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6. Handheld technology

Beyonce takes a selfie Photo: Beyonce.com

If you thought the art of taking a perfect selfie was only practiced by the Instagram generation, think again.

Here are a few examples of when art inadvertently predicted the future.

5. Big Brother

George Orwell's 1984 Photo: Penguin/AP

OK, so the selfie may not have been predicted in ancient times, but George Orwell knew exactly what was going on back in 1949.

Big Brother is watching you, wrote the India-born author in his dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four.

His vision of a surveillance society in which governments monitor and keep tabs on what we are doing is a reality today.

Big Brother on the big screen

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Longboat Key, FL (PRWEB) February 04, 2015

This February and March, the Longboat Key Center for the Arts (LBKCA), a division of Ringling College of Art and Design, will debut FUTURESHIFT, a series of seminars led by renowned futurist, international keynote speaker, and best selling author David Houle. These workshops will not only allow participants to engage with David in an intimate and highly interactive setting, but also network with other executives and thinkers throughout the day as they explore the rapidly changing industries of marketing and healthcare.

FUTURESHIFT will expose participants to the current and emerging trends in each industry, highlighting both the disruptive forces of change and the need-to-know opportunities and challenges to shape business strategy over the next decade.

According to David, At a time of deep and rapid transformational change with both great opportunity and great risk for businesses we must face the future. As a business owner or leader, can you afford not to attend? I am confident that you will come away with a number of ideas on how to lead and live in the next 5-10 years.

The first seminar in the new series, Brand Shift: The Future of Brands and Marketing, will unveil the forces and mega-trends that will shape the global future of marketing and inform brand managers and strategists how to most effectively market their brand between now and 2020. During a time of unprecedented change in technology and content sharing, Davids insights prove invaluable to business leaders, entrepreneurs, and brand managers looking to stay relevant. Participants will leave with a solid foundation upon which to build their strategy for the next decade. For more information, go to http://www.ringling.edu/lbkca.

The second seminar, The New Health Age: The Future of Health Care and Medicine, will educate the individual about the ever-changing trends that are reshaping the health care landscape and deliver strategies to keeping personal and business health care costs down. Attendees will enjoy a comprehensive overview of the recent changes and future trends to consider while making crucial decisions about health care. For more information, go to http://www.ringling.edu/lbkca.

David Houle is a futurist, thinker, and speaker who spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment. He is consistently ranked as one of the top futurist keynote speakers in the world today and has written six books, including the Amazon best seller Brand Shift, which was selected by an international marketing organization as one of the top 20 marketing books published worldwide in 2014. His book, The New Health Age was reviewed by Mehmet OZ, M.D. as a succinct primer on how we got here and where we should be taking the health of the nation.

In addition to his publications, David has delivered over 400 speeches on six continents in twelve countries. He coined the term Shift Age to aptly describe this period in time when rapidly changing rate of technology has disrupted the comfortable approaches to marketing and healthcare that we have relied on for years. David will be delivering the keynote speech at the upcoming Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Annual Kick-Off Breakfast at Polo Grill on Friday, February 13. He currently serves as the Futurist in Residence at Ringling College of Art and Design.

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Brand Shift: The Future of Brands and Marketing February 27, 2015 8:30 3:30

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Futurists and thought leaders are coming together to share their insights at the first ever Face the Future conference May 4 6 in Albuquerque.

The three-day event is designed for business leaders, CEOs, executives and entrepreneurs, and will cover topics that include robotics, education, technology, healthcare, media, privacy, finance, the workplace, big data, cybersecurity, branding and travel.

In todays digital environment, were facing an unprecedented rate of change, explained Face the Future event co-producer David Houle, also known as the CEOs futurist. This event will take us into the future to get a look at the catalysts propelling us into a new age of accelerated transformation and what it all means in terms of visionary leadership, strategic planning and implementation.

In addition to Houle, other conference keynote speakers include Gerd Leonhard, host of Switzerlands The Future Show; Edie Weiner, author of Future Think; J.O. McFalls, cybersecurity expert; and Ann Rhoades, president of People Ink, Jet Blue board member and former executive at Southwest Airlines.

