Professional Society Book Clubs

Engage Your Members In A Customized, Scaleable, and Fully Facilitated Professional Book Club Community

Connect your members from anywhere in the world in an online book club program. Our dedicated book club facilitators manage every detail of a program so you can engage your community in a customized program with minimal staff time.

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Professional Society Book Clubs

Organizations We Serve

We manage book club programs for organizations of all shapes and sizes.

Northwestern University
DPR Construction
University of Cambridge
Kansas City Public Library
University Of Virginia
University of Washington
State Library of Western Australia
Delta Dental
Oklahoma State University
Jan Towne ATD Cascadia
ATD Cascadia

PBC Guru has been a great way for me to re-ignite my own growth and my passion for learning. The pool of books we select from has been excellent; the weekly emails are concise and include links to related and valuable articles or videos. I’ve been able to finish several books, participate online and share what I’ve learned with my team too. This is a super development tool!

Jan Towne
Participant, ATD Cascadia
Scott Davis - President PMI South Carolina Midlands
PMI South Caroline

The PBC Guru book club opportunity has been excellent. We had a great response to the offer from our members. Highly recommend PBC Guru book clubs to any professional organization or corporate team.

Scott Davis
President, PMI South Carolina Midlands
HoW We Can Help

Online Book Clubs for Professional Societies

Engage your society members like never before, no matter where they are in the world, with a managed online book club. 

Virtual Book Clubs

BENEFITS OF BOOK CLUBS FOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Engage Your Membership Wherever They Are with a Virtual Professional Book Club

Customizable

Books can be selected to meet almost any group's learning needs (or general interests). No matter your purpose and aims, we tailor your book club to what you and your participants are aiming for.

Effective Learning

Reading a book is one of the best ways to deeply learn and improve capabilities. Whether it’s a book on soft or hard skills for work or a novel that fosters new awareness, sparks curiosity, or builds empathy, books help people stretch their minds.

Scalable

Our virtual programs work for groups from dozens to thousands. Whether you’re a company with dozens of people, a professional society with hundreds, or a university with thousands, we can tailor your program to where you are (and where you’re going).

Continuous Development

Whether your group consists of employees, alums, members, or patrons, participants will read new books on a regular basis allowing for ongoing growth, improved critical thinking, and a deeper relationship with your organization.

Accountability

Whether it’s a company book club or one through another organization that’s just for fun, book clubs work best with a sense of social obligation. Our accountability tools and the schedule of a book club keep your participants engaged and on track with reading.

Social and Fun

Participants enjoy connecting with each other and benefit from developing a shared language. No matter your group, your organization type, and your aims, your people will benefit from the enjoyment of this social experience oriented around mutual growth.

150K+

Active Book Club Participants

60+

Top 100 US Universities on Our Service

1M+

Books Read
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Love From Our Learners

We love our customers and participants. And they love us! Here’s what some of them have to say about what we do.

“We have seen a notable increase in engagement amongst members of our association who are a part of the book club. We highly recommend PBC Guru as they provide professionally moderated book club discussion groups in a turnkey fashion, allowing us to provide a great benefit to our members with minimal day to day oversight.”
Abeer Sajjad
Member Engagement Associate, Advocis
“PBC Guru has provided a professional, flawless and dependable service to the members of the NC Medical Society with its book club program. This program has allowed us to offer a member engagement resource to our members in North Carolina without being “experts” in executing a formal book club.”
Ashley Newton
Vice President, Member Services, North Carolina Medical Society
“The Rutgers University Alumni Book Club is starting its third year with PBC Guru and we are very pleased with the return on investment. Our 1500+ registrants are able to network with each other and be exposed to new books and ideas, and we’re able to keep readers connected to their alma mater on their terms.”
Mary Clare Venuto
Acting Directory of Alumni Enagements and Annual Giving, Rutgers University
“We are able to use the book club to showcase and reference LSE’s world leading research as we connect literary themes to academic disciplines or feature LSE-led literature as a book club pick.”
Ceri Jones
Head of Alumni Engagement, The London School of Economics and Political Science
“The book club program has allowed us to engage alumnae who otherwise have not been involved with the school. They have been able to connect over the shared interest of reading and lifelong learning.”
Dana Lovelace Capers
Hathaway Brown (Independent School)
“The quality of discussion among the alumni participants has been incredible. It’s fostered relationships and continued their lifelong learning.”
Christine Lee
The University of British Columbia
“PBC Guru literally takes care of everything! You share some basic info and goals and graphics for the website and BOOM it's off and rolling.”
Beth Szczerowski
Director of Alumni & Family Engagement, Hope College
“PBC Guru has made the implementation of our book club very seamless.  They’re also very hands on with running it and make it clear what’s needed from our end.”
Lynn Douglass
The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business

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