Leveraging the Power of Associations for a New Magnitude of Leadership

April 30-May 2, 2008

GaylordNationalResort & ConferenceCenter

National Harbor, Maryland

(Washington Metropolitan Area)

Facilitator

David L. Cooperrider, Ph.D.

Director of UniversityCenter for Business as an Agent of World Benefit

Professor, Organizational Behavior

WeatherheadSchool of Management

CaseWestern ReserveUniversity

Cleveland, Ohio

Fairmount Minerals Professor of Social Entrepreneurship

David Cooperrider, Ph.D. is one of the latest recipients of the Aspen Institute’s External Impact Award given for positive and visible impact around business and organization management practices in social impact and/or environmental areas. Cooperrider’s work is inspired by the Appreciative Inquiry model (see page 3) which he founded and developed. Numerous leaders such as Kofi Annan, Dalai Lama and organizations such as Hewlett-Packard, Parker Hannifin, McKinsey and The Carter Center are seeking his leadership to provide guidance in transforming the business sector into one that both benefits society while adding value to business. His work on global summits is especially vital because of their ability to enable positive change in systems from small to very large and complex organizations like the U.S. Navy, the United Nations, World Vision and Verizon. With David Cooperrider’s success and vision, the Global Summit on Social Responsibility will allow the association profession and its stakeholders to rise to a new level of organizational leadership by both adding value to organizations and benefitting society.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Day One--DISCOVERY

Timeframe / Task
Morning
session / Welcome by ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership
“Investing in a Task of Historic Significance”
  • A Special Opportunity For the Association Community to Advance a New Magnitude of Social Responsibility
  • Worldwide Roll-Call From Colleagues on Every Continent*
Opening Appreciative Inquiry (AI)
“In Search of Innovations and Stories of Association Leadership”
  • Exploring the Next Phases of Social Responsibility in an Era of Massive Change
  • Insights Into How the Strategic Lens of Social Responsibility Can Help Strengthen Our Ability to Serve Our Members
  • Going Beyond An Obligation Mindset to An Innovation Mindset: What Happens When Doing Good and Doing Well Converge? Why is Socially Responsible Leadership Increasingly Key to Association Leadership? Doesn’t Every Profession and Industry Want to Be Seen As Part of the Solution? How Are Industry Leading Stars Doing It?
Discovery Part One: Roundtable and Plenary Dialogues*
“What Do Associations Uniquely Bring to the World of Social Responsibility and Sustainability?
  • Analysis of the Positive Core of Association Sector Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results
  • How Are Associations Helping To Scale Up Solutions For the Future? What’s Coming Next?

Luncheon
Afternoon session / Discovery Part Two: Roundtable Work and Plenary Dialogues*
“How Do We Leverage The Huge Diversity of Association Strengths”
  • Mapping Key Strengths Across Association Sectors: Business and Industry Sectors, Professional Sectors, and the Supplier Community
  • What is the Call of Our Time? How Does Social Responsibility and Sustainability Strengthen Our Capacity to Serve Our Association Members’ Missions?
A Conversation With Leaders on the State of the World and Call of Our Time
“What’s Next In Global Social Responsibility and What Are This Generation’s Most Important Social Responsibility Leadership Opportunities”*

Thursday, May 1, 2008: Day Two--DREAM & DESIGN

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” --Peter Drucker

Timeframe / Task
Morning session / Welcome and Overview for the Day
“Positive Image/Positive Action: Why This Work Matters”
Roundtable Work and Plenary Dialogues*
Dreaming With Our Feet On the Ground and Imagining the Future We Want to Help Create
  • Images and Voices of a Better World
  • Envisioning a Change in the Magnitude of Change
  • The Future of Association Leadership and Social Responsibility

Luncheon
Afternoon
session / Roundtable Work and Plenary Dialogues
“Moving From Dream to Design”
  • Naming the Priority Opportunity Areas for Action
  • Creating “Principles for Responsible Association Leadership” and Designing Individual and Collective Initiatives To Advance a New Magnitude of Association Leadership
  • Lessons From the World’s Top Design FirmsAboutHigh Engagement Innovation

Friday, May 2, 2008: Day Three--DESTINY

Timeframe / Task
Morning
session / “Check In”: Visions and Voices From Around the World*
Roundtable Work and Plenary Dialogues
  • Preparing Presentation of Prototypes and Action Initiatives
  • Presentations and Feedback to Help Strengthen Initiatives

Luncheon
Afternoon session / Strategies For Action*
  • Presentations and Commitments
  • Personal and Collective Pledges
  • Celebration of Achievements
Next Steps: ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Commitments and Moving Forward Strategies
Open Microphone and Virtual Reflections Worldwide*
Closing

*The visions and voices of connected sites from every continent will be brought into the GaylordNationalResort & ConferenceCenter.

About “Appreciative Inquiry” Theory

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an emerging model of strategic innovation and change that starts with “strengths”. Rather than seek out what’s broken and analyze it, AI uncovers and elevates inspirations that are working – the little known positive deviances – that, if spread, could generate exponential returns. AI has been used to significantly enhance cost competitiveness, revenues and profits, employee engagement, retention and morale, and customer satisfaction at places ranging from Wal-Mart to the United Way.

This document was printed on recycled PCF paper.

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