Affiliates are diverse. . . Presently 58 affiliates in US, Canada, the

Caribbean and Asia Range in size from 50 to 2534 members Range in revenue from $760 to $698,785 Range in dues from $15 to $105 Membership in ASCD does not include

membership in an affiliate; legally separate organizations that work interdependently

ASCD looks to its affiliates for leadership and governance; Board of Directors and Leadership Council consist primarily of affiliate representatives with proportional and at-large members

Affiliates hold a critical role in ASCD leadership; one-third of ASCD’s policy-making body is comprised of members elected by LC

Affiliates, approximately 25% of ASCD members, have a leadership role greater than their numbers, making a strong, thriving affiliate program essential to ASCD’s overall strength as a membership organization

Overall membership declined The proportion of ASCD members joining

an Affiliate lessened Revenues decreased, some with year-end

deficits

~ Indication of need to study the Affiliate program ~

The Affiliate Study Task Force was charged to:

Study ASCD’s current affiliate program and explore how to strengthen the effectiveness of affiliates and their role within ASCD;

Develop recommendations for the ASCD management for action and/or further study.

Leslie Andersson, Vancouver, BC, Canada Curtis Cain, Emerging Leader, Kansas Jane Cobia, ASCD Board of Directors Tony Frontier, President-elect, Wisconsin ASCD Mike Hendricks, President, California ASCD Chris Himsel, Past-President, Indiana ASCD Judy Morgan, President-elect, New York ASCD Brian Peterson, Emerging Leader and President-elect, New

Mexico ASCD Yolanda Rey, Executive Director, Texas ASCD Claire Struck, Recipient of Vision in Action, the ASCD Whole

Child Award, Iowa Alice Wells, Executive Director, Arizona ASCD Marie Adair, Chairperson, Executive Director, New Jersey

ASCD

Meetings of Task Force in February and June Introduction and elaboration of the charge by Dr. Carter and Judy Seltz

To expand our understanding of the charge~ Task Force received presentations on: *Best Practices in Association Membership *ASCD Affiliate Program Survey Results *ASCD Membership Trends *Affiliate Data Overview

*The Executive Directors Questionnaire Summary

- 3/10: ASCD asked the executive directors three questions: 1. What should the ASCD affiliate of the

future look like? 2. What is the ideal and mutually beneficial relationship of ASCD and the affiliates? 3. What resonates with the executive

directors in the Affiliate Program Survey of members?

Articles and other published resources

2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning by Knowledge Works Seven Measures of Success (What

Remarkable Associations Do That Others Don’t)

The New Future of Governance * Designing Knowledge Ecologies for Associations *

Connections To understand where we want to be, we ~ examined past practices ~ looked at how we currently function ~ imagined a future state for affiliates

From The Future of Governance article, we envision an organization that ~ operates flexibly ~ provides easy access to information ~ recreates itself based on member needs

#1. ASCD will have affiliates located worldwide, operating as legally separate organizations that communicate, network and collaborate with each other and with ASCD to advance ASCD’s mission and beliefs.

#2. Affiliates will provide member engagement in advancing ASCD goals and vision in a local context.

#3. Each affiliate will maximize its capacity to attain its goals through flexibility and adaptability, using trends, research, and data.

Goal: moving affiliates from the current practices in which we function to a transformed future___________________________________________________Transactional Present to Transformational Future____________________________________________________________~ Goals (Action Oriented) ~ Drivers of Change (Results

Oriented)~ Knowledge as power ~ Shared power through collective access to knowledge~ Meetings ~ Flexible access using technology~ Limited coordination or ~ Sharing and coordination between sharing of resources affiliates as a natural part of our

work between affiliates~ Responsibility to continue ~ Responsibility for innovative

solutions current practices when to member needs no longer effective

Next Steps Acquire responses to the recommendations

from members of the Task Force Formalize the report: The Affiliate of the Future: Transaction to Transformation for ASCD management ASCD studies recommendations;

communicates with affiliates; develops implementation plan with affiliates.