Technology Mastery Is A Must To Succeed Today February 22, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Many of you will lose your leadership position in five years or less unless you embrace three major technology areas needed to survive. ~ paraphrase author, business owner and technology guru Scott Klososky. Leaders today are going to be forced to make a choice: either they will improve their technology vision and culture or they … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology Tagged With: , association future, association trends, leadership
Today’s Youth Are On A Quest For Authenticity And Community April 20, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Imagine the following conversation. Eeeeghads! Our organization will fade away in 10-15 years if we don’t start reaching a younger generation. Our membership is mostly Baby Boomers. Most will retire in 15 years. We’re not sure if they will retain membership with us or not. We’ve got to attract more GenX and Millennials. What do … [Read more…] Filed Under: Attendance Marketing Tagged With: , association future, association issues and challenges, association membership, attracting millennials, generations, GenX, GenY, Millennial
Six Disruptive Forces Poised To Revolutionize Nonprofit Associations November 29, 2011 by Jeff Hurt It takes courage to move out of the comfort zone! So many nonprofit associations and their boards have adopted a risk averse environment. They see little incentive to change or experiment. In the coming three to ten years, those organizations that stay the course will not succeed. Those that refuse to think differently, quickly and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association future, association trends, disruptive forces, disruptive innovation, disruptors, Innovation, nonprofit predictions, nonprofit trends, trends
4 Top Technology Predictions That Will Affect Your Organization October 18, 2011 by Jeff Hurt These Gartner predictions highlight the trends and disruptive events that will reshape the nature of business for the next four years. They focus on changes in the role that technology plays in business performance, our personal and professional lives, and in the global economy. Gartner evaluated more than 100 predictions based on audience appeal, impact … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology Tagged With: , association future, association issues and challenges, association trends, disruptive technologies, nonprofit predictions, nonprofit trends, Social Media, social technology, technology
Are You Using The Rear View Mirror To See What Is Ahead? September 14, 2011 by Jeff Hurt What vantage point do you use to move forward? The rear view mirror, your headlights or a travel advisor who tells you what’s ahead? The Three Views Seth Kahan recently spoke at Texas Society of Association Executives New Ideas 2011 Conference at the Omni Houston Galleria in Houston, Tx. Kahan is the CEO of Visionary … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association future, decision-making, leadership, strategic planning
Association Members Want Movement Not Organizational Institutions August 26, 2011 by Jeff Hurt I have devoted more than twenty years of my adult life to nonprofits and associations. I have spent countless hours volunteering my time to help nonprofits succeed. I have given many staff hours to helping an industry progress. When a nonprofit works, it is a thing of beauty. It is uniquely able to do radical … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association best practices, association future, association membership, nonprofit, nonprofit trends
Are You Prepared To Lead Your Organization Into The Future? August 5, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Many organizations continue to view the future as a linear progression from the past. Their leadership thinks they can predict what happens next. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Myth Of Organizational Linear Progression Authors Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd discuss why this belief is fiction in their book The 2020 Workplace: … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , association future, association trends, collaborative learning, informal learning, network, organizational learning, social learning
6 Radical Work Changes Coming In Next 10 Years: Are You Ready? December 28, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Is your organization prepared for increasingly chaotic work environments in the next ten years? The lines between work and non-work have already frayed and will continue to unravel. Gartner, Inc. predicts that the world of work will witness ten key changes through 2020. 6 Key Changes Shaping The World Of Work Here are six of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association future, association issues and challenges, association trends, nonprofit predictions, nonprofit trends
When Push Comes To Pull: Can Associations Adapt? December 21, 2010 by Jeff Hurt We are living in a period where we are straddling two different society cultures and economies. We are transitioning from a push economy to a pull economy. From Hierarchical To Networked-Based Today’s participatory networked culture has changed business and organizations from a push approach (hierarchical, from the center out to others), to a pull approach … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association, association future, association issues and challenges, association trends, push and pull
Nine Key Principles For Association Success November 12, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Is the association business climate keeping up with increasing speed of change? The association C-Suite, along with their Board of Directors, continue their traditional plans for the future as if nothing has changed. Unfortunately, their conventional planning methods cannot cope with so much uncertainty. Living In Snow Globes Disruptive innovation usually forces unexpected chains of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association, association best practices, association future, nonprofit, systems thinking
