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The Futurist Manifesto: A Picture Book!
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Why Green Tech Makes Business Sense - Futurist keynote speaker
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According to Peter C. Bishop, Ph.D., there is a hole in the educational curriculum that has been there for a long time. He believes the digital revolution has accelerated change to a point where society must get better at anticipating and influencing what lies ahead. And, in his opinion, the way to do that is to include futures thinking in all of education.

"My vision is that we teach the future as we do the past," he told educators in his keynote address to the 48th Annual Conference of Association for the Advancement of International Education(AAIE) in Boston on Feb. 8, 2014.

Bishop announced to conference attendees that he has formed an organization called Teach the Future (www.TeachTheFuture.org) to tackle this mission. He hopes to sign up educators and community partners who are interested in joining the movement to teach futures thinking in schools, or to encourage others to do so.

Bishop has been teaching foresight and futures studies for over 30 years, primarily as the Director of the University of Houston's Master's program in Foresight. Since he recently retired from that full-time position, he now has the time to pursue a dream he has been nurturing for many years.

"It's not necessary for educators to mount a separate course to teach the future," he says. "It's not even necessary to spend more time teaching the future. Using futures thinking in any subject is a natural way to teach the skills teachers want their students to learn anyway."

Bishop has conducted a number of pilot projects over the years to demonstrate methods of teaching students the concepts of strategic foresight. In 2010, the Center for Houston's Future kicked off its Scenarios 2040 initiative to explore the long-term possibilities for America's fourth largest city. Last year, they enlisted Bishop as a Center Fellow to develop a curriculum in futures studies with an emphasis on scenario planning for high school students. As a first step, Bishop taught a course at Emery High School in Southwest Houston using the Center's scenarios. At the end of the term, the students presented their findings to the Center staff.

"The students clearly got the message about the high stakes," says Catherine Clark Mosbacher, CEO and president of the Center for Houston's Future.

About Peter C. Bishop, Ph.D.

Bishop is president of Strategic Foresight and Development, a firm that offers training and facilitation in strategic foresight (long-term forecasting and planning). He delivers keynote addresses and conducts seminars around the world on the future for business, government and not-for-profit organizations. He also facilitates groups in developing scenarios, visions and strategic plans for the future.

Bishop's client list includes IBM, The NASA Johnson Space Center, Nestle USA, the Shell Pipeline Corporation, the Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Center for Houston's Future and many more.

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Preterist vs Futurist Debate Commercial
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Tech - Futurist Keynote Speaker
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Twelve Common Types of Foresight Thinking

Social Types

1. [Preconventional futurist]. One who thinks about the future in relation to self (ego, personal vision), but without either concern for or broad understanding of the norms and conventions of society.

2. [Personal futurist]. One who uses foresight to solve problems primarily for themselves, within the conventions of society, and whose current behavior is oriented to and influenced by their future expectations and plans.

3. [Imaginative futurist]. One who habitually develops future visions, scenarios, expectations, and plans in relation to self and others, knowing but sometimes breaking the conventions and norms of society.

4. [Agenda-driven futurist]. One who creates or works toward top-down developed (received, believed) ideological, religious, or organizationally-preferred agendas (sets of rules, norms) and their related problems, for the future of a group.

5. [Consensus-driven futurist]. One who helps create or work toward bottom-up developed (facilitated, emergent), group-, communally-, institutionally- or socially-preferred futures.

6. [Professional futurist]. One who explores change for a paying client or audience, who seeks to describe and advance possible, probable, or preferable future scenarios while avoiding undesirable ones, and who may seek to help their client or audience apply these insights (manage change).

Methodological Types

7. [Critical futurist]. One who explores, deconstructs, and critiques the future visions, perspectives, and value systems of others, not primarily to advance an agenda, to achieve consensus, or for payment, but as a methodology of understanding.

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February 7th, Educational Trends Expert and Futurist, Jack Uldrich will speak at the 48th Annual AAIE Conference. Uldrich will be addressing their theme of "Eyes on the Future: Future Trends and Foresight Education."

Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 06, 2014

From Thursday, February 6, to Sunday, February 9, the Association for the Advancement of International Education will be holding its 48th Annual Conference at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. The keynote address will be given on February 7th by noted futurist and author, Jack Uldrich.

This year's AAIE conference theme of "Eyes on the Future: Future Trends and Foresight Education" will be addressed by Uldrich as he shares insights from his latest book, "Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow," and highlights from "Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future."

During his presentation, Uldrich will focus on the practice of unlearning as a key concept, (a video of his TED Talk on unlearning can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR9fdhJGxtI.)

