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Becoming a futurist
How do I become a futurist?
This is a question we are regularly asked. Hopefully, this short piece will help you.
First, you are already at the right place. Read our Practical Foresight guide here, and you’ll quickly gain a broad appreciation of what futuring is all about. But, futuring is a very broad subject with many ways of seeing and creating the futures we want to achieve. So, visit the "Further References" when you see them on individual pages because they will increase your breadth and depth of view.
Then browse "More Foresight Resources" here, where you will find comprehensive links to the best introductions on futures studies, events, futuring organizations, and educational courses, etc.
Join Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network to see the types of people already practicing as futurists. Their biographies will help you see how they found futuring and how their careers have progressed. They may also be willing to give you free advice and suggestions if you ask them nicely.
In a few hours you will have gained a rapid appreciation of the field of futuring and where to find help. Use it wisely by writing down what attracts and detracts you from being a futurist and ideas and places that you want to revisit. Then, use these lists to see what areas of futuring you would like to explore, and begin asking around or join one of the several foresight teaching programs.
Go to some of the key conferences such as the World Futures Society in North America. Find futurists at Poptech, TED, SXSW, and the European Futurists Conference at Lucerne, Switzerland or other events that attract forward thinking people. Upcoming events are advertised at Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network above.
And, don't forget Shaping Tomorrow is always looking for volunteers and interns with a view to offering paid work when it arises. Contact us at our main site if you would like to work with us.
Further reference
Next: Personal Futures Back: Overcoming Roadblocks To: Shaping Tomorrow
Copyright: Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
This is a question we are regularly asked. Hopefully, this short piece will help you.
First, you are already at the right place. Read our Practical Foresight guide here, and you’ll quickly gain a broad appreciation of what futuring is all about. But, futuring is a very broad subject with many ways of seeing and creating the futures we want to achieve. So, visit the "Further References" when you see them on individual pages because they will increase your breadth and depth of view.
Then browse "More Foresight Resources" here, where you will find comprehensive links to the best introductions on futures studies, events, futuring organizations, and educational courses, etc.
Join Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network to see the types of people already practicing as futurists. Their biographies will help you see how they found futuring and how their careers have progressed. They may also be willing to give you free advice and suggestions if you ask them nicely.
In a few hours you will have gained a rapid appreciation of the field of futuring and where to find help. Use it wisely by writing down what attracts and detracts you from being a futurist and ideas and places that you want to revisit. Then, use these lists to see what areas of futuring you would like to explore, and begin asking around or join one of the several foresight teaching programs.
Go to some of the key conferences such as the World Futures Society in North America. Find futurists at Poptech, TED, SXSW, and the European Futurists Conference at Lucerne, Switzerland or other events that attract forward thinking people. Upcoming events are advertised at Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network above.
And, don't forget Shaping Tomorrow is always looking for volunteers and interns with a view to offering paid work when it arises. Contact us at our main site if you would like to work with us.
Further reference
Next: Personal Futures Back: Overcoming Roadblocks To: Shaping Tomorrow
Copyright: Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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