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SUMMARY:The Art of Forecasting: See what's next using the best informa
 tion
DESCRIPTION:Attention intelligence professionals in the Philadelphia/D
 elaware/Brandywine Valley area:\n\nThis year, Eric Garland and Competi
 tive Futures are celebrating the end of the anxiety-producing past 18 
 months of financial and geopolitical shenanigans. 2008 and 2009 were y
 ears of theater of the absurd, courtesy of our largest and least-obser
 vant institutions, which threatened to burn down and fall over on us, 
 supposedly taking our retirements, business models, hard currency, fav
 orite DVDs, food supply, pets, profits, and self-esteem with them.\n\n
 It’s 2010. The large institutions are still falling over, albeit mor
 e slowly, letting you and everyone else reflect a bit on what to do ne
 xt. But where will you get information? The media, themselves members 
 of large, nearly-extinct companies with obsolete business models, are 
 desperately trying to get you to go back to “normal,” which is fun
 ny, since those norms made everything blow up last year. To accomplish
  this, they are feeding you wishful thinking dressed up as forecasts t
 o convince you of a return to this comfortable, late-1990s way of doin
 g things. You have to base your view of the future on:\n\n\nSunny econ
 omic forecasts based on stock speculation instead of shrinking incomes
  and unemployment\nChairmen of the Federal Reserve forecasting the ris
 e housing prices just before the detonation of the entire economy unde
 r the weight of fake mortage-backed securities\nThe US Government pred
 icting world oil supply as stable or steadily growing while key oil fi
 elds go extinct and China and India put millions of cars on the road\n
 Healthcare debates that appear to ignore the impact of the Boomer reti
 rement, shifts in employment contracts, and broad public health trends
 \n\nDespite this nonsense, you still need to know about the future in 
 order to make your business strategies. Some questions for you:\n\n\n\
 nHow will you know good forecasts from bad?\nWho can you trust in a wo
 rld without authority figures?\nHow will you make critical decisions a
 bout your business, your career, your family, your life?\n\nOne way to
  get around the pabulum masquerading as news is to develop professiona
 l-level skills for identifying trends and evaluating forecasts so you 
 can make your own view of the future AND interpret it for your own nee
 ds.\n\nBased on our expertise evaluating expert forecasts for corporat
 ions and world-leaders for more than a decade, and now teach executive
 s from hundreds of such organizations how to analyze world events for 
 themselves, we will teach you how to:\n\n\nFind the right sources\nIde
 ntify what type of forecast is on offer\nExplore the assumptions of th
 e author\nPick out the trends used to make the forecast\nIdentify impl
 ications of the forecast\nAssess the probability of the future describ
 ed\nCommunicate this infomation to other people\n\nAt the end of the d
 ay, you’ll be able to:\n\n\n\nMake more informed decisions, more coh
 erent strategies\nShow leadership in the workplace\nPlan your retireme
 nt with more confidence\nChoose a future job path\nEnjoy thinking abou
 t the future\n\n\nFor more information visit https://competitiveintell
 igence.ning.com/events/the-art-of-forecasting-see
DTSTART:20100130T160000Z
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CATEGORIES:live, training
LOCATION:Goodstay Center, University of Delaware
WEBSITE:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2700+Pennsylvania+Ave.+Wilmingto
 n,+DE&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2700+Pennsylvania+Av
 e,+Wilmington,+New+Castle,+Delaware+19807&gl=us&ei=xs1VS--KN9XU8Aakydm
 sBA&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA&z=16
URL:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2700+Pennsylvania+Ave.+Wilmington,+D
 E&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2700+Pennsylvania+Ave,+W
 ilmington,+New+Castle,+Delaware+19807&gl=us&ei=xs1VS--KN9XU8AakydmsBA&
 ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA&z=16
CONTACT:302-571-9570
ORGANIZER:Chris Largent, ideahse@aol.com
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