For Australian associations
Association management software for your committee
Keep member details and events together, even as your committee changes. Open Communities is an Australian software platform. It links your public website with tools for your committee to manage people, groups, events, messages and payments, with the right access.
Keep member details ready for the next committee
Admins with the right permissions can view member records and manage group assignments. Keep these details in your association’s community area. This can help the next committee find what it needs.
Members can sign in to update supported personal details in their own account. Your committee controls access to admin tasks separately. Being a member alone does not grant admin access.
Review access when someone leaves your committee or takes on a new task. Keep groups and access rights clear as people change roles.
Manage member information and committee access. For more on what members can do themselves, see the member portal.
From your public website to event check-in
Publish news, pages and events under your association’s own name and brand. People can find an event on your website and follow its sign-up link. Organisers with the right access can then review the event and attendee details.
For example, you could hold a member information evening. People register online and pay if the event has a fee. Your organisers review who has signed up and their payment details. On the day, they scan QR tickets to check people in.
Explore website content tools and domain choices. For the full event flow, see event administration from registration to check-in.
Keep people informed about events
Your committee can draft a message about an event and review who will receive it before sending. For the information evening, you might share event details or tell guests about a change.
See email and configured messaging options for the channels you can use and what to set up.
Review payments with the event or project
Organisers can review payment details for the event or project they relate to. Your committee can also manage sponsor invoices and expense claims. Claims can include receipts and other files that support the claim.
See payment methods, bank or cash records and expense administration for more on these tasks.
Plan project support and sponsorship separately
If you raise funds for a project, you can explain its purpose and offer ways to give. These include one-time gifts, recurring project support and pledges to pay later, where set up. A pledge is a promise to pay, not money received. Explore project fundraising and contribution options.
Sponsorship has its own set of tasks. Manage sponsor details, packages and invoices, then recognise sponsors on your public website. See sponsor administration and recognition for more detail.
Choose your association’s next step
Compare current plans and service costs, or ask how the platform could fit your committee’s needs.
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