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The membership playbook
Practical writing on running a membership organisation - the members, the money, and the bits nobody warns you about. Written by people who have actually done it, not a content mill.
The membership form nobody finishes, and the twelve fields that fix it
A registration form is the first thing an organisation ever asks a member to do, which makes twenty-three fields a statement about how the next two years are going to go.
What actually belongs on a membership card
A member card is one of the few things an organisation hands over that people keep in a wallet for years, which is exactly why the wrong seven fields on it are so hard to take back.
How to write an LPJ your committee will actually finish
The format of a Laporan Pertanggungjawaban is the easy part. The hard part is the fortnight of archaeology that goes into one when nobody wrote anything down at the time.
Writing a donation letter people actually answer
Indonesians give away a larger share of their income than almost anyone on earth, so generosity is not your problem - the letter is. What works here is a proposal, not a mailshot, and it is built differently.
Your event planning checklist - every job, in the order it needs doing
Every job from six months out to the thank-you emails after the doors close, written for a volunteer committee rather than a hotel events department. Budget shares, an access checklist, and a plan for when something goes wrong.
Perkumpulan or yayasan: which legal shape fits a membership group
Indonesian law gives you two obvious containers for an organisation, and only one of them really has members. Here is the difference in plain terms, and why picking the wrong one gets awkward around the third year.
Setting dues in rupiah: what members actually expect to pay
Pricing advice written for dollars travels badly. Here is how to think about dues in rupiah - anchors people already have, the psychology of round numbers, and why the annual figure matters more than the monthly one here.
Growing a membership when everything happens in WhatsApp
For most Indonesian organisations the group chat is the organisation. That is a real advantage for growth and a real trap for retention. Here is how to use it for one without paying for it with the other.
Run your whole membership in one place
Anggota keeps your members, renewals, payments and events together, so the admin looks after itself and you can get back to the community. Have a go - it is free to start, no credit card.