Looking Forward DEI 2023: Insights Into the Association Sector's Approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Association Laboratory's Looking Forward® DEI study is the association sector's most current, comprehensive and relevant study of DEI issues in associations. This exclusive webinar is the first opportunity to review the data from more than 200 association leaders across 20 industry and professional sectors. It provides you with insight into how other associations are dealing with this complicated and often controversial topic.

Conversations about DEI are taking place every day among our volunteer leaders and staff. Unfortunately, these conversations are taking place without the data to guide decisions or monitor progress. Looking Forward® DEI is a ground-breaking study by Association Laboratory that collects insights from the association sector on the perceptions, challenges and solutions to DEI issues.

The study investigated four key questions.

1. What are the perceptions of DEI in associations including definitions of DEI, importance of DEI, and the impact of DEI on association strategy?
2. What are the primary challenges for successful DEI strategy in areas such as resources and implementation.
3. What strategies are association leaders implementing to address these challenges and create more diverse and inclusive associations?
4. How are associations measuring the success of their DEI efforts and to what extent do they believe progress is being made?

Dean West, FASAE, President of Association Laboratory and a globally recognized futurist and principal investigator of the Association Laboratory Looking Forward®  series will provide an interpretive analysis of the results.

In addition, participants will receive an Executive Summary of Looking Forward® (DEI) data.

Finally, participants will be provided with complimentary access to the Looking Forward® Dashboard. This online, customizable dashboard (powered by Nucleus) provides access to all three sector studies, allowing you to create and download customized reports to guide conversations with your volunteer leadership and staff. 

This study continues the efforts of Association Laboratory and the Association Laboratory Research Alliance to document emerging trends, issues and solutions in association leadership, management, and strategy and to investigate the future of the association business model.

Association Laboratory is a CAE Registered Provider. This program meets the requirements for fulfilling the professional development requirements to earn or maintain the Certified Association Executive credential. Every program that we offer that has been approved for CAE credit will clearly identify the number of CAE credits granted for full participation. We will maintain records of your participation in accordance with CAE policies. For more information about the CAE credential or Registered Provider program, please visit www.asaecenter.org/cae. 

As a CAE Registered Provider educational program related to the CAE exam content outline, this program may be applied for 1.5 credits toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements. You must attend live to receive the CAE credit hours.

Strategic Partners

Nucleus is the official Data Analytics Solution to the Association Laboratory Research Alliance. 

Built on modern data lake technology, Nucleus brings together the vast amounts of member data currently stored in different systems used by associations (AMS/CRM, email marketing, events, learning/certification, online community and more) and makes insights into this data available to everyone: staff, leadership, components, the board – and even members.

When you browse a Looking Forward Dashboard you are using Nucleus, a version specially configured to deliver the results of this industry research in an easily-explorable format. We are thrilled to have been chosen as the official data analytics solution of the Association Laboratory Research Alliance and hope you enjoy this new way to delve into findings from this and other Looking Forward studies.

We invite you to browse the Analytics for Associations Success Kit to learn more about Nucleus