Six Issues Associations Are Having Difficulty Responding To January 31, 2017 by Jeff Hurt Many associations are slow to change. Often association leadership views change as something that disrupts the peace. They want to maintain the status quo. When beliefs that we lean on and build programming around change, we flinch. We deny. We fight and scream to maintain the past. Yet, sometimes, these changes proceed forward like waves … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , association future, association trends, certification, connectivity, disruptive forces, disruptors, learning, mobile
Future Forward Thinking Cultures Lead To Extraordinary Results May 2, 2016 by Jeff Hurt This is part four of a series on being more future focused in our planning. See part one here, part two here and part three here. So how do we develop, foster and leverage future focused leadership? How do we encourage our committees, volunteers, staff and customers to laser focus on what’s next, what’s coming … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association best practices, association future, association governance, association issues and challenges, board of directors, foresight, forward thinking, future focused thinking, leadership, organization development, volunteer leadership
Start Today By Stepping Into Your Future With Your Feet Firmly Planted In Reality April 29, 2016 by Jeff Hurt This is part three in a four part series on being more future focused in our planning. See part one here and part two here. Strategic foresight is a competency that all leaders need today! Yet rarely do we discuss it. Much less practice it for our future planning. And hardly ever do we foster … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association best practices, association future, association governance, association issues and challenges, board of directors, leadership, organization development, volunteer leadership
Foster Novelty And The Absurd as You Feed Your Brain’s Craving For Future Foresight April 22, 2016 by Jeff Hurt This is part two in a four part series. See part one here. Go ahead and admit it! If you are even a little like me, you have a curiosity for the future. I have always felt a fascination for what’s next more than a nostalgia for the past. Imagine my surprise to discover my … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association best practices, association future, association governance, association issues and challenges, board of directors, leadership, organization development, volunteer leadership
Future Focused Leadership Not Lollygagging Laggards April 21, 2016 by Jeff Hurt This is part one in a four part series on being more future focused in our planning. This illustration is part of the booklet How to Change the World. Many organization leaders take great comfort in rear view leadership. It feels safe. We know what to expect. (At least that’s what we tell ourselves and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association best practices, association future, association governance, association issues and challenges, board of directors, leadership, organization development, volunteer leadership
You Choose: Bloated Painfully Slow Blimp Or Stealth Agile Fighter Jet September 21, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Recently I saw the Goodyear Blimp circling a major Dallas freeway. It bounced up and down with the intensity of a bobble-head-frenzy. Several times it plunged nose-first in a new direction. It was clunky and off target—at least it looked like it was astray. It was also painfully slow.Some association governance structures have bloated into … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , #assnchat, association future, association governance, decision-making, governance model, leadership, nonprofit governance, organization structure, strategic planning
15 Disruptive Conference Realities You Need To Adopt Now [PPT] June 15, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Healthy conferences change. They adapt to new contexts, society trends and business shifts. Those that don’t change become stale, stagnate and stuck in a rut. Here are 15 disruptive conference realities that you should adopt before they are forced upon you. 15 Seismic Conference & Attendance Predictions from Jeff Hurt Read More Read more about … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association future, association issues and challenges, association trends, attendance patterns, conference predictions, meeting industry trends, meeting predictions, nonprofit predictions, nonprofit trends
Seismic Conference And Attendance Shift Predictions Part 2 June 3, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Change is no longer an event that happens once in a blue moon. It is the pace of today’s business. It is the drumbeat of the 21st Century. The change that we currently see around us might one day be viewed as similar to what happened after the invention of the printing press or the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association future, association issues and challenges, association trends, attendance patterns, conference predictions, meeting industry trends, meeting predictions, nonprofit predictions, nonprofit trends
15 Predictions About Future Conferences And Shifting Attendance Part 1 June 2, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Every conference experiences change. Well, at least is should experience some change. Especially if it’s a healthy and growing conference. Yet some conference organizers—those that keep their finger on the intersection of society, their profession and their customers’ industry—sense that they are in the midst of radical change. It’s the kind that only happens every … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association future, association issues and challenges, association trends, attendance patterns, conference predictions, meeting industry trends, meeting predictions, nonprofit predictions, nonprofit trends
The Future Of Learning And Technology 2020: Preparing For Change December 17, 2014 by Jeff Hurt The education landscape of 2020 will be characterized by the blurring of boundaries. Learning anywhere and anytime will be commonplace in many different ways based on the ubiquitous and innovative use of technology. Our organizations face a duality of change—conceptual and technological—regarding the practices of education and learning. The practices of teaching, presenting and learning … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, association future, brain science education, digital media and learning, metacognition, neuroscience, technology
