Aaron Wolowiec

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Forces Impacting Our Success: MSAE Members Complete PESTLE Analysis

Aaron Wolowiec

During the Michigan Society of Association Executives, members and attendees had the opportunity to participate in a facilitated exercise to identify and explore current forces at play that are affecting them and their organizations.

Analysis 245
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The Role of AI in Strategic Planning: Avoiding Algorithm Aversion

Aaron Wolowiec

It requires a lot of data collection, analysis, and synthesis, as well as creativity, collaboration, and communication. Developing a strategic plan can be complex and time-consuming. It also requires a lot of flexibility and adaptability because of the need to routinely update and revise a plan to reflect changing realities and opportunities.

Analysis 100
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Learning plans for the New Year

Aaron Wolowiec

To determine what should comprise a learning plan for you or your team, consider the following three-step approach: Organizational Analysis. Performance Analysis. What do we want to achieve as an organization? How does individual performance tie in? What are the required performance levels for key tasks and competencies?

Analysis 100
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Association Hunger Games: Victory or Defeat?

Aaron Wolowiec

Conduct a SWOT analysis. Even conducting a simple SWOT analysis when freshening up your conference plan can really improve implementation. During the scanning phase: Assess strategy/plan based upon recent performance. Assess competitive strengths and identify weaknesses. In many ways, scanning is the key to excellent execution.

Nashville 100
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10 tactics to ensure your strategic plan addresses member learning

Aaron Wolowiec

Conduct a full SWOT analysis to identify learning gaps and priorities, environmental cues and organizational capacity. Explore opportunities for the application of web-based, virtual and hybrid programs based on survey analysis and market research. Develop an optimal annual meetings calendar aligned with these knowledge domains.

Analysis 100
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New report: Association marketing has a ways to go

Aaron Wolowiec

It requires creativity, strategic planning, vision and data analysis. However, neither staffing nor funding correlated to greater marketing effectiveness in the analysis of the study’s data. Marketing is much more difficult than most people think. Survey respondents identified internal meetings as consuming the most time.

Report 100
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Building a board strategy

Aaron Wolowiec

Models strategic decision making competencies — A strategic board models critical thinking skills, objective analysis and decision making. It challenges existing assumptions regarding the association’s future role and corresponding business strategy within the industry or profession.

Strategy 185