Altogether, 28 national and global futurists and thought leaders will participate in 12 main stage events and 16 breakout sessions. After-hour events include presenters vying for cash prizes as they pitch their futuristic concepts; entrepreneurs competing for $20,000 in funding with three-minute pitches to Venture Capitalists; an evening of New Mexican food and entertainment at Civic Plaza and Future Crawl, an opportunity for attendees to visit several innovative downtown Albuquerque businesses to meet with the principals and directors personally.

What were creating is an opportunity to create collisions, said Albuquerque Mayor Richard J. Berry. We want people to meet, exchange ideas and information, and create the next big idea or opportunity.

The event is being produced with the support of the City of Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau and Heritage Hotels and Resorts. Sponsors to date include US Bank, Entrega, Blueliner Marketing, Soothe and Meddle.

Registration is now open at http://facethefuturenow.com/registration. Individual prices start at $595, and group discounts are available.

Organizations interested in sponsoring the conference can visit http://facethefuturenow.com/sponsorship-opportunities.

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6. Handheld technology

Beyonce takes a selfie Photo: Beyonce.com

If you thought the art of taking a perfect selfie was only practiced by the Instagram generation, think again.

Here are a few examples of when art inadvertently predicted the future.

5. Big Brother

George Orwell's 1984 Photo: Penguin/AP

OK, so the selfie may not have been predicted in ancient times, but George Orwell knew exactly what was going on back in 1949.

Big Brother is watching you, wrote the India-born author in his dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four.

His vision of a surveillance society in which governments monitor and keep tabs on what we are doing is a reality today.

Big Brother on the big screen

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6 futurist predictions about technology that actually came true

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Norway's wealth and prosperity over the last four decades has been built on oil, but Jeremy Rifkin, a futurist and social and economic thinker, says it's time for the country to change. The Third Industrial Revolution is coming, and Norway needs to abandon fossil fuels and move towards a greener future that relies on renewable energy, shared transport and ultra-efficient housing.

Jeremy Rifkin, adviser to the European Union and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has five words of advice for Norway about its petroleum reserves: "Leave it in the ground."

Rifkin's advice might not seem that welcome in a country that is celebrating fifty years of an industry that has contributed NOK 11,000 billion to Norway's GDP, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.

But on Tuesday, 3 February Rifkin is the keynote speaker at the 6th annual Lerchendal Conference, where politicians and top-level policymakers from Norway's industries, government, labour unions and academia meet to learn about and craft potential directions for the country's future growth.

The theme for this year's conference is "Change Agents for Green Growth." The conference is organized by NTNU and SINTEF along with the Research Council of Norway and Tekna, the Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals. Other participants in this year's two-day conference include Jonas Gahr Stre, leader of Norway's Labour Party, Anita Krohn Traaseth, CEO of Innovation Norway, Karl Johnny Hersvik, CEO of Det norske oljeselskap ASA, and Gunnar Bovim, NTNU's rector.

Rifkin says the Internet is allowing societies across the globe to make a transition to a new industrial revolution that will bring changes to our lives that will be as profound as those that resulted from the steam engine, the telephone and the computer. This new revolution, powered by the ability of the Internet to allow us to communicate, share and monitor things, will result in what he calls the "zero marginal cost society," where the cost to create consumables such as energy and information -- the marginal cost -- is nearly free after the initial capital investment is made in equipment such as computers, smart phones and solar cells.

The old way of doing business, with big centralized power companies and industries that are totally reliant on fossil fuels, is over, he says. His suggestion for countries like Norway, which are tightly tied to oil, is simple: "Develop an exit strategy."

The Internet of Things

An important part of this coming revolution is what futurists, including Rifkin, call "the Internet of Things." The backbone of the Internet of Things are monitors and devices -- roughly 11 billion now, growing to an estimated 50 billion in the next five years -- that feed information to the Internet, allowing us to monitor everything from the temperatures of our refrigerators to the output of solar panels on our homes, and to run them in the most optimal way possible.

