range of services commonly needed within the association sector. Founded to provide a dedicated association perspective, our goal is to add value to all that associations provide to their members.

Location: United Kingdom

Human Resources

MEBrennan Consulting Mary Ellen Brennan, SPHR, SHRM-SCP has 20 years' experience in human resources in professional associations and law firms.  Her areas of expertise include executive and leadership coaching, workforce planning, organizational culture, performance management, and work/life programs such as telework, recruiting, and project management.  She facilitates and leads personal and professional development training, as well as strategic planning and team-building retreats. She managed the development of AIHA's award-winning career stages project which defined the skills and experience needed by members at various stages in their careers, leading to additional opportunities for the association.  Mary Ellen has coached association members on resume writing, interviewing, and job search skills.  A graduate of the UMUC MBA program, Mary Ellen has continued her learning by obtaining certification in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, as well as training in Lean Six Sigma, advanced facilitation skills and project management. She holds the highest level of certifications in human resource management.   Location: The Netherlands

Marketing & Communications

Database Marketing Counsel

Database Marketing Counsel is a specialist, objective consultancy, providing advice and direction on developing the data-driven CRM and Marketing strategies to help organisations achieve their business objectives in a smarter way.

Location: United Kingdom

SocialB

SocialB’s core business services focus on social media training and online marketing consultancy services. Our social media training courses cover all the main social media platforms and provide real social media expert content in how your business can utilise social media effectively. One of our other main services is online marketing; helping businesses to not only get to the top of search engines for keywords and phrases related to your business but to ultimately increase sales.

Membership

SEBCO Consulting

SEBCO is the premier provider of association consulting expertise in the UK and worldwide, with experienced association consultants across a range of services commonly needed within the association sector. Founded to provide a dedicated association perspective, our goal is to add value to all that associations provide to their members.

Location: United Kingdom

Presentation & Speaking Training

John Scarrott Training and Coaching

I work with Association leaders and their teams to increase their influence when selling, presenting and networking. I support them to communicate effectively, connect with impact and achieve positive outcomes in terms of member engagement and sponsorship.

Location: United Kingdom

Public Policy

Guide Public Affairs Political intelligence has never been more important, with policymakers having a huge and direct effect on companies. GUIDE delivers reliable, accurate and proven analysis and predictions of how the political weather will change and what practical effects it will have. To discuss any political issue in confidence, contact Chief Executive Greig Baker on greig@theguideconsultancy.com Location: United Kingdom

Webcasting & Recording

BeThere Global

BeThere Global are known for providing a reliable conference webcast service to help associations unlock the full value of conference content and engage effectively with remote audiences, at an affordable price. Conference sessions demand so much effort and resource to create; why let them be seen just once by those in the room? Let us turn your conference sessions into valuable knowledge assets.

Location: United Kingdom

CYIM

For 20 years CYIM has been supplying cutting edge IT and audiovisual services to the medical and scientific worlds. Our core focus is to innovate for the scientific community. CYIM’s solutions are implemented at +40 events/year, from expert conferences to larger congresses (+35,000 participants and +3,500 speakers). 95% of our partners come from the medical world.

Location: France