I’ve read a lot about this recently and I think I’ve finally put my head around the difference.
ASAE has a website dedicated to the subject matter and it is a term that has surfaced, at least in my association management reading, in the last 5 plus years.
ASAE has a website dedicated to the subject matter and it is a term that has surfaced, at least in my association management reading, in the last 5 plus years.
For me, in a nutshell, foresight is an exercise in trying to identify what the future will look like for your organization.
Many chambers are doing the 2025 or 2030 scenarios with interesting results. In other words, think what could it be?
Many chambers are doing the 2025 or 2030 scenarios with interesting results. In other words, think what could it be?
Strategic Planning is the process of analyzing the current landscape, through and environmental scan, a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis, and determining a set of goals, strategies and tactics, usually 1-3 or 3-5 years out, on achieving those goals.
Most of us are just trying to get through the day with the limited resources we have but I would suggest that if you spent the time, with a facilitated board retreat, you too would benefit of looking to the future.
I’m sure by now you’ve all read the ACCE’s Horizon Initiative: Chambers 2025? Well that’s just around the corner. It’s time to do the 2050 exercise.
For more information on the Foresight work by ASAE go HERE.