Uldrich will also provide an overview of how technological change and enhanced mobility is rapidly shifting the expectations and behavior of students, teachers, parents and administration, thereby upending long-standing educational models. Throughout the presentation, Uldrich will use vivid analogies and memorable stories, and videos and games drawn from a wide spectrum of industries, to ensure his message of change is both inspirational and applicable.

A sample of some his ideas on the future of education can be found in this chapter, The Future of Higher Education: A Cloudy Forecast from his latest book Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow.

In the past year, Uldrich has addressed dozens of educational groups and associations, including customized keynote presentations for Indiana University, The Council of Great Lakes Schools, The University of Minnesotas Carlson School of Business, Educational Services of America, Belmont University, The Chief Learning Officers Summit, The Minneapolis Public School System, The Teaching and Technology Conference, The League of Innovation, The California League of Middle Schools, The American Technical Education Association and the 2013 European Association for International Education's annual conference, in Istanbul. Uldrich has also addressed a number of major, non education-related corporations and institutions on the topics of future trends, change management and unlearning, including Cisco, IBM, PepsiCo, United Healthcare, Case IH, Guardian Life Insurance, WiPro, and General Electric.

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 06, 2014

From Thursday, February 6, to Sunday, February 9, the Association for the Advancement of International Education will be holding its 48th Annual Conference at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. The keynote address will be given on February 7th by noted futurist and author, Jack Uldrich.

This year's AAIE conference theme of "Eyes on the Future: Future Trends and Foresight Education" will be addressed by Uldrich as he shares insights from his latest book, "Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow," and highlights from "Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future."

During his presentation, Uldrich will focus on the practice of unlearning as a key concept, (a video of his TED Talk on unlearning can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR9fdhJGxtI.)

Uldrich will also provide an overview of how technological change and enhanced mobility is rapidly shifting the expectations and behavior of students, teachers, parents and administration, thereby upending long-standing educational models. Throughout the presentation, Uldrich will use vivid analogies and memorable stories, and videos and games drawn from a wide spectrum of industries, to ensure his message of change is both inspirational and applicable.

A sample of some his ideas on the future of education can be found in this chapter, The Future of Higher Education: A Cloudy Forecast from his latest book Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow.

In the past year, Uldrich has addressed dozens of educational groups and associations, including customized keynote presentations for Indiana University, The Council of Great Lakes Schools, The University of Minnesotas Carlson School of Business, Educational Services of America, Belmont University, The Chief Learning Officers Summit, The Minneapolis Public School System, The Teaching and Technology Conference, The League of Innovation, The California League of Middle Schools, The American Technical Education Association and the 2013 European Association for International Education's annual conference, in Istanbul. Uldrich has also addressed a number of major, non education-related corporations and institutions on the topics of future trends, change management and unlearning, including Cisco, IBM, PepsiCo, United Healthcare, Case IH, Guardian Life Insurance, WiPro, and General Electric.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website at: http://www.jumpthecurve.net. Media wishing to know more about the event or interviewing Jack can contact Catherine Glynn.

Jack Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, technology forecaster, best-selling author, editor of the monthly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning website, http://www.jumpthecurve.net.

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Jack Uldrich, Global Futurist and Best Selling Author to deliver keynote addresses in Boston, MA, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, and Wilkes Barre, PA in February.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) February 04, 2014

Throughout the month of February, Jack Uldrich, widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading business forecasters, will be delivering keynote addresses at the following events:

February 7th: AAIE, (Association for the Advancement of International Education) Boston, MA.

February 13-14th: The Million Dollar Round Table, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

February 25th: Allan P. Kirby Lecture, Wilkes Barre, PA.

The presentations will be customized to address AAIE's themes of "Eyes on the Future: Future Trends and Foresight Education," MRDT's theme of "Tools to focus on your team on excellence," and Wilkes University's mission "to continue the Wilkes tradition of liberally educating their students for lifelong learning and success in a constantly evolving and multicultural world."

Throughout the course of the presentations Uldrich will impart many of the notions in his popular and Bellwether award-winning book, "Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow," and "Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future." He will also focus on how exponential advances in a variety of emerging technologies, including practical advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, information management, augmented reality, robotics, RFID, "Big Data," the Internet of Things, will affect future trends in both education and the marketplace.

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Build a Successful and Ethical Business - Futurist Keynote Speaker - Patrick Dixon
Keynote Presentation by Patrick Dixon for Xylem, on building a better world through building a better business. Tackling the problem of the shortage of clean...

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