Leading Change With Brain Friendly Strategies November 27, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Change can be hard! All organizations face challenges of maintaining employee or volunteer engagement and motivation in the midst of uncertainty. Organizational change is challenging even in the best situations. According to McKinsey Quarterly, 2010, only about 30% of organizations are successful with organizational change. For many people, the unknown is extremely frightening. We default … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association best practices, change, change management, strategic planning
You Need To Communicate Conference Changes To All Your Stakeholders July 22, 2013 by Jeff Hurt You’re convinced that you need to make changes to your conference experience and have got approval from your boss and leadership to proceed. You’re excited about those changes and ready to launch that new experience. Then you discover that many of your conference stakeholders do not respond with the same enthusiasm. Your stakeholders’ response is … [Read more…] Filed Under: Attendance Marketing Tagged With: , change management, conference best practices, dealing with resistance
How Do You React To Change? August 21, 2012 by Jeff Hurt We are living in revolutionary times! Often, these changing times require a fundamental shift and reinvention of how we live, work and play. Yet, not everyone copes with change the same way. Six Coping Mechanisms For Change Here are six coping mechanisms identified by author Hans Finzel in Change Is Like A Slinky. 1. Hold … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , change, change management, leadership
