Strategic Planning Workshop & Luncheon

Thursday 22-Jan-09 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM CST

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Total Seats: 100

Reserved: 18

Maggiano's

2019 Post Oak Blvd
Houston Texas 77056 USA
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Phone: (713) 961-2700

Speaker Dr. Peter Bishop

Position: Futurist, Coordinator of Masters Program in Futures Studies, College of Technology
Company: University of Houston

Event Description

If developing a communications plan for your organization or client is on your to-do list for 2009, help is on the way.

Dr. Peter Bishop, futurist, and coordinator of the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston, will introduce attendees of this interactive workshop to strategic foresight concepts, procedures and tools that will help us anticipate change and influence the long-term effectiveness of our planning efforts.

Drawing content from a new five-day certification seminar he is teaching at UH in Strategic Foresight, Dr. Bishop will cover how communications planners can scan the environment and analyze current trends, anticipate disruptive futures and effectively set strategic direction.

Pam McConathy, principal with Foresight Communications Group, and a graduate student in Futures Studies at UH, will provide insight into how she uses strategic foresight methods in developing communications plans for her clients.

Attendees will be provided with materials before the workshop along with a questionnaire on the subject of strategic planning.

Following the workshop, Dr. Bishop's luncheon presentation will offer attendees insight into how we can equip ourselves and our organizations with the skills necessary to anticipate and deal productively with change.

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Registration Deadlines: The lower-price early registration deadline is midnight on Monday before the Thursday event. The final registration deadline is midnight on Wednesday before the event. Online reservations and credit card payments will not be accepted after that time; please pay with check or cash at the door. Because we must order meals Tuesday morning, cancellations cannot be accepted after midnight on Monday.

Space is sometimes available for walk-in attendees. Payment by cash or a check made out to IABC/Houston will be accepted at the door. Credit card payments are accepted only for online reservations.

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Attachments


Event Contact	Event Coordinator
Helen Fischer	Pamela McConathy
(713) 827-7847	(713) 416-4410
	(713) 723-5734 FAX

www.thinkforesight.com

Comments for Strategic Planning Workshop & Luncheon:

Total Comments: 1

Pamela on 17-Dec-08 11:54 AM permalink
If you are a student and interested in attending this workshop and luncheon, we may have scholarship funds available to cover you. Contact Helen Fischer for details.

Strategic Planning Workshop & Luncheon

Thursday 22-Jan-09 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM CST

Speaker Dr. Peter Bishop

Position: Futurist, Coordinator of Masters Program in Futures Studies, College of Technology
Company: University of Houston

Biography

Dr. Peter Bishop is an Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight and Coordinator of the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston. Dr. Bishop specializes in techniques for long term forecasting and planning. He has published a book on that subject, Thinking about the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight, with co-author Andy Hines.

He also delivers keynote addresses and conducts seminars on the future for business, government and not-for-profit organizations, and facilitates groups in developing scenarios, visions and strategic plans for the future. Dr. Bishop's clients include IBM, the NASA Johnson Space Center, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and many other prominent organizations.

Dr. Bishop is a founding board member of the new Association of Professional Futurists, and he is President of his own firm, Strategic Foresight and Development, which offers education and training in futures thinking and techniques to the corporate market.