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Futurist resources > Prediction markets Prediction markets and crowdsourced futures Last updated July 2026 When I wrote Getting Results From Crowds in 2011, I gave prediction markets a chapter of their own, as both a structure for surfacing collective insight and a tool for anticipating the future. In the years since they have crossed from […]
The titanic eruption of web-based content has reached overload, and a consequent drop in reader engagement. The good news? In this new world of content saturation and falling social shares, the big winners are publishers that have built a strong reputation for original, authoritative content. In a world where 40,000 articles a week covering Bitcoin […]
Read Book Reviews: Getting Results From Crowds “Ross Dawson and Steve Bynghall have masterfully delivered a comprehensive and strategically pragmatic guide to crowdsourcing. Each chapter elegantly lays out a key concept and then provides practical advice. This is the must read bible for effective crowdsourcing.” – R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst & CEO, Constellation Research […]
Recently I gave the opening keynote on The Future of Information Infrastructure at the Implementing Information Infrastructure Symposium. CIO magazine did a nice article titled IIIS: Big Data driving new trends which reviews my keynote and the one immediately after from Steve Duplessie, one of the world’s top analysts on data and storage. It says: […]
I was honored to recently give a Special Lecture at Stony Brook University in Long Island, NY, on Leadership for the Future of Work. I discussed how in a world in which work is dramatically changing, we must all show leadership in taking the actions that will shape as positive a future as possible for […]
In-house PR professionals, agency PR professionals and client-side marketers are known for their differences of opinion about the future of public relations. Key points that these stakeholders disagree and agree on are outlined in the Global Communications Report 2017, compiled by the USC Center for Public Relations and the Association of National Advertisers in consultation […]
Keynote: Creating the Future of Media – #SchibstedNEXT Oslo, Norway Below is the video of Ross Dawson’s keynote on Creating the Future of Media at #SchibstedNEXT in Oslo, Norway. Keynote speaking videos Watch keynote videos of speeches that Ross has delivered as a keynote speaker; these can be adapted to your specific needs. Keynote speaking […]
We asked global thought leaders in PR and communications what they expect in 2016. Three powerful themes emerged from their responses: – Scope and Breadth (Insights below) – Science, Data and Analytics (Click link for insights) – Story and Content (Click link for insights) The theme of increasing breadth and scope of what PR needs […]
When PR agencies engage freelancers, it’s often to help with one-off projects or fill in while someone’s on leave. Freelancers become a quasi-team member for a limited period of time, then when they’re no longer needed they’re off to the next job. Like a Mary Poppins of the PR world. But the number of freelancers […]
