Streamline Your Medical Association - Simplify CME, Memberships & More With Member Jungle

Most members of my family are in the medical industry, from psychologists to medical technology development to nurses and doctors. I, however, am the black sheep of the family, a lowly journalist with nothing more than a comms degree and a dream. I’m just kidding; all my dreams are long dead. 

However, today, there is something I can do to make my family, well, not proud but less disappointed. That is telling you about Member Jungle and how it can help streamline and destress the running of medical associations, everything from automated membership renewals to continued medical/professional development, event management, and more. 

In this article, we'll explore:   

• What Member Jungle is and how it works
• The key benefits for medical associations
• Examples of associations already using Member Jungle
• How to determine if Member Jungle is the right fit for you

It’s worth noting that I work for Member Jungle, so I have an inherent bias here. However, I promise to remain as neutral as possible and give you only the facts, not opinions. 

What is Member Jungle?

Member Jungle is an Australian cloud-based, all-in-one membership or association management system designed to streamline the management of membership organisations and associations. It makes things easy by automating many of the fiddly, time-consuming, but essential aspects of this process, freeing up your team to focus on other important tasks that can further improve your association and drive member growth.  

Imagine no longer wrestling with spreadsheets for membership renewals, struggling to organise CPD and CME events and no longer having to manually dig through records to let members know how their points are progressing. 

Member Jungle simplifies all of this, providing a centralised platform to manage members, automate payments, and effortlessly communicate with your community. This means less time spent on administrative headaches and more time dedicated to fostering connections between medical professionals, providing valuable resources, and advancing the mission of your medical association. With Member Jungle, you can streamline operations, enhance member engagement, and ultimately cultivate a thriving professional community.

What Features Does Member Jungle Have For Professional Medical Associations? 

For medical associations, Member Jungle makes it easy for you to manage and track Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continued Professional Development (CPD) points for your members. You can offer online learning modules and courses, sell tickets to webinars or events online, track participation/completion, and generate reports and completion certificates. This makes running courses and enabling your members' continued professional development a lot less taxing on your admin team. 
 

 

Member Jungle also has an integrated mobile app and a host of communication tools, such as email marketing, push notifications, automated event reminders, etc. These tools make it easier to keep your members aware of exactly what's happening at your association.  

The following is a partial list of key Member Jungle features: 

• Automated Membership Renewals: Reduce manual work and increase retention with automated renewal reminders and payment processing.
• Online Membership Applications: Easy-to-use customisable online forms make it simple for new members to join and provide their information and for you to collect any and all information you need. 
• Secure Online Member Database: Maintain a centralised and organised database with all member details, including contact information, membership levels, and history. 
• Member Portal: Provide members with a self-service portal to update their profiles, renew memberships, register for events, and access restricted resources.
• Member/Business Directory: A searchable space for your members, sponsors, and related businesses to promote their medical practices and connect with colleagues. You can manage and approve listings, choose whether to charge for listings and decide if the directory will be publicly accessible or restricted to members only.

• Email Marketing: Create and send targeted email campaigns to specific member segments.
• Community Group Chats: Foster a sense of community and encourage interaction with group chats where members can connect and discuss topics of interest.
• Event Management: Promote and manage events with online registration, ticketing, and attendance tracking.

• Continuing Medical Education (CME): Track and manage members' CME points and provide access to learning resources. Allow members to check their own CME progress so your team doesn’t have to. 
• Accounting & Finance: Generate invoices, process payments, and manage financial reporting.
• Reporting & Analytics: Gain insights into membership trends and track key performance indicators with comprehensive reports.

One of the most valuable features for medical associations is the member/business directory. It is a searchable database that can be filtered by keywords and location, which makes it easy for people to find the professional they are after. It adds significant value to your membership by providing a platform for sponsors and members to promote their services. You can even generate additional revenue by tying directory listings to a premium membership level or offering them as a separate product. This gives medical professionals another compelling reason to join your association, expanding your reach and strengthening your community.

Most medical associations that use Member Jungle have their directories private, so only members can see them, but the Australian Hand Therapy Association has theirs public if you want to have a look at how it works. The Australian Hand Therapy Association - Directory. 
 

