The Power of Future Thinking: Key Tips for Business Leaders
April 25, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
How can you and your volunteer leaders best prepare for ongoing environmental ambiguity and unexpected developments? By constantly scanning for weak signals and adopting a future-oriented mindset. Hear from four experienced association executives who have benefited from embracing and integrating futures-thinking throughout their associations. This wide-ranging conversation will cover key points such as how to proactively lead your board and staff colleagues toward a futures mindset; the power and importance of creating a future-focused organizational culture, overcoming resistance to change, and much more!
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- – Learn how you and your volunteer leaders can best prepare for environmental ambiguity and unexpected developments.
- – Learn how to proactively lead your board toward a futures mindset.
- – Learn the power and importance of scenario planning.
- – Learn about contingency planning and risk mitigation; and much more!
Level Intermediate
NASBA (Field of Study) Business Management & Organization
CAE (Subject Domain) Executive Leadership
Prerequisites and advance preparation needed 1 years operations experience. No advance preparation required
Reviewer Wade Tetsuka, CPA
CPE/CAE Credits 1.0
Cost Free
Delivery Group Internet Based
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INSTRUCTORS
Lindsay Currie, CAE
Executive Officer, Council on Undergraduate Research
@LindsayCurrieEO. My strengths include the ability to strategically examine and address organizational challenges, engage communities, and work with key partners to accomplish goals.@LindsayCurrieEO. My strengths…
Donté P. Shannon, FASAE, CAE
Executive Director, Industrial Designers Association of America (IDSA)
CERTIFIED ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE (CAE) High-performing C-suite executive with experience in nonprofit management; Demonstrated executive leadership acumen; Skilled in trade, professional, and healthcare nonprofit oversight and…
Melody Jordan-Carr
Vice President, Membership Operations, American Trucking Associations
Specialties: association marketing, writing, editing, strategic development, direct mail and email copy-writing, volunteer relations, member acquisition techniques, campaign development and implementation.
