Supporting societies and non-profits

  • Maverick works with societies and associations to strengthen strategic plans by aligning financial insights, organisational capabilities, and competitive roadmaps to achieve sustainable long-term goals.

    • Our detailed review of your society’s P&L helps identify options for driving revenue and reducing costs to bring programs back to break even.

    • We work with leadership teams to review and develop competitive business goals with roadmaps for delivery to sustain the society into the future.

    • We conduct a comprehensive competitor analysis.

    • Journal Performance Stategic Analysis: we conduct a comprehensive evalutation connecting data-driven findings with market intelligence, editorial planning, and audience engagement to enhance your journals’ impact and visibility.

    • Journal Review and RFP Management: we conduct a thorough assessment of journal contracts to ensure expectations and commitments are being met. We provide negotiation support to secure optimal renewal terms, or manage the full RFI/RFP process, including development of a comprehensive transition plan.

    • Book Strategy Review: our review equips organisations with a full landscape analysis, metadata and indexing optimization, and clear strategic guidance to enhance discoverability, strengthen competitive position, and drive sustainable growth.We provide data-driven insights and strategic recommendations.

    • Editorial Development: using comprehensive bibliometric analysis, we can help develop strategies for driving submissions of content in desired areas.  We can also work with you to develop strategies and plans for launching new journals in key gaps in the market.

  • Maverick can help your society navigate Open Access by:

    • Developing strategies to launch and grow open access journals.

    • Reviewing options for complying with funder mandates.

    • Identifying new funding opportunities in Open Science.

    • Exploring ideas for growing globally.

    • Developing business models and pricing strategies.

  • Maverick supports societies in enhancing member value and driving growth through insights, opportunities, and competitive benchmarking.

    • We help societies understand what their members want using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research methods.

    • We map these needs to opportunities for enhanced products and services that drive membership growth.

    • We conduct competitor analysis and market landscapes to feed into strategic plans.

  • Maverick can help you improve efficiency and streamline processes to reduce costs and overheads, while delivering workflows that boost productivity. Key areas include:

    • Workflow solutions to improve efficiency and productivity.

    • Moving from print to digital formats with maximum return to the society.

    • Unlocking metadata to enhance discovery.