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What is shadow IT? And why should unions care?

At the TUC, we’re currently embarking on a project to identify and rationalise the shadow IT that our organisation uses. It’s one of our biggest digital and data risks, and will be for most unions as well. First some definitions. When we’re talking about “shadow IT”, we mean the use of a whole secondary set … Continue reading What is shadow IT? And why should unions care?

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Introducing cloud CRM platforms for unions

We asked unions last year about what they wanted in terms of shared activity around the CRM projects so many of us are going through. One of those things was more to demystify the market for platform CRM, and which products are out there.  Many of us have been using particular membership database products for … Continue reading Introducing cloud CRM platforms for unions

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Change management to support union tech projects

Implementing a new CRM or other core tech project without paying attention to how you manage the change within the union is risky. At best you may end up missing out on key benefits, and at worst, fundamentally limiting the union’s ability to operate on the new tech. We ran a session with independent IT … Continue reading Change management to support union tech projects

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Design principles for a new union CRM project

When we set up the TUC Digital Lab, the first thing we did was to work with unions to devise a set of 8 digital design principles to help inform our work. They’ve stood up pretty well over the years and been useful to us on many occasions in steering the choices we make in … Continue reading Design principles for a new union CRM project

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Preparing for major union campaigns online

The need for unions to mount and sustain large scale campaigns has grown in recent years. We’ve seen major national industrial disputes for many unions. Fundamental challenges such as government attempts to curtail the right to strike. And for those unions who are politically affiliated, an upcoming general election campaign. Digital technologies increase our options … Continue reading Preparing for major union campaigns online

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Understanding your union’s direct debit options

Direct Debit has been really important to unions. It helps safeguard union income against the threats to check-off dues collection. And it also helps us make more of the opportunities for a direct and personalised membership experience with our members. For most unions, running Direct Debits as efficiently as possible will be a real boon … Continue reading Understanding your union’s direct debit options

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Designing your union’s data dashboard

To launch our new analytics guide for unions, we held a webinar with its author, Sam Jeffers of Join Together. Sam talked us through the rationale behind the report, and its suggested framework for helping unions define the data they want to monitor, the ways they will gather it together, and the lessons they can … Continue reading Designing your union’s data dashboard

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An analytics guide for unions

Doing more with data is a huge opportunity for unions. This report sets out the basis for a common framework for using data that can be adopted by unions to understand, report on, and improve the way they serve members across the entire member lifecycle.  Analytics can help unions: The report explains how to collect … Continue reading An analytics guide for unions

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 Building union CRM together – ACTU Union Innovation Hub case study

The ACTU’s Union Innovation Hub is a really ambitious program of group-buying and co-design for core membership software for Australian unions, used by around 30 unions across different states, Chris Walton and Stephen Gargano joined us for a Digital Lab webinar, to talk about what they’ve done, and how they went about it. I’ve been … Continue reading  Building union CRM together – ACTU Union Innovation Hub case study

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Working with members on new content ideas around the cost of living

The cost-of-living crisis is having a huge impact on our members’ lives. Unions are working to help members win better increases to pay, but there could also be opportunities for us to offer members advice, community, news or practical help around other aspects of the situation. The TUC Digital Lab worked with several trade unions … Continue reading Working with members on new content ideas around the cost of living

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