Posts by Sherry Budziak
.orgSource Helps the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education Achieve Online Excellence with an Award Winning Website
Projects that can wait, do wait. It’s an adage we’ve all lived. In busy organizations, a website overhaul may fall into that category. But if you ask the staff of the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE), they will tell you that a sleek new site that reflects a name change for the…
Read MoreAssociation Innovators Share Five Strategies for Leading Through Challenge
COVID-19 has many lessons to teach, and like the legendary nun brandishing a ruler, they are often harsh. The value of effective leadership, in times of crisis, is one truth we are witnessing on a daily basis. In writing Association 4.0: Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption, Kevin Ordonez and I had the…
Read MoreA Positive Culture and an Innovative Approach Sidestep Disruption—How PCI Successfully Moved During the Pandemic
Designing a new office space and making the move is no small venture. When the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) planned to move from downtown Chicago to Chicago’s Triangle Plaza near O’Hare International Airport they knew that they would need outside support to manage the project. .orgSource Senior Consultant, Kevin Martlage, had recently been working with…
Read More.orgSource Celebrates 15 Years of Positioning Associations for Success
On July 20, 2020, .orgSource celebrates 15 years in business. We are deeply grateful to the friends and clients who have contributed to our success. This journey, which has been filled with amazing people, projects, events, and education, began with a simple list. I was searching for the perfect nine to five job. But a…
Read MoreBegin with the Minimum, Finish with the Ideal—Build a Better Product with an MVP
A start-up is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty—Eric Ries Associations can be as steeped in tradition as a Japanese tea ceremony. What can they learn from business start-ups? Entrepreneurs take uncertainty as a given, and I’m convinced that they have plenty to teach us.…
Read MoreBuild a Consensus-Friendly Culture
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. -Martin Luther King This quote from Martin Luther King defines what great association leaders do best. By promoting a culture that supports working together toward common goals, they create an environment where consensus happens. A consensus-friendly culture might seem more like…
Read MoreTurning a Tanker into a Yacht: 6 Tips for More Effective Association Governance
Associations aren’t known for their ability to easily change course. The benefits of organizational agility have gained traction over the last few years, but most groups haven’t taken the concept further than lip service. Associations tend to plow through the bad weather rather than navigate around it. That’s understandable; getting a 2-ton bureaucracy to pivot…
Read MoreConsultants Can Lighten the Burden of Leadership—How to Get the Advice You Need
Lately, we’ve all been doing a complicated juggling act; and, just when you think you’ve nailed the rhythm, another ball gets tossed into the mix. Managing a remote workforce, making tough financial decisions, planning a virtual conference, budgeting for the unpredictable, and finally, strategizing how to get your team safely back to the office are…
Read MoreOutrun Disruption: Use These 7 Strategies to Build a Resilient Organization
COVID-19 is a once-in-a-lifetime disaster. But disruption, whether from biology, technology, or culture, is here to stay. We can’t stop the challenges; But we can be resilient enough to take them in stride and move forward to become stronger. What exactly does resilience mean? Why is it important, and how do you build it into…
Read MoreGet Your Association on the Offensive—Mitigate Impacts of COVID-19
“In my mind, it’s inevitable that we’ll have a return of the virus … when it does, how we handle it will determine our fate,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, April 30. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warning might make you want to put your mask over your…
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