ACCE Horizon Task Force: ACCE Horizon Task Force: Chambers 2025Chambers 2025

• Crowd-sourced white paper – a “living” document: Crowd-sourced white paper – a “living” document: • 15 Activist members & Directors15 Activist members & Directors

• Attempt to define “chamber of the future” - FailedAttempt to define “chamber of the future” - Failed • Re-start: Re-start: define universal define universal factorsfactors that will influence chambers that will influence chambers

Eight InfluencesEight Influences

1.1. Nature of Nature of Belonging & GatheringBelonging & Gathering

2.2. Communications Communications TechnologyTechnology

3.3. Scarcity & Scarcity & AbundanceAbundance

4.4. GlobalGlobal Impacts Impacts

5.5. Composition of Composition of PopulationsPopulations

6.6. Social & Political Social & Political FragmentationFragmentation

7.7. ResourceResource Alignment Alignment

8.8. LeadershipLeadership

##1: Nature of Belonging & 1: Nature of Belonging & GatheringGathering

##1: Nature of Belonging & 1: Nature of Belonging & GatheringGathering

• Revolution in Revolution in Who and HowWho and How• Joining v. AssociatingJoining v. Associating•Millennial-phobiaMillennial-phobia• Events ≠ ValueEvents ≠ Value• Audiences do not a network makeAudiences do not a network make• Addressing Addressing “the quadrants”“the quadrants”

GET DONE GET DONE [thru the chamber]

(Community Focus)

GET FROM GET FROM [the chamber]

(Enterprise Focus)

INVESTEDINVESTED INVOLVEDINVOLVED

Community Community BuildersBuilders

Business Business BuildersBuilders

Business Business InvestorsInvestors

Community Community InvestorsInvestors

i.e. Attends events for sales contacts

#2#2: Communications Technology: Communications Technology

•Wave upon waveWave upon wave•Mass customizationMass customization

•Tech won’t differentiate chambersTech won’t differentiate chambers• Human support Human support willwill

•Value of Value of informationinformation declining declining• Analyst & filter risingAnalyst & filter rising

•Chambers & Fantasy FootballChambers & Fantasy Football

#3#3: Scarcity & Abundance: Scarcity & Abundance•Water, energy, talent, land, hope, leadershipWater, energy, talent, land, hope, leadership• Dramatic Dramatic swingsswings in supply, demand and value in supply, demand and value

• AccidentsAccidents of time and place of time and place• Cruelty of MigrationsCruelty of Migrations

• Chambers as Chambers as K.A.P.S.K.A.P.S.

#4#4: Global Impacts: Global Impacts

•World will come to your economic door.World will come to your economic door.•Not Not justjust about trade, strong places will matter about trade, strong places will matter•Reliance on chamber awareness & relationshipsReliance on chamber awareness & relationships• Investment opportunities for chambers and regionsInvestment opportunities for chambers and regions

#5#5: Composition of Populations: Composition of Populations

• Demographic reality in 2025Demographic reality in 2025• Millennials and MinoritiesMillennials and Minorities

• ““Old White Guys in Suits” – Old White Guys in Suits” – • Perception? Reality?Perception? Reality?

• Issue affects everythingIssue affects everything• From membership to governance to cloutFrom membership to governance to clout

• Few chambers have actedFew chambers have acted

#6#6: Social & Political Fragmentation: Social & Political Fragmentation

#6#6: Social & Political Fragmentation: Social & Political Fragmentation

• It’s not just “Polarization”It’s not just “Polarization”•Politics, society Politics, society ANDAND your business your business•Trend won’t reverse by 2025Trend won’t reverse by 2025•Chambers and the Chambers and the sane centersane center•Desperation, inspiration, Desperation, inspiration, practicepractice

#7#7: Resource Alignment: Resource Alignment

• Intentional funding of the missionIntentional funding of the mission• Reduction in cross-subsidizationReduction in cross-subsidization• Chambers as fundable Chambers as fundable catalystscatalysts (anti-gridlock) (anti-gridlock)• ROI unlikely to be “engagement”ROI unlikely to be “engagement”• Find & nurture volunteer leaders who careFind & nurture volunteer leaders who care

#8#8: Leadership: Leadership

““the combination of the forces within big cities, great the combination of the forces within big cities, great universities & powerful local leadersuniversities & powerful local leaders.”.” Jim Clifton, Coming Jobs WarJim Clifton, Coming Jobs War

•Non-hierarchicalNon-hierarchical•NetworkedNetworked•AlignedAligned•CatalyticCatalytic

Possible addition . . . Possible addition . . .

The Shortcomings of GovernmentsThe Shortcomings of Governments

Inability to deal with . . . Inability to deal with . . .

Would the 8 Ball say we are Would the 8 Ball say we are right about these 8 influences?right about these 8 influences?