Ann Feeney

Current

Board member at Association of Professional Futurists
Research Manager at YMCA of the USA
Freelance writer at Various (Self-employed)

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Past

Librarian at Ligature, Inc

Education

Dominican University
Carleton College

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Ann Feeney’s Summary

Association management expertise (CAE)
Trends analysis and organizational foresight
Research design and execution
Board prospect identification and profiling

Ann Feeney’s Specialties:

In research field: Research design, execution, and analysis, including survey design, literature reviews, prospect identification.
In evaluation: Program, operations, and organizational improvement evaluation design, deployment, analysis.
Association management: Certified Association Executive, professional advisor to World Future Society in philanthropy and membership development.

Ann Feeney’s Experience

Board member

Association of Professional Futurists

(Think Tanks industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Board member of the Association of Professional Futurists.
As a member of a very hands-on board, I'm currently developing plans to migrate many of the administrative responsibilities to an association management company (AMC) or at least automate them with association management software (AMS).
Research Manager

YMCA of the USA

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 1996 — Present (13 years 9 months)

I'm a researcher, evaluator, and futurist for the national headquarters of the YMCA of the USA. My job is helping the local and national organizations make the best decisions possible.

In my work, I

> Write trends reports
> Design and execute evaluation projects
> Review external literature to identify and disseminate relevant information, innovation, and best practices
> Support knowledge management practices and planning
> Supervise some of the best staff in the known universe

Strategic questions I face:

How can nonprofits demonstrate their impact and effectiveness? How can they create cultures of continual improvement? How can they make decisions based on data and foresight?

What's a futurist? To quote the Association of Professional Futurists, "Futurists explore the future to anticipate and prepare for change in order to make better decisions today...futures studies is about goals, purposes, and where we are going and how we get there."
Freelance writer
Various (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

January 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)

Freelance writing projects include articles for professional library literature and popular interest publications.
Librarian

Ligature, Inc

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

September 1992 — March 1996 (3 years 7 months)

Librarian for a small K-12 textbook development house. My job consisted of everything library-related from creating and managing the budget to cataloging and reference work to light carpentry. Got to answer questions about everything from "How much did flour cost per pound in 1858?" to "Can you find me a haiku about numbers?"

Ann Feeney’s Education

Dominican University

MILS , Information and Library Science , 1992 — 1993

Created the Stumpers-L list, one of the early listservs for reference librarians
Carleton College

1988 — 1991

Worked at the Computer Center (user support and writing documentation), the Archives, and the Library.

Additional Information

Ann Feeney’s Groups:

PDMA (Product Development Management Association), World Future Society,
Association of Professional Futurists, ASAE (American Society of Association Executives)