Companies that want to make the transition to this Third Industrial Revolution will need to find a way to make money to help people manage and optimize their use of this information, because once an initial investment is made in a product, the information or energy it produces will be nearly free, and the Internet will enable us to share in an optimal way. It's happening now, he says, and is disrupting existing businesses -- think Airbnb, or car-sharing services found in the USA, like Uber.

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Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 02, 2015

The Internet of Things, Big Data, and 3D Printing are just a few of the current technological trends that are taking the world by storm and futurist Jack Uldrich makes a living helping companies navigate through them. He speaks over 100 times a year to a wide variety of businesses and organizations, especially on the transformation of health care, agriculture, education, energy, finance, retail and manufacturing. His platform is that creativity and action are more powerful and versatile than knowledge.

Uldrich says, "As a professional futurist, I frequently end my talks with the rather obvious reminder that no one can predict the future. I then twist this fact by flashing Peter Druckers famous quotation: The best way to predict your future is to create it. His keynotes tend to have an extra bit of fire based on his passion for the idea; "I love this idea of creating the future because it is empowering, optimistic and action-oriented. But, above all, it is true!"

His speaking topics range from custom presentations to "The Big AHA", "Business as Unusual" and "How the Internet of Things Will Open Up a Future of Opportunity." Following on the heels of nine presentations in January for clients such as the 2015 PIMA Annual Meeting, ACI and ACEC of NY's annual meetings, as well as the Independent Bike Dealers Summit and several private clients in telecommunications and banking, Uldrich will be addressing the following clients across the U.S. in February:

FEB 2: Wisconsin Bankers Association Milwaukee, WI

FEB 12: Farm Credit Bank of Texas Farm Credit and AgFirst San Antonio, TX

FEB 16: Outsourcing World Summit Int'l Assoc. of Outsourcing Professionals Phoenix, AZ

FEB 17: Hunter Douglas Event Hunter Douglas Las Vegas, NV

Parties interested in learning more about him, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about either these events or interviewing Jack as a futurist or trend expert can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

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Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) February 02, 2015

Futurist Jack Uldrich's job isn't just about clarifying the top trends that are coming. He also aims to help companies leverage technological advances to their advantage, and unleash underlying philosophies that help organizations embrace change. "The future is predictably unpredictable," but he also says, "executives attitudes and management philosophies can help them and their organizations soar through the myriad of changes that will be coming their way." To that end, Uldrich has been invited as the keynote speaker for this year's "BE" Conference in Milwaukee addressing executives in the banking industry on February 2nd.

The WBA's theme of "Banking in 2020 and Beyond" makes for a perfect diving board for Uldrich's keynote "Foresight 20/20: Ten Trends Transforming Tomorrow." Uldrich will draw on highlights from his upcoming book: "Business as Unusual: How to Future-Proof Your Business Against Tomorrow's Trends, Today," He will also share insights on trends such as the Internet of things, Big Data, nanotechnology, mobile banking and the Big AHA with WBA audience members.

When it comes to finance, Uldrich says, "Banking executives need to become what I call 'Exponential Executives.' That is leaders who understand that as impressive as past technological advances have beenthe ATM, online banking and mobile banking, etcthey are just the beginning. Banking Interactions will continue to evolve as customers physical and virtual worlds become intertwined, and social networks and mobile platforms will transform customers banking experiences and expectations. Still other advances will create an environment where a premium is placed on unconventional thinking and risk-taking."

A highly acclaimed futurist and trend expert, Uldrich has spoken all over the world to a variety of industries and organizations. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and National Public Radio and is a guest commentator on the Discovery Channel's "FutureScape." In addition to addressing the WBA, Uldrich has addressed financial clients such as Wells Fargo, CoBank, the Detroit Economic Forum, AgBank and most recently he spoke at the annual Institutional Investor Forum held in Deer Valley, Utah.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about the event or interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

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