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This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson. You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. Created by Future Exploration Network’s Chief Futurist Richard Watson, also of NowandNext.com, the 2009 trend map uses a "multi-tentacled hydra."
It reminds me of the Conversation Prism from Brian Solis which was inspired by Darren Barefoot's "social media starfish" that he created for his book "Getting to First Base" which was a remix of Scoble's white board. There's a difference, it's a little broader than social media.
The mega-trends are:
- Global connectivity
- Anxiety
- Volatility
- Uncertainty
- Debt
- Power shift Eastwards
- Agein
- GRIN technologies
- Digitalisation
- Climate change
- Sustainability
There are eight arms, which represent the following sectors or areas:
- Society
- Technology
- Economy
- Environment
- Politics
- Business
- Family
- Media
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I marked in red the trends that caught my eye, more about that later.
See also:
Pew and the Internet Life Project: Internet in 2020
Social Media Gurus Predict Trends for 2009
What to do in the nonprofit sector to offset the economic crisis?
I've been thinking about this visual since I saw it over the weekend. I find great value connecting the micro to the greater macro trends. It seems easy for the human mind to live within a silo and forget it's part of greater ecosystem. Thanks for bring it to the attention of the non-profit world.
With the fundamental shift in how we connect, communicate, and collaborate, I believe those at greatest risk of irrelevancy are the ones not aware of these underlying components. Over 1 billion people on the Internet and 3.3 billion with mobile phones changes the rules profoundly. The more we can create the awareness that we are all affected by these core issues, the more we can leverage each other's strengths - regardless of nationality or corporate affiliation (non-profit, for-profit, or govt.).
@scottyhendo
Posted by: ScottyHendo | December 22, 2008 at 08:20 AM