Baldridge going non-profit
The Baldridge National Quality Program, under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards & Technology, is going non-profit next year for the first time. Associations will be able to submit a Baldridge Award application (starting in November), and by next year NIST expects to have a non-profit case study online.
In this morning’s session Malcolm Baldridge for Associations, we learned from Paul Borawski, CEO of the American Society for Quality, and Jamie Ambrosi, deputy director of the Baldridge National Quality Program, about the Baldridge process, the plans for the non-profit category, and how associations can get involved. We also heard from Terry Perl, CEO of the non-profit Chimes, about how his organization is using the Baldridge criteria to enhance its operations. For organizations willing to undertake the extensive framework Baldridge provides to explore the seven awards criteria, the journey can be enlightening, rewarding, and beneficial.
ASAE & The Center, under the staff leadership of Michelle Mason, will be raising awareness of this exciting news and sounding out association needs for getting engaged in the process. The extent to which people are interested in starting this journey is the extent to which resources can be considered and developed.