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Event: Stretching Into the Future
Date and Time: November 8th, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Presenters:
Kay Strong
Director, Initiatives for the Future at Firelands Associate Professor of Economics, Statistics & Future Studies
Bowling Green State University, Firelands
Joyce Moyer
OEO Instructor for Distance Education
Using Futuring in Business and Industry Settings
Student of Dr. Kay Strong on Futuring
Bowling Green State University, Firelands
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Description of the Event:
Change is inevitable. Progress is optional! ---Andy Stern
Fact: The past is known as history, the present is momentary and our decisions always relate to the Future! Question: How, then, can we make optimal decisions in the present? Truth: The pace of change is accelerating with doubling times for IT, communications and biotech ranging between one and two years. Question: How does this impact the role of education? Truth: Adapting to this accelerated rate of change is not optional. Question: What can educators do now to help students prepare? New Rule of the Marketplace: Power shared = Power multiplied!
Resources:
Date and Time: November 8th, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Presenters:
Kay Strong
Director, Initiatives for the Future at Firelands Associate Professor of Economics, Statistics & Future Studies
Bowling Green State University, Firelands
Joyce Moyer
OEO Instructor for Distance Education
Using Futuring in Business and Industry Settings
Student of Dr. Kay Strong on Futuring
Bowling Green State University, Firelands
__________________________________________________
Description of the Event:
Change is inevitable. Progress is optional! ---Andy Stern
Fact: The past is known as history, the present is momentary and our decisions always relate to the Future! Question: How, then, can we make optimal decisions in the present? Truth: The pace of change is accelerating with doubling times for IT, communications and biotech ranging between one and two years. Question: How does this impact the role of education? Truth: Adapting to this accelerated rate of change is not optional. Question: What can educators do now to help students prepare? New Rule of the Marketplace: Power shared = Power multiplied!
Resources:
- A quick overview can be gleaned from Ed Cornish's book "Futuring: The Exploration of the Future," available for purchase at the World Future Society's website.
- The Futurist Update
- Future Times
- Shaping Tomorrow...Anticipating Trends
- TED/ Ideas worth spreading
- Anne Arundel Community College
- Initiatives for the Future @ BGSU Firelands
