Members’ Area

From receiving expert help and guidance to benchmarking your business’ performance, the Members’ Area is a gateway to resources, services and support specifically developed for those working in the field of design.

Some sections are exclusively accessible to DBA members, connecting you to the extensive range of benefits your membership provides.

DBA membership extends to everyone working within your business – all members of your team can register for their own password – ensuring the whole team benefits.

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Resources

Essential guidance, templates, insight and tools to support you on all aspects of the business of design. From contracts to client opinion, legal updates to exporting support, our resources give you instant access to expert advice and tools to help solve a wide range of business challenges.

If you can’t find the information you’re after please email membership@dba.org.uk or call +44 (0)20 3855 4126 and we’ll look to source or signpost you to guidance to match your needs. 

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DBA Webinars: Insights to regain momentum and build your strategy during COVID-19

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Webinar recorded April 2020: In this DBA webinar, John Gleason, Founder & President of a Better View Strategic Consulting, offered up a host of insights and perspectives taken from survey results from over 200 clients and agencies during COVID-19 to help agencies build their strategy and regain momentum. DBA Members can access his slide deck here.

Business skills, New business & client relations, Strategy development

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How to leverage your assets for commercial success | DBA Member webinar

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Treating your intellectual assets as you would your store-cupboard and drawing on them inventively will help you add new revenue streams through what you already know, own, or have. Join Erica Wolfe-Murray, author and DBA Expert, at this member exclusive webinar, to find out how to make your existing assets work harder for you.

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DBA Webinars: making the right financial decisions

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Webinar recorded April 2020: Watch Esther Carder and her team of panellists from Moore Kingston Smith below, for notes and advice on accessing government support available.

Business skills, Financial

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Winning new business via email | DBA Member webinar

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Business development for agencies remains critical throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and even more so as budgets are pulled and briefs shelved. Join Kimi Gilbert, Director of Training & Development at The Future Factory, for this DBA member exclusive webinar to help your agency maintain momentum and build a more predictable new business pipeline.

Business skills, New business & client relations

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What do your clients need? | DBA Member Webinar

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Webinar recorded April 2020: Join Jonathan Kirk, Founder of Up to the Light, for What do your clients need? to learn how to strengthen your client relationships during this period of uncertainty. As both clients and agencies explore this new world together, it’s vital for design businesses to hone their approach and know what the do’s and don’ts are when communicating with clients.

Business skills, New business & client relations, Strategy development

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DBA Webinars: building your new business pipeline

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Webinar recorded April 2020: Blair Enns, CEO of Win Without Pitching and co-host of the popular 2Bobs podcast, joined the DBA in a live Q&A to guide business owners on how to build their pipeline using what is available right now. DBA Members can watch the webinar and access supporting materials here.

Business skills

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Manage your time effectively when working from home | DBA Member webinar

By Design Business Association
Join Jenny McConnell, executive coach and industry expert, for a DBA member exclusive webinar to learn to stay productive while taking care of yourself and your loved ones. This interactive one hour online workshop will help you adapt to new ways of working.

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DBA Webinars: HR and staff wellbeing

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: we've teamed up with JourneyHR to keep you up to date on the various areas of furlough eligibility and how you can access it for your business, reducing wages and how to manage expectations, annual leave allowance for staff, and the impact on team morale and individual wellbeing.

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Presenting remotely with Shan Preddy | DBA Member webinar

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Many design firms regularly work remotely, but COVID-19 has made it the new reality for everyone and video conferences and presentations need to be good to get results, whether on a one-to-one call or with a virtual room full of people. Shan Preddy, Partner at Preddy&Co and DBA Expert shows us how in this DBA Member webinar.

Business skills

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DBA Webinars: Business support for your agency’s finances, workforce and supply chains

By Design Business Association
Coronavirus resource: Webinars recorded in April 2020: As a business owner, you need to understand your options around government support and funding to stay one step ahead of these uncertain times, as we see the impact of COVID-19 unfurl on agency finances, workforces and supply chains. Esther Carder answers our burning questions in a DBA Q&A.

Business skills, Financial, HR

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