Transform Culture

My passion for foresight began over ten years ago when I was Chair of the ASAE Research Committee. The ASAE Foundation’s research team was focused on producing the 200-page book, Designing Your Future: Key Trends, Challenges, and Choices Facing Association and Nonprofit Leaders. Many of my association colleagues have the book on their shelf. One particular line […]

If your organization is comprised of multiple chapters, it’s a good bet that some are more successful than others. There can be many reasons certain chapters struggle while others soar. As a membership expert who has helped turn around numerous problem chapters, I’ll share three different approaches that were effective. In the first two examples, the […]

I recently returned from the Philippines, where I found myself immersed in an emerging market. I was staying in the Bonifacio Global City (BGC), a new business district in Manila. Every single building in the vicinity was less than ten years old, and the sky held as many cranes as buildings. Traffic is what you would […]

The association community is facing a crisis of leadership. Many powerful leaders in the space will retire in the next decade, and those roles must be filled by individuals fit to take on today’s changing environment. The CEO can make or break the association from the inside. They fundamentally impact and drive the organizational culture, whether […]

Digital transformation is a key strategic issue that is blasting through the commercial world, resonating among business leaders, academic/business programs, and on the tips of most consultants’ tongues – but it is a different, and difficult, matter to pinpoint the actual digital progress being made in associations. During our Advisory Group meetings for digitalNow 2018 Executive Summit, […]

As the Association sector continues to disrupt, to transform and to evolve, some of the biggest casualties are our own employees. They’re bearing the brunt of all this uncertainty, and this often translates into employee disengagement. It’s not just that a volatile working environment is unsettling, but that today’s professionals are looking for more than mere […]

This article comes second in a series about utilizing analytics at your association. Read Part I here. At Association Analytics, we work with many associations who want to create the best offerings for their members, including attractive and exciting conferences. We help them use data to ensure their events are purpose-built for potential attendees. We once worked […]

This is a piece about collaboration. I want to share my experience creating our interactive virtual summit, SURGE – an event that was not just designed to inspire and incite collaboration between attendees, but was itself truly a product of collaborative efforts. We hosted this virtual summit in early November, assembling thousands of association professionals online for three […]

In today’s economy, traditional modes of education are losing steam. After taking a specialized college degree, professionals may work for fifty years (or more, if life expectancy continues to increase), and in that time their profession or industry can be turned on its head by changes in technology, regulations, and working environments. Going back to […]

In our careers, we are learning every day. The promise of new knowledge and challenges helps us get out of bed in the morning and make it to the office raring to go. No one wants a stagnant workplace, where their skills are taken for granted and each day feels the same as the last. Luckily, […]