Monthly Archives: December 2009
Other 2009 summary posts Top blog posts of 2009: 6 on Twitter and the media Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness Top blog posts of 2009: The future Top keynote speech presentations/ videos of 2009 And one more summary of my blog posts that have attracted the most interest this year,
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In his excellent book The Meaning of the 21st Century, James Martin asks when in human history you would most like to be alive. For me there is no question that it is now. The coming decade will be the most exciting in human history. The very challenging year of 2009 that we are preparing
Continue reading The top 10 trends for the 2010s: the most exciting decade in human history
Other 2009 summary posts Top blog posts of 2009: 6 on Twitter and the media Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness Top blog posts of 2009: The future Fourth in my series of summary blog posts from 2009 is selected presentations and videos from keynote speeches I’ve delivered this year (plus,
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Other 2009 summary posts Top blog posts of 2009: 6 on Twitter and the media Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness Top keynote speech presentations/ videos of 2009 Third in my series of my blog posts that have attracted the most interest this year, on the general topic of the future.
Other 2009 summary posts Top blog posts of 2009: 6 on Twitter and the media Top blog posts of 2009: The future Top keynote speech presentations/ videos of 2009 Continuing my series of my blog posts that have attracted the most interest in 2009, here is my selection of 10 posts on Enterprise 2.0 and
Continue reading Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness
Other 2009 summary posts Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness Top blog posts of 2009: The future Top keynote speech presentations/ videos of 2009 At this time of year it’s good to look back at the blog posts I’ve written and see what is most interesting. Some have got quite a
Continue reading Top blog posts of 2009: 6 on Twitter and the media
To anticipate what will shape 2010, we need to understand the TENsions that will define the opening year of the TENsions decade. The TENsions that are most prominent will evolve during the course of the decade. However the accelerating pace of change means that TENsions will inevitably define the decade, in myriad forms. These are
When I was a child I dreamed of creating an immersive experience of light and images. I put a chair in a cupboard in which I intended to put up lights around me that would create an experience of being in a magical world. Unfortunately the technology I had available wasn’t up to the job.
Continue reading Amazing 3D video projections bring buildings to life and shape our environment
I very rarely find the time to write magazine articles, but I was delighted to write the opening feature article for MediaTitles 2010, an annual publication which covers the media and magazine industry. To see the article in the full splendor of the print version, go to the MediaTitles website, which has the full publication
For many years I have believed that our everyday interfaces with computers are deeply limited, and that creating more effective interfaces is central to our future. In my 2002 book Living Networks I selected Interfaces as one of the three key enablers that would bring the networks to life. Pranav Mistry of MIT Media Lab’s
We have had a fantastic global uptake of the translations of our Social Media Strategy Framework into 12 languages. As such, we intend to translate a lot more of the content created by Advanced Human Technologies and Future Exploration Network, starting with our Enterprise 2.0 Implementation Framework, which plays a central role in my book
The Institute for the Future has shared its Future of Video project using the presentation platform Prezi. This is a great way of giving access to the rich visual frameworks that are the trademark of IFTF – it’s well worth a browse just to see part of what Prezi can do. The presentation wraps up
Continue reading The future of video and man-machine interfaces
For a number of years I’ve talked about how we are effectively reaching a world infinite content, and the implications of that. That is becoming more real by the day, as in an economy increasingly driven by search and links, people find new ways to generate content that participates in this new information infrastructure. I
Continue reading The proliferation of crap content and the rise of content reputation systems
Yet another of the frustrating limitations of the iPhone has been fixed – with the launch of Ustream Live Broadcaster you can now stream live from both iPhone 3G and 3GS phones over 3G or WiFi. Here is my first trial, using my iPhone as a camera to film the live stream on my screen
Continue reading iPhone live video streaming finally available! Ustream Live Broadcaster now out
I was interviewed yesterday on Sky Business about plans by Rupert Murdoch and others to charge for online news and content – the video is below. We discussed plans to charge for content, whether the news aggregators can be charged or blocked, and differences in the Australian news media landscape. In the interview I mentioned
Continue reading Charging for online news: applying game theory to the grand experiment
In my work as a keynote speaker – which despite all my other ventures still takes up a significant chunk of my time, attention, and frequent flyer points clocking – I always customize the presentation and topic to the client and audience. As such, on my keynote speaker website I have in the past posted
Australia Network’s Newshour program recently ran a segment looking at online social networks, in particular Facebook. The program features a number of excerpts from an interview with me about the online social network industry. Here is a brief summary of the key points made in the interview: * How Facebook has been used to promote
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This morning I gave the opening keynote at an internal leadership conference of a major Australian retailer, addressing the topic of Embracing the Future. One of the key issues for the long-term planning of any large organization is the basic demography of the country. While I spent much of my presentation looking at social change,
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Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. He is Founding Chairman of AHT Group, which consists of 3 companies: consulting, publishing, and ventures firm Advanced Human Technologies, future and strategy firm Future Exploration Network, and events company The Insight Exchange.
Ross is author most recently of Implementing Enterprise 2.0, the prescient Living Networks, which anticipated the social network revolution, and the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships (click on the links for free chapter downloads). He is based in Sydney and San Francisco with his wife jewellery designer Victoria Buckley and two beautiful young daughters.
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