Associations UK Congress
Association Leaders' Forum
Association Leaders' Forum on Monday & Tuesday, open exclusively to leaders of associations.
- 10.55 AM
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Chair's Introduction
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
The chairman will welcome delegates, introduce the conference theme and explain the day’s format.Speakers
Leadership Programme Director
Association of Association ExecutivesCecilia Spoor, Leadership Programme Director, has been managing our series of CEO meetings and supporting the Network since 2010, and now manages the Associations Leadership Programme.
Cecilia has extensive experience in organising research, executive meetings and education for CEOs in the world’s leading companies, engaging with associations regularly.Sessions
Chair's Introduction Monday @ 10:55 AM
- 11.00 AM
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Thinking afresh – transforming, updating and invigorating BAPCO
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
BAPCO has been established for 26 years and was running comfortably, but with the potential to be a more successful and effective organisation. The public sector was also affected by the Government’s austerity measures causing loss of budgets for membership dues and events. It was clear that steps needed to be taken to update and develop the association in a toughening climate. The first step was to review the association’s leadership and governance, working with a consultant and from there build for the future. The association has just published its first three-year strategy and implementation framework and so begins a new journey. This presentation will focus on the challenges faced and the hurdles overcome so far to bring BAPCO firmly into the 21st century.
- Why was change needed and what were the drivers for change?
- Gaining buy-in from a Board and an Executive Committee
- Developing the new three-year strategy and implementation framework
- Setting out five new objectives for the association
- The impact of the move to free membership driven by austerity
- Problem areas including diversity and age profile of members
- Registering as a charity – pros and cons
Speakers
CEO
British APCOIan joined British APCO in August 2016 after retiring from a successful 30 year career in the police service. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in December 2016. With extensive experience in leadership and decision making, as well as a strong background in public safety communications and information technology, Ian has changed the focus of the association from blue light critical communications to a more inclusive membership involved in all areas of public safety technology. His focus now is a new three year strategic plan reviewing all aspects of the association.
He describes himself as being on a personal journey to learn and develop within association leadership and governance.
Sessions
Thinking afresh – transforming, updating and invigorating BAPCO Monday @ 11:00 AM
Twitter: @@thompsonim
- 12.00 PM
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Benchmarking Associations - A New Era for Excellence
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
Benchmarking can be a powerful tool to association leadership, with the ability to compare performance across associations and provide insight into innovation and forward thinking. But the usual approach to benchmarking is for the service provider to dictate the questions and areas to be compared. If this does not meet the needs of participating associations, the data is of limited value. Sometimes, benchmarking leads to the ‘so what’ question. How will you use the data you get to increase member value or improve outcomes?
- Learn how benchmarking makes a substantial difference to association's performance
- Hear how you and your association can benefit from benchmarking in 2020
- Contribute to the benchmarking projects - what data you need to make decisions
This session introduces the AAE Benchmarking Project. This project, a collaboration between the AAE and SEBCO Consulting, turns the usual benchmarking approach on its head. This project will be led by association leaders as you will be able to influence the data being collected and help to create outcomes which will add real value.
We will examine at AAE's recent Salary and Benefits Benchmarking study of the autumn of 2019. Then look at the value of benchmarking and allow you to identify key areas of association business activity that you want included in a benchmarking tool. This will then be refined with a launch of data collection in 2020.
The value of the programme will be extended with the opportunity for you to interrogate data specific to your association later on. A route to create association-specific analysis and business development plans will be available to all AAE members from AAE, SEBCO and other trusted organisations.
The aim is that, for the first time, benchmark data driven by you provides you with the vital business intelligence you need to add value to your association.
Speakers
Chief Executive
British Dietetic AssociationAndy Burman is an experienced CEO, company director and charity trustee. Having led the British Dietetic Association to become a multi award winning association over the past 16 years, he is a governance and business development expert. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster and sits on several national committees and working groups which influence government policy. Through SEBCO Consulting he provides support and advice to the association sector. Using a variety of trusted consultants and experts he has assisted many associations to grow and develop through innovative approaches to change management.
Sessions
Mentoring for succession planning Monday @ 8:05 AM
Benchmarking Associations - A New Era for Excellence Monday @ 12:00 PM
Twitter: @BDAAndyBurman
- 2.00 PM
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Mind the (Cyber Security) Gap
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
Philosophically the problem with understanding cyber security can be summed up with the following:
Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of absence.
I first heard this phrase in the 1980’s at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, whereas on this occasion the guest speaker was refereeing to things of a scientific nature. Although we have many books on cyber security, protecting your data etc. we still don’t know what we don’t know.
For example, we understand that personal data should be protected, a bit like locking your doors, the problem is that often we do not appreciate the type of lock to use or what size of lock to use.
Trusted Cyber Solutions will take you on a path of discovery to provide metrics and methods to evaluate data, protect data and why you should protect it at all.
