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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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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Succession planning options: video guide

By Design Business Association
At a recent Members' Forum we explored succession planning. In the video below, DBA Expert Jack O'Hern discusses succession planning...

Financial, HR, Strategy development

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The importance of time tracking in the new workplace (and how to make it work)

By Paprika Software
Let’s be honest. Perhaps, for many, timesheets are a little mundane. But at a point when the working world as we know it has been flipped on its head, now is the time to pay a little more attention to the simple act of clocking on and off.

Business skills, Financial, HR, New business & client relations

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The 10 financial KPIs all design agencies should monitor, and how to manage them

By Sim Thirunesan, Finance Director, Management for Design and DBA Expert
Monitoring these financial KPIs will help you understand where your business’ numbers are today and where they should be in the future.

Financial

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DBA Design Effectiveness Award winners – here’s how they’re chosen

By Design Business Association
How do judges determine the DBA Design Effectiveness Awards winners? In this article we explore what happens during the judging sessions and share tips on how to prepare a winning case study.

Business skills, Design effectiveness, Financial, New business & client relations

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Effective design in business | DBA webinar

By Design Business Association
How do transformative design projects begin? What is the reality of making a case for investment in design and how can design teams support those they are seeking to influence in making that decision? With Olivia Salisbury, Group VP of Digital at T. Rowe Price, and Cheryl Calverley, CEO of eve sleep. Chaired by DBA Chief Executive Deborah Dawton, watch the full recording here.

Design effectiveness

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Design effectiveness uncovered | DBA webinar

By Design Business Association
The wide ranging impact design can have in business, society and on people’s lives is evidenced by the DBA Design Effectiveness Awards winners year after year. If you’re looking for inspiration, a deeper understanding of what design can deliver and some practical advice, watch this hour-long webinar for a closer look at some recent winners.
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Flexible working models and what they mean for your business

By Croner
A webinar recording exclusively accessible to DBA members, developed and delivered by our HR partner Croner.

HR

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Own the comeback: take control of your business’ future | DBA member exclusive webinar

By Design Business Association
It’s been a long a time coming, but the economy is finally waking up. In March, the UK Treasury forecast growth in 2021 at 4.8% – just one month later this had increased to 5.7%. Positivity is back and it’s time to act. Watch the recording of this DBA member exclusive webinar when our panel looked at the characteristics of businesses that did well during the pandemic and what we can learn from them.

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How can design businesses respond to the climate crisis? | DBA webinar

By Design Business Association
What does it mean to declare a climate emergency as a designer? What does it take for a design business to become a B Corp? And how can you create a sustainable business that meets the needs of your clients whilst rising to the challenges of the climate crisis? During this hour-long webinar we explored how you can develop sustainable practices in your own business, and how you can use that expertise to influence the way your clients behave. Login and watch the full recording here.

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The 5 questions to ask at the beginning of an engagement to ensure you can measure design effectiveness

By Adam Fennelow
There are 5 simple questions every agency should be asking every client at the start of a project in order to establish the criteria for measuring design effectiveness.

Business skills, Design effectiveness, New business & client relations

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