Resources
Below is our curated list of articles, presentations, books, and other tools to support foresight and volunteer management.
Foresight
Articles
​Expand Your New Year Resolutions to Include a Commitment to Foresight
By Kristine Metter and Sue Pine
ASAE, February 2024
Lean into Change
By Kristine Metter and Terry Grimm
Associations Now Board Brief, Winter 2021
Leveraging the Pandemic’s Disruption to Adopt Foresight and Drive Innovation
By Kristine Metter
Association Ventures Playbook, December 2020
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Presentations
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How futures-thinking empowers leaders to make better decisions today, UST Education Series, January 2025
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Navigating the AI Landscape: Strategic Foresight for Associations, ASAE Annual Conference, August 2024
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Building Your Anticipatory Governance Capacity: A Foresight Integration Master Class, Precon Workshop, ASAE Annual, August 2023
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Using Futures-Thinking to Propel Your Association Forward, Opening keynote for the Dallas-Fort Worth Association Executives Association Day, April 2022
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A World Reshaped by COVID: Making Better Future-Focused Decisions, Closing Keynote for the Michigan Society of Association Executives Annual Conference, August 2021
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Foresight as a Leadership Competency, Fridays@4, August 2021
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Future Focus: How do today's key events impact what associations will look like in 2120?, ASAE Annual Conference, August 2020
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Using Trends and Environmental Scanning to Steer Strategic Planning, ASAE Annual Conference, August 2016
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Get Clear on Current Association Trends, ASAE Great Ideas Conference, March 2016
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How to Define and Monitor Association Trends, ASAE Annual Conference, August 2015
Additional Foresight Resources
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Grim, Terry. “Foresight Maturity Model (FMM): Achieving Best Practices in the Foresight Field.” Journal of Futures Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, 2009, pp. 69-80.
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Scoblic, J. Peter. “Learning From the Future: How to make robust strategy in times of deep uncertainty,” Harvard Business Review, Jul. – Aug. 2020.
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McGonigal, Jane. Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today. 2022.
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Hines, Andy, and Peter Bishop. Thinking About the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight. 2nd ed., 2020.
Volunteer Management
Toolkit
Creating Association ROI Through Volunteer Training
​By Kristine Metter and Peggy Hoffman
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Presentations
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What does the future hold for components?, CEX, April 2025
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Elevate Volunteer Training to Better Prepare Future Leaders, Virginia Society of Association Executives Annual Conference, May 2022
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​Let's Reboot Volunteer Training, Billhighway and Mariner Management Webinar Series, June 2021
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