Reinventing Future Associations and Non-Profits

Will you leave your organization in better condition than when you joined it?  Then you must lead today with an active, dynamic grasp of the future.  In other words, lead future forward.

In The Future Reinvented Reimagining Life, Society, and Business* by Fast Future Publishing Ltd., their team of experts and . . . Read More: Reinventing Future Associations and Non-Profits

Services Trump Membership

Whether games, apps, or memberships, current culture values the experience more than the delivery system.    Paid membership in an association is no longer required to experience interactions with like minds or explore common interests.  Think of the variety of LinkedIn groups or Twitter hashtags.    Several in the association community have been ringing the . . . Read More: Services Trump Membership

Member at Staff Meeting?

At the recent ASAE Annual Conference, Daniel Pink spoke at the closing general session. He gave the audience a sneak-peek of the research for his forthcoming book which basically explains that “we’re all in sales now.”

One concept, the Google “customer” chair at each staff meeting, caught the attention of Joe Rominiecki.  He posited . . . Read More: Member at Staff Meeting?

3 Reasons Why Millennials Look Like Future Association Members

Fast Company published one of the best articles I have ever read regarding the Millennial generation.  This piece by Josh Allan Dykstra is a succinct deconstruct about why Millennials don’t buy stuff and, on the other hand, what the buying experience really means to these young people born in the . . . Read More: 3 Reasons Why Millennials Look Like Future Association Members