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
Devastatingly Deranged Unhealthy Structures To Your Mission August 27, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Is your current structure stifling your mission? Do you have metaphorical tollbooths for your staff and volunteer leaders? Those tollbooths serve as permission-withholding stops and starts where every staff member and leader must get authorization and agreement to move an idea forward. Tollbooths are usually embedded in your organization’s governance structure—the bylaws, constitution, committees and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , #assnchat, association governance, governance model, nonprofit governance, organization structure
Effective, High Impact Leaders Attack Established Conditions July 28, 2015 by Jeff Hurt If a problem persists for years, it is no longer a crisis. It’s a condition. Many organizations face situations built upon shoddy foundations of myth, tradition and common-sense practices. The current state of affairs has prevailed so long they are now the accepted conditions. It’s a condition of “everyone else does it that way” shadows. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , association best practices, association governance, becoming a conference leader, governance model, leadership, nonprofit governance
Faulty Governance Models Can Obliterate Your Conference June 9, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Does your organization have a permission-withholding culture or a permission-granting culture? One of those cultures is empowering, healthy and life-giving. The other is stifling, frustrating, dysfunctional and can annihilate your conference success. Unfortunately, I’ve found that more organizations have permission-withholding cultures. They foster three characteristics: bureaucracy, control and mistrust. These three dysfunctions disempower leaders and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association best practices, association governance, conference best practices, conference governance model, governance model, meeting planner, meeting professional, nonprofit governance
How The Nonprofit Association Program Pie Is Sliced February 3, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Most nonprofit associations find it difficult to abandon anything. Everything is a cause or “God’s work.” Yet performance and results are extremely important and often difficult to measure and control. Moral Versus Economic Causes A moral cause is an absolute good. For example, some religious leaders have been preaching against sex outside of marriage for … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association best practices, nonprofit, nonprofit governance
Your Organization Has Too Much To Do Because You Do Too Much December 22, 2011 by Jeff Hurt How can we add social media to our plates when we have so much to do? This is a common statement from nonprofit employees. They don’t want another task. They already have too much to do. So how can they simplify their work? The answer is simple: You have too much to do because you … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , association trends, nonprofit governance, nonprofit trends, organization structure
Seven Association Stakeholder Principles For 21st Century Success October 6, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Collaboration and stakeholders. Two words that strike fear in many association executive hearts. Yet, most associations were built on the foundation of involving all members, giving all members a voice and a vote, and allowing all stakeholders an opportunity to collaborate. Seven Stakeholder Association Principles For 21st Century Success Here are seven stakeholder association principles … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association governance, association issues and challenges, association trends, nonprofit, nonprofit governance, nonprofit trends
Seven New Association Attitudes For 21st Century Success October 5, 2010 by Jeff Hurt TTWWADI (pronounced Twadee). “That’s the way we’ve always done it!” It’s probably the number one excuse used by association professionals to keep programs, services and processes average or status quo. It is heard in association board rooms and offices around the world. It is a major symptom of complacency that can eventually lead to collapse. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association governance, association issues and challenges, association trends, nonprofit, nonprofit governance, nonprofit trends
Three 2010 Association Mega Trends July 30, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Here is the PowerPoint that Dave and I developed for a nonprofit association strategic planning session recently. You’ll notice three overarching mega trends and 15 trends overall. Association trends2010final View more presentations from Jeff Hurt. What trends would you add to this PowerPoint presentation? What’s your experience with some of these trends? Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , association, association trends, nonprofit, nonprofit governance, nonprofit trends, trends
