The Duty of Foresight: Elevating Association Board Stewardship for a Better Tomorrow with Jeff De Cagna

Feb 29, 2024
3:00 pm EST
1 hr 30 min

Explore how association boards can elevate their performance by setting a higher standard of stewardship, governing, and foresight (SGF).

You will learn:

  • Why it's critical for association boards to set a higher standard of stewardship, governing, and foresight
  • Why associations must confront, interrogate, and defeat their orthodox beliefs
  • How the duty of foresight reshapes the purpose and work of association boards
  • What you can do to build your board's capacity and elevate its performance for the future

 

About our Guest

Jeff De Cagna FRSA, FASAE, executive advisor for the Foresight First LLC in Reston, Virginia, is an association contrarian, foresight practitioner, governing designer, stakeholder/successor advocate, and stewardship catalyst. In his work, Jeff advises association and non-profit boards on how they can set a higher standard of stewardship, governing and foresight (SGF). 

A graduate of the Johns Hopkins and Harvard universities, Jeff has continued his learning with the future at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Oxford University, Hardvard Business School, the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, BoardSource, Competent Boards, the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, and the Institute for the Future.

Jeff is the 32nd recipient of ASAE's Academy of Leaders Award, the association's highest individual honor given to consultants or industry partners in recognition of their support of ASAE and the association community.

 

 

About the Host

Farhad Khan is a thought leader in membership websites and membership strategies. He is the CEO & Membership Strategist at Grype Digital. He has helped numerous associations automate member engagement and retention over his career of 12+ years.

Farhad is an 2016 Top Forty Under 40 award Honoree by Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. He was also awarded the Bootstrap Awards for Best Guerrilla Marketing, and an Entrepreneurial Rising Star by Invest Ottawa.

 

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