Wild Apricot for multi-site / multi-chapter organizations

Are you a regional, national or international organization with multiple chapters and local offices?

Does one of these common scenarios sound familiar to you?

1) Your organization is decentralized. You do not provide much in terms of tools and support for your local offices / chapters. As a result, each chapter does whatever it can / want. Chapter websites all look different, some are nicely done and professional, some are very messy and outdated. It is very hard to get the up-to-date reporting from local offices regarding membership, renewals, revenues. And since you can not present a unified face to the world, your organization is not achieving its target as quickly as it could.

2) Your organization is very tightly managed from the headquarters. Member database is fully centralized. Your website does have sections ("mini-websites") for each local chapter but it is managed by one administrator. Individual chapter webpages are frequently out-of-date. Even though you spend a lot of time and effort to keep it all together, local offices are always complaining that you do not give them enough flexibility, the right tools and so on. Some of them 'go rogue' and run their own unauthorized websites, with substantial inconsistency from your positioning and message.

Either way, your organization is not running as effectively as it could. Too much time is spent on "fighting" between the headquarters and local chapters - instead of working together toward a common goal!

If you have challenges similar to described above, we can help.

Wild Apricot is a web-based all-in-one system for associations, clubs, charities and other non-profit and member-based organizations. It automates membership management, event registration, mass emails, website management, online payments and donations. It has been designed for non-technical people so if they are reasonably familiar with Microsoft Word, they can start using the system in a few hours - no expensive training required. Over 1,700 organizations have already signed up with Wild Apricot as of June 2007. Our system keeps evolving based on the feedback and requests from our clients - as well as from our own innovations aligned with the most important technology trends (like blogs, RSS, widgets, mash-ups and so on). We provide excellent support via email, online forums and toll-free telephone.

Here is how Wild Apricot can help your organization support multiple local chapters/offices:

• An individual Wild Apricot account can be opened for each chapter (volume discount will be provided according to the number/size of chapters)
• Headquarter-based administrators can access and manage each local site and grant appropriate access level to each chapter administrator
• Each chapter can be setup on their own domain - or a subdomain from your main domain, e.g. FloridaChapter.YourOrganization.org
• Each chapter can be setup to use their own payment account - or process all payments through one central account
• A uniform design template can be prepared to ensure consistent look and feel for each chapter website (while providing them with the ability to update their webpages, manage local member list, hold local events, etc.)
• Later in 2008 we plan to develop additional tools which will provide you with some key reports/overview of the data across all chapters. We would appreciate your input in terms of what specific reports and functions are critically important for your organization.

Next steps:

• Go ahead, open a trial account and evaluate Wild Apricot to make sure it meets the needs of your chapters.
• Contact us using the form below:
• Tell us about your needs, how many chapters you are have and what account plans you are considering. (See Pricing table)
• Tell us whether you require any help/custom services
• We will analyze your needs and come back with a proposal custom-tailored to your needs.

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