Medical Associations That Already Use Member Jungle

By this point, you may be curious about whether Member Jungle would be a good fit for your association or not. I don’t know the details of your organisation, so I can’t really say one way or another. Even if I did, I work for Member Jungle, so I have an inherent bias. 

So, in order to help you out, I have included a list of ten different Medical associations that currently use Member Jungle to help run their organisations. I figure you can visit their websites and see how it all works. Maybe you even know someone who is in one of these associations who can give you the inside scoop on how they find the system. 

• The Australian Hand Therapy Association
• Flight Nurses Australia 
• Australian Society of Ophthalmologists
• Pain Nurses Australia
• Australian College of Perioperative Nurses
• The New South Wales Operating Theatre Association
• The Australian Vascular Access Society
• The Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia Inc. NSW & QLD
• Australian Institute of Paramedic Practitioners
• Urogynaecological Society of Australasia

I interviewed Sarah Dixon, the Operations and Membership Manager of The Australian Hand Therapy Association, to ask her about their experiences using Member Jungle. You can read that full interview here: Customer Story - Australian Hand Therapist Association. 

You can also watch that interview here. 

 

 

As a preview of what Sarah Dixon said during that interview, here is a short quote from her. 

“The events module, the CPD, the member services, the website, the news section, the email campaigns, the integration that Member Jungle has been able to provide us with is by far the best out there, it just works seamlessly. The clear interface behind the scenes, you press this button, and it takes you there, and it will take you there; it won’t take you anywhere else. It’s so time-saving,” Sarah Dixon, AHTA.

How Much Does Member Jungle Cost?

Like everything else, Member Jungle is open and honest about how much it costs and how long it will take to get set up. 

Member Jungle has four packages available, each catering to different needs and the number of members. The Essentials package is $109 AUD a month, and the top of the line, Ultimate is $799 AUD a month. The online course module, CPD module and event certificates module are included as standard in the Ultimate package or are available as a paid extra in the other packages. You can see all the optional extras at Member Jungle Options Add-on Modules Available.

If you go to the Member Jungle Pricing Page, you will be able to see all four of our packages, compare the differences between them and use our pricing calculator to work out exactly how much getting set up with Member Jungle will cost. The pricing calculator is a particularly useful tool, as you can enter your package, any optional extras and your chosen method of onboarding and find out exactly how much it will cost. 

 

 

As far as how long it takes to get up and running with Member Jungle. This is an out-of-the-box system that, unlike other custom options that take months and months to build, it is ready to set up and configure immediately. Often the longest part is getting your old data ready to migrate over to the Member Jungle system and setting up your new website. That said, this usually takes between a week and a month, though some very organised people have got it up and running in much less time than that. 

If you don’t have the time to set it up yourself, we can do that for you as well as part of our Accelerators. 

How You Can Find Out More About If Member Jungle Is The Right Fit For Your Medical Association

I told you right at the start that I wasn’t going to lie to you, and I intend to keep that promise. Member Jungle is great, and it has helped a lot of professional medical associations; however, it is not perfect and will not be the right fit for every medical association. There’s no point sugarcoating it; it will be perfect for some and not the right choice for others. The good news is, it’s not too hard to work out which camp you are in. 

You can watch the case study with the AHTA I linked to above. There are others on our website, they are not on medical associations. However, they may still be valuable to you: Member Jungle Customer Stories. 

You can contact our sales department and ask them any questions you have, and they will be all too happy to answer them. They can chat with you via email, phone call or video call, whichever you prefer. I promise that they will be there to help answer your questions and not to give you the hard sell; that’s really not our style. Contact The Team At Member Jungle.

You can also start a free no-commitment 30-day trial of the system to find out exactly how it works for yourself. So, there’s no need to take my word on how the system works. Member Jungle Free Trial.

Finally, I write a bunch of articles for Member Jungle that explain how the system works and share general tips and tricks about managing memberships. They can all be found in the Learning Centre. They are quite helpful, and it must be said, usually less serious than this article. There is often much talk of animals that I think are too goofy to exist. A good place to start would be with either of the following articles: 

• How You Can Make Money With Member Jungle
• Even Committees Have Fun Managing Events with Member Jungle

All there’s left to say is if you decide to look into Member Jungle as an option for your medical association, I hope it goes well, and you find the information you’re after, no matter your final decision.