As association professionals, developing an ability to navigate the future is becoming more critical by the day. We all have strategic plans serving as drivers for change, and a belief that we’re doing our best to take mega-trends and micro-trends and put them into usable operational plans that provide value for our members. But how […]

Twenty-two months ago, I was hired as the staff president of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). My newly-created position’s responsibilities were scoped within a revised governance structure that shifted the board from operational focus to strategic design and execution. Operationally, the organization was dealing with a traditional challenge that many associations work […]