CESSE - The Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives : Mid-Winter CEO Meeting

Mid-Winter CEO Meeting

SUCCESS & INNOVATION - PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

2007 Mid-Winter CEO Meeting Agenda

Service Sponsors:

Internet Cafe and CESSE Meeting Audio Visual
Projection Presentation Technology

Web services: Fusion Productions

Speakers: Leading Authorities Inc.

Registration Services: Convention Data Services (CDS)

Program and graphic layout: Omnipress

Sunday Morning, 2/11/07

8:00 am - 8:30 am:

CESSE Board of Directors Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - 3:30 pm:

CESSE Board of Directors Meeting

Mid-morning Break Sponsored by JDG Associates

Lunch & Afternoon Break Sponsored by Seattle's Convention & Visitors Bureau

Sunday Afternoon, 2/11/07

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm:

Registration

Sunday Evening, 2/11/07

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm:

Welcome Reception and Dinner

Sponsored by Marriott Convention and Resort Network

Monday Morning, 2/12/07

7:30 am - 8:30 am:

Breakfast with Companions

Sponsored by Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau

8:00 am - 9:30 am:

"Break from the Pack: How to Compete in a Copycat Economy"

Dr. Oren Harari

This presentation, based on Dr. Harari's best-selling book Break From the Pack: How to Compete in a Copycat Economy will show leaders how to propel their organizations to a position of uniqueness and competitive advantage in a tough marketplace. A copy of the book will be given to attendees.

Dr. Oren Harari has been arranged courtesy of Leading Authorities Speaker Bureau

9:30 am - 10:30 am:

"7 Measures of Success: What Remarkable Associations Do that Others Don't"

Wayne Gross, CAE

Michael E. Gallery, Ph.D., CAE

The session will focus on the recent publication, "7 Measures of Success: What Remarkable Associations Do That Others Don't". The book is a result of a rigorous, matched-pair research project spanning 4 years of intensive original research and analysis of 15 years on dozens of associations. The work focuses on the subtle and not so subtle differences that distinguish those associations that achieve remarkable results year after year.

10:30 am - 11:00 am:

Mid-Morning Break

Sponsored by Halifax World Trade & Convention Centre and Canadian Tourism Commission

11:00 am - 12:00 noon:

Continuation of "7 Measures of Success" Session

Monday Afternoon, 2/12/07

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm:

Lunch with Companions

Sponsored by Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

CEO Roundtable Discussions

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm:

Mid-Afternoon Break

Sponsored by Portland Oregon Visitors Association

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm:

Exploring the Future of Associations Using Collective Wisdom and the Worldcafe

Paul Borawski, CAE, Executive Director and Chief Strategic Officer of the American Society for Quality

The future is coming at us at an ever increasing rate. How can we look ahead - to anticipate our future in meaningful ways? Those who develop anticipatory skills will have advantage over those who wait for the future to arrive. ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership have invested in research that suggests there are 8 mega trends shaping the future of associations. CESSE would like to use those trends as a context for exploring the questions we think will be most pressing - or most important to us. We will use the Worldcafe technology to discuss the mega trends and use our collective wisdom to develop a list of most pressing questions.

The benefits of participating are -

Being introduced, or reminded, of �Mapping the Future of Your Association� ASAE & The Center for Association Leaderships research on the future of associations.
Being introduced, or again immersed, in WorldCafe technology to explore questions that matter
To help shape the future of CESSE though the identification of the most pressing, future facing, question of our industry.

Monday Evening, 2/12/07

6:00 pm - 9:30 pm:

Reception and Dinner with Companions

Sponsored by Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau

9:30 pm - 11:30 pm:

Afterglow

Sponsored by Destination Halifax

Tuesday Morning, 2/13/07

7:30 am - 8:30 am:

Breakfast with Companions

Sponsored by VisitPittsburgh

Topic Discussions at Tables

8:30 am - 10:30 am:

Creating and Leading Cultures of Innovation

Brian Christian, Principal, DASO Consulting

Kevin Whorton, Principal, Whorton Marketing & Research

As non-profit Association leaders, we have to articulate and execute a vision that reflects and wins support among our leadership team and inspires accomplishment in our staff. So, how do we change our approach to stimulate innovation in our Associations in a way that leads to tangible short-term and long-term success? What are the necessary leadership behaviors, organization design principles, operating processes and tools & techniques that will create a sustainable innovation capability? Learn from a program moderated by experts in the fields of innovation and association culture, and four distinguished panelists who lead a diverse group of engineering and scientific societies.

Session will give details on -

How to become and remain inspired personally, balancing legislative leadership with visionary leadership, to inspire your organizations and create a culture of innovation.
Practicing stewardship and conservative resource management in a manner consistent with best Association practices while adapting the best lessons of entrepreneurial commercial companies.
Learning from each other through case study and workshop activity.
Measurement of success - evaluating the early results of innovation and using metrics and indicators to adjust the roadmap or "stay the course."

Session will include a CEO panel including:

Steven Davis, American Industrial Hygiene Assocation
Pat Natale, American Society of Civil Engineers
Steve Nelson, AACC International & American Phytopathological Society
John Sofranko, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

10:30 am - 11:00 am:

Mid-Morning Break

Sponsored by HelmsBriscoe

11:00 am - 12:00 noon:

Innovation Roundtables (continuation of morning program)

Tuesday Afternoon, 2/13/07

12:00 pm - 1:25 pm:

Lunch with Companions

Sponsored by Salt Lake City Convention & Visitors Bureau

1:30 pm - 6:00 pm:

Golf - JW Marriott Resort & Spa

Sponsored by YES Marketing LLC

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm:

Transportation for Tuesday Tour

Sponsored by Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau

Tuesday Evening, 2/13/07

6:30 pm - 9:30 pm:

Transportation, continuous loop, for Tuesday dine-around to downtown Tucson

Sponsored by Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau

9:30 pm - 11:30 pm:

Afterglow

Sponsored by Applied Digital Imaging

Wednesday Morning, 2/14/07

7:30 am - 8:30 am:

Breakfast with Companions

Sponsored by Quebec City Convention Centre

8:30 am - 10:00 am:

Crisis & Emergency Preparedness

John Ballance, Executive Director, Materials Research Society

Session will include a panel of CEOs (large and small) who will discuss emergency preparedness plans both formal and informal. Panelists will comment on the plans presented and what lessons might be applied to societies of all sizes.

10:00 am - 10:30 am:

Mid-Morning Break

Sponsored by Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau

10:30 am - 11:25 am:

CEO Roundtable Discussions

11:30 am - 12:00 noon:

Business Meeting

Wednesday Afternoon, 2/14/07

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm:

Lunch with Companions

Sponsored by Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

W(h)ither Scholarly Journals?

Roundtable Discussion Moderated by Crispin Taylor, PhD, Executive Director, American Society of Plant Biologist

A panel of CESSE CEOs will outline and discuss their organizations' thinking about the future of scholarly society publishing. Among other topics, the conversation will likely include the evolution of societies' business models, development of novel Internet-based information products, emerging markets, and the pros and cons of Web2.0 technologies.

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Mid-Afternoon Break

Sponsored by Tourism Vancouver

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Final Roundtable