--- title: "Episode 9: Membership Engagement" description: A brief look at what engagement in different types of co-ops is and is not. 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Is membership engagement just about getting messages out to members, or do co-ops need to be actively listening to members as well? What are the best ways to do that? *Links mentioned in this episode* Amanda Sampson, [Organizational Listening: A Framework for Revitalizing Co-operative Engagement?](https://words.usask.ca/thinkingaboutcoops/2017/05/23/organizational-listening-a-framework-for-revitalizing-co-operative-engagement/) Birchall and Simmons, [What Motivates Members to Participate in Co-operative and Mutual Businesses?](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2004.00259.x) Daniel Cote, [Loyalty Management: A New Co-operative Paradigm in Theory and in Practice](http://www.geo.coop/archives/loyal304.htm) [What the heck is Membership Engagement?](https://cooperativesfirst.com/blog/2018/05/09/what-the-heck-is-membership-engagement/) [5 Ways to increase membership engagement](https://cooperativesfirst.com/blog/2018/05/10/5-ways-to-increase-membership-engagement/) ## Stay in the know. Sign up for our monthly newsletter. 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