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.

Running your organisation

Non-dues revenue ideas for associations

A grouped, honest menu of ways a club or association can bring in money beyond dues - what each one really earns, what it costs you in effort, and how not to let money-chasing quietly wreck the thing you were funding.

19 Jul 2026 10 min read
Running your organisation

How to accept donations for a membership organisation

Donations sound like free money, which is exactly why they disappoint. Here is when they actually make sense for a club, the easy ways to take the money in Indonesia, and why a good event usually beats a donate button.

19 Jul 2026 10 min read
Running your organisation

How to get sponsors for your club

The big-brand cheque you're picturing is out of reach, and chasing it wastes your time. The sponsorship that actually works for a small club is local, modest, and built on a relationship - here's how to land it and keep it.

19 Jul 2026 10 min read
Running your organisation

Fundraising ideas for clubs

A grouped, honest menu of fundraisers for a small Indonesian club - from a ticketed lomba to food stalls, raffles, auctions and local sponsors - sorted by what each costs you against what it hands back. One run well beats five run badly.

19 Jul 2026 9 min read
Events & community

Membership event ideas that actually build belonging

Event ideas are never in short supply - picking the handful you can actually keep running is the hard part. A grouped, honest menu for member organisations, with the effort each one costs weighed against what it gives back.

19 Jul 2026 11 min read
Events & community

How to run member event registration

Registration is just knowing who's coming before the day. Here's the simple version - capacity, member or guest, free or paid, reminders and check-in - without the elaborate form nobody finishes.

19 Jul 2026 10 min read
Events & community

Virtual and hybrid event ideas for associations

Online events won't replace a good night in the room, but they reach the members who can't get there and fill the quiet gaps. Here's what actually works, and the honest catch with hybrid.

19 Jul 2026 10 min read
Events & community

Selling event tickets to members (how-to)

Member vs public pricing, early-bird, QRIS payment and a name list at the door. For a small gig, a QR code beats an expensive ticketing platform almost every time - here's how to run it.

19 Jul 2026 10 min read

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.