Press Releases from Social Technologies LLC (4 total)
Top 10 List: New Jobs for 2020
Washington, DC, May 21—As students graduate this spring, their ultimate goal may be to land a job as a lawyer, banker, doctor, writer, or engineer. But the landscape of career options is always evolving.
“As long as the fabled leisure society never quite arrives, we will keep finding ways to be paid,” says futurist Josh Calder, leader of the Global Lifestyles program at the Washington, DC-based research and consulting firm Social…
The Future of New Media: What NGOs Need to Know
Washington, DC, May 8, 2007— If non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as UNICEF want to communicate effectively in the digital media era, they need to understand and utilize new media tools, futurist Scott Smith of Social Technologies told the audience gathered at the UNICEF New Media Summit 2007, held in New York City.
“Because of the disruptive nature of these tools, we are seeing the emergence of ‘massively parallel emotion,’” said Smith,…
Innovative U.S. art director comes up with novel approach to promote new book
Washington, DC, May 4, 2007—When the first shipment of Andy Hines’ new book, Thinking about the Future, rolled into Social Technologies headquarters in Washington, DC, creative director Daniel Klein was inspired.
“We were anticipating the arrival of the book for months, and as soon as I saw the finished product it dawned on me that we needed to create something to celebrate it being published—something that we could give away…
The future of U.S. libraries
Washington, DC, April 23, 2007—More than 150 librarians filled the L. Quincy Mumford Room at the Library of Congress on April 12 for the annual Joint Spring Workshop of Washington, DC Libraries. The topic for this year’s event was “Envisioning the Future: What Will Your Library Look Like in 5, 10, or 20 Years?”
As the keynote speaker, futurist Andy Hines set the stage early for the day’s events by announcing:…
