Futures Thinking for Mission Impact
Location: In person at NICNE, NIU Rockford, 8500 E State St, Rockford, 61108
Registration: $40 NICNE Members ($50 General Admission)
**Register your entire board and leadership staff (paid or volunteer) for $200 NICNE Members ($250 General Admission)
Workshop Overview
As nonprofits strive toward a better tomorrow for their organization and program participants, rapid and continuous change and lingering uncertainty can make it difficult to look very far ahead. Although we cannot predict the future, it is a worthy attempt; Defining your desired future in the context of our changing world is a key step in achieving mission impact.
By considering key aspects of change, organizational leadership can both visualize the desired future and implement immediate and long-term plans to help make that future a reality. This workshop will explore attitudes toward change and agency to drive change within your organization, introduce key concepts of strategic foresight, and provide you with tools to bring this way of thinking to your board and organization. Stephanie will illustrate the benefits of futures thinking, introduce you to several foresight exercises, and help you use those exercises to begin exploring how key drivers of change may impact your work over the coming years. Stretch your thinking to begin to look beyond your current horizons to envision a dramatically different future and imagine your work within that new context.