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What are the goals of the APF? PDF Print E-mail
Written by APF Admin   
Monday, 30 October 2006

The APF has three main goals:

  1. Promote professional excellence in the field
  2. Grow the community of professional futurists
  3. Demonstrate the value of futures thinking

1. APF is promoting professional excellence in the field by developing standards, identifying best practices, and innovating new techniques for understanding the future. Professional Excellence includes:

  • Professional development
  • Sharing knowledge within the field (books, articles, etc)
  • Identifying and promoting best practices
  • Developing standards for the field
  • Promoting professional ethics
  • Innovating new techniques

2. APF is growing the community of professional futurists by hosting member events and supporting an online community where futurists can exchange ideas and best practices. Our activities include:

  • Hosting an annual conference each year in a unique setting that applies cutting edge thinking to futures practice. Our 2006 conference was in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where we applied chaos and complexity theories and social network analysis to futures problems.
  • Supporting an online community on the APF listserv where futurists exchange ideas and best practices.
  • Publishing a bi-monthly electronic newsletter called Compass.

3. APF is demonstrating the value of futures thinking by acting as an advocate for professional futurists, conducting media outreach and pointing people towards the resources that can best meet their needs. APF is demonstrating value by:

  • Act as an advocate for professional futurists by promoting the profession and showing the value of futures thinking to those not familiar with it yet.
  • Conduct media outreach to help the media better understand what futures thinking is.
  • Connect the media with futurists who are experts in specific subject areas.
  • Hosting speaker and consultant directories.
  • Profiling members on our website.
 
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