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Kick off your Annual Meeting learning with one of five highly interactive and collaborative learning workshops. These timely sessions will help you put your organization and your professional development journey on the right path forward.
Separate registration fee applies
Designed exclusively for association CEOs, this dynamic, three-hour summit at the ASAE Annual Meeting is your opportunity to step back, think big, and connect with peers facing similar challenges. Together, we’ll explore the most pressing issues shaping the future of associations — from governance transformation and non-dues revenue growth to talent strategy, digital innovation, and AI integration.
Through provocative panels, candid conversations, and collaborative exercises, you’ll gain fresh insights and practical frameworks to future-proof your organization. Leave with new ideas, trusted connections, and actionable strategies that strengthen leadership agility, maximize member value, and drive sustainable impact in an increasingly complex world.
This is your time to learn, challenge assumptions, and elevate your vision for what’s next.
Must be an association CEO/Executive Director to attend.
What can a Sour Patch Kids beer teach us about taking risks? Innovation’s key ingredients are time, space, and the permission to think creatively. Design thinking is a member-centric approach that uses empathy and data to ideate with teams and create tangible prototypes or solutions. Many for-profit businesses like Apple, AirBNB, IDEO, Nike, and Google have dedicated teams that incorporate design thinking to foster collaboration, innovation, and find new ways to tackle complex business problems (backed by data). Design thinking allows you to encourage wild ideas and defer judgment to build on the ideas of others. You will learn the principles of design thinking and be provided with the time and space to apply those principles to common association scenarios such as rethinking membership models and redesigning programs to fit the community’s needs. Create a prototype you can take back and modify for your association’s audience(s). With fun examples from the real world, you will have a chance to safely step out of your comfort zone and understand how to position risk as growth opportunity for your association.
Nikki Golden, CAE
Strategist, Association Laboratory Inc.
Nikki Shanks, MBA, CAE
Senior Manager, Component Relations, AHIMA
Attention event professionals: emergencies can strike without warning — are you ready? The Heartsaver® First Aid, CPR, and AED Training Course, provided by Safe Expo, equips you with essential lifesaving skills to stay calm and take charge when the unexpected happens. Whether it’s a medical emergency at an event, at work, or in your community, this training empowers you to respond with confidence.
The course features a blended format: complete a 75-minute self-paced online course 1–14 days before arriving at the 2025 ASAE Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, followed by a two-hour, in-person skills session with a certified American Heart Association instructor. You'll learn first aid basics, CPR techniques, AED operation, and emergency response procedures.
Upon completion, you'll earn a Heartsaver Course Completion card, valid for two years, and 3.25 CMP continuing education credits. Don’t just plan exceptional events — master safety and be ready for anything.
Matt Laws
President, Safe Expo, LLC
In 2025, association boards and CEOs must prioritize ethical AI governance. To safeguard their organizations, stakeholders, and successors, it is crucial for association decision-makers to view artificial intelligence as a disruptive sociotechnical force that demands robust governance. Operating in an environment of systemic upheaval, risks, and problems, associations must support close collaboration among boards, CEOs, and other contributors to ensure ethical, purposeful, and responsible AI adoption through strong board stewardship responsibility for AI governance and decision-making.
This intensive workshop will help association board directors/officers, CEOs, CXOs, and other association staff partners build capacity for ethical AI stewardship, create a supportive human infrastructure for the board’s stewardship work, and develop robust governance to anticipate and prepare for a non-linear and volatile AI future.
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION NOTE: To maximize the value of this workshop experience, ASAE25 attendees are strongly encouraged to register by Friday 6/13. Advance preparation for the workshop will begin on Tuesday 6/17, and registrations will be accepted throughout the summer.
Jeff De Cagna, AIMP FRSA FASAE
Executive Advisor, Foresight First LLC
The modern association workplace has shattered traditional norms. Remote teams collaborate across time zones, and hybrid offices blur the line between work and home. A new generation of talent seeks meaningful work and authentic purpose. Add economic uncertainty and evolving expectations around equity and inclusion, and it’s clear: workplace culture is no longer just about engagement — it’s a strategic advantage.
If you play a role in inspiring staff and driving organizational outcomes, this interactive workshop is for you. You’ll hear candid stories from C-suite leaders who have built strong cultures and learned from missteps. Gain practical tools and assessments to help define key cultural drivers and build systems that ensure consistency. Engage in open conversations about real workplace challenges and solutions.
Walk away with a clear action plan, strategies for measuring success, and memorable insights from leaders who have navigated the complexities of culture and are ready to help you do the same.
Moderator: Nancy Green, FASAE, CAE
Interim Executive Director, National Council on Problem Gambling
Geoffrey Brown, CAE
President and CEO, Illinois CPA Society
Chris Moodhe
CEO, PeriscopeIQ
Peter J. O'Neil, FASAE, CAE
Principal, Perspective Matters, LLC
Monika E. Schulz, CAE
Chief Executive Officer, National Society of Professional Engineers
