The ‘foresight epidemic’ was a project done as part of research with the Smart Services CRC, to investigate the extent to which contemporary social media can be harnesses as platforms for developing public foresight. We used a variety of futures studies methods to explore topics chosen by interest from the public. Topics included: · The…
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Bendigo a Thinking Community
In 2012 we put forward a proposal to run an intensive and large scale foresight capacity development process for the citizens of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. The objective of Bendigo-A Thinking Community was to encourage and engage with the community to think deeply and strategically about expectations and aspirations to develop a more prosperous, liveable…
NORA Leader’s Summit
The National Online Retailers Association (NORA) is the peak body for online retailers in Australia. Bringing its members together for its inaugural conference in 2013, NORA wanted to provide and space to collaborate, network and articulate the needs of its members. Over the day and half event the attendees were able to share their thoughts…
AIMIA Strategic Visioning
The board of AIMIA, Australia’s peak body for the digital industry, invited Action Foresight to provide a strategic futures workshop over two evenings, one week apart to stimulate a deep rethink of the focus and purpose of the organisation and to develop practical steps toward a renewed vision. We used a version of our Four…
Community Pulse Project Strategic Evaluation
The Community Pulse Project (CPP) is the City of Port Phillipʼs (CoPP) project for collecting data on changes the community considers important to measure. CPP was set up in 2001 and, after 10 years in operation, the City of Port Phillip established a process to evaluate the project. This evaluation looks back at 10 years…