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Strategic Foresight: Harnessing Scenario Planning for Future-Ready Associations

If you are tired of constant change and navigating your organization through the seas of the latest crisis du jour, scenario planning can help you be better prepared, less reactionary, lower anxiety caused by uncertainty, and help you handle that uncertainty better. This session, facilitated by a past chair of the ASAE Research Foundation ForesightWorks group, will give you practical applications that you can use to make your organization a future-ready association.

Key takeaways: how to use scenario Planning with your Board to think about the future, why a 10-year time frame is logical, be more meaningful and less reactionary to future disrupters, and the difference between a trend and a signal.

Bob London, FASAE, CAE

Bob London is serving in his 22nd year as the National Executive Director of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity. He has over 35 years of association management experience. In addition to being a Certified Association Executive, Bob has also received a Certificate in Foresight from the University of Houston. He is very involved in the association management community and has led training sessions, seminars and workshops for numerous boards of directors, staff, and conferences, most of which include foresight.

Opening Keynote

Winning Organizations in the Age of AI

The silicon chip was invented for NASA in 1959. A decade later, its smart guidance put Americans on the moon and brought them back safely, fulfilling JFK’s pledge. But the chip was just getting started. It birthed products as if by magic: personal computers, the Web, iPhones, e-commerce, and the cloud. But in 2017 the world shook again. New chips from Nvidia and self-learning code from Google sent the digital world racing to warp speed. Enter the age of AI.

No organization will escape AI’s relentless pull. In his talk to ASAE, Rich Karlgaard will outline how organizations can thrive in the age of AI. He will focus on four areas: technology, culture, teams, and talent (including the hidden powers of unsung heroes and late bloomers.)

Rich Karlgaard

Rich Karlgaard was publisher of Forbes Magazine from 1998 to 2018. He remains the media company’s editor-at-large and global futurist. He writes a column for Forbes Asia and hosts the annual Forbes Global CEO Conference. Karlgaard has spoken professionally for 27 years and is exclusive to Keppler Speakers.

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Closing Keynote

Overcoming Adversity with Purpose, Vision and Vulnerability

How to manage the new work environment with all the complexities, with all the forces of change around you and be authentic in your leadership.

Every culture is a reflection of its leadership. It is all about how you show up. When you change the way you show up, the way that others show up changes.

Dr. Magie Cook

A proven audience favorite, Dr. Magie Cook is the CEO and Founder of Maggie’s Salsa, a company that was sold to Campbells Soup for $231M. Magie captivates audiences with her life story of resilience and achievement from growing up in a Mexican orphanage to creating the wildly successful Maggie’s All-Natural Fresh Salsa’s & Dips from an $800 investment. Today, she transforms workplace cultures and leaders through intentional, mindful shifts that create more opportunities and even greater success. Her story shows how anyone can find their way through adversity to achieve their greatest potential.

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