We will also take a pragmatic approach to protecting data and providing evidence to your peers that you have done so.
Speakers
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Director
Trusted Cyber SolutionsPaul is Managing director of Trusted Cyber Solutions. He has over 20 years’ experience in the design, development, operation and management of network systems and electronic/Cyber security systems. In previous roles, Paul has been a director of a major Internet Service Provider responsible for security design and engineering, with clients including large multinational companies and government departments. He has also been global security design authority for a major telecommunications company
Paul has led security teams providing security audit, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, secure network and server design as well as the design, testing, and deployment of firewalls, Virtual Private Networks, and public key infrastructures. In addition he has many years Project Management experience.
Paul has provided forensic and expert witness services in support of a number of police investigations of cyber crime. He played a key role in the Lennon case which established Denial of Service (DoS) attack via email as an offence under the Computer Misuse Act.
Sessions
Mind the (Cyber Security) Gap Monday @ 2:00 PM
- 3.00 PM
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Managing staff & changing organisation culture
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
What do you do as a CEO when your Board has backed your strategy, but you realise that your organisation isn’t capable of delivering it? If management guru Peter Drucker was right that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”, does that mean your strategy is toast – and you with it? Is it possible to change an ingrained organisational culture and what impact could that have?
In this session, Richard Lambert offers insights from his experience of transforming the way an organisation behaves and performs.
- “We’re all in this together “ – Are you running an organisation or a group of departments?
- “Get the right people on the bus” – Finding the right skills, experience and attitude
- “We all know why we’re here” – the importance of articulating your purpose and objectives
- The importance of internal communication – in both directions
- The value of measurement and real-time data
- The bottom line impact – does a change in culture really make a difference to members?
Speakers
CEO
National Landlords AssociationRichard Lambert joined the National Landlords Association as Chief Executive Officer in October 2011. He began his career as a parliamentary civil servant in the House of Commons, where over 10 years he worked on Select Committees, various aspects of the legislative process and interparliamentary affairs. Following a brief spell in commercial lobbying, he moved into trade associations, spending five years as the Policy Director covering residential issues at the British Property Federation, then becoming Chief Executive of the British Woodworking Federation in 2002.
In 2019, Richard received the Trade Association Forum’s Best Practice Award for Outstanding Contribution and the Association Excellence Silver Award for Best Leadership.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Association Leadership and the Royal Society of Arts and a former Chairman of the National Training Organisation, Housing Potential.
Sessions
Managing staff & changing organisation culture Monday @ 3:00 PM
- 4.35 PM
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Chief Executives Forum
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
Chief Executives with 5 year’s plus meeting – high level facilitated discussions – invited CEs will be asked to submit topics for discussion in advance.
- 10.10 AM
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Breaking Bad and Making Good – everything that is wrong with your board and how to fix it!
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
Managing your board is one of the key challenges for an association CEO. A poorly operating board can suck the resources from an association and stunt its development, not to mention drive the CEO crazy! This session will cover all that can go wrong with a board and how to fix it from the basic to the more complex, including:
- The ideal make up of an association board
- Keeping the board strategically focussed not operational
- Attracting the right people to the role
- Why subcommittees don’t work
- Controlling disruptive elements
- Setting the agenda for short focussed meetings
- Managing the relationship between CEO and board members
Speakers
Chief Executive Officer
Federation of European Self Storage AssociationsRennie Schafer has been in association management for most of his working life, starting with the Australian Meat Industry Council in 1998. He has been the CEO of the Federation of European Self Storage Associations for the past 6 years in which time the association has doubled in turnover. Rennie has worked with a range of associations in 3 continents, often assisting them in developing their strategic direction. He has also been a board member of several charitable organisations, mostly in the early childhood education sector. He has an MBA from Deakin University and is a member of the Oxford University High Performance Leadership Programme.
Sessions
Why Associations should budget like corporations and not NFP’s Tuesday @ 8:05 AM
Breaking Bad and Making Good – everything that is wrong with your board and how to fix it! Tuesday @ 10:10 AM
- 11.50 AM
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Brexit – where we are now and what happens next
LEADER'S FORUM, Hall 7
Greig Baker, Chief Executive of The GUIDE Consultancy, will share confidential intelligence on:
- The UK’s negotiations with the EU27
- An assessment of how UK-EU relations will develop in the short-, medium-, and long-term
- And the upcoming risks and opportunities for businesses operating in the UK and EU27.
This will be a discursive session, with an opportunity to raise issues of specific interest.
Speakers
Chief Executive
Guide Public AffairsGreig Baker is Chief Executive of The GUIDE Consultancy, a political intelligence agency in London. Greig has previously worked in Westminster, as an advisor to various political campaigns (including in three UK General Elections and a US Presidential race) and served with the British Army’s Military Intelligence Corps
Sessions
Brexit – where we are now and what happens next Tuesday @ 11:50 AM