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Visioning 2026 Future's Week Kickoff
What do you think lies ahead for Norfolk and Madison County?
Are you willing to put aside - for a while anyway - your natural sense of skepticism and practicality, and do a bit of dreaming?
Are you interested in learning more about trends developing across the world and trying to imagine how they might impact Northeast Nebraska?
Or, better yet, how Norfolk and Madison County could capitalize on them?
That's what the Visioning 2026 project is all about, and next Monday will provide an opportunity for local and area residents to get in on the ground floor of the process.
Dr. Marv Cetron - identified by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's leading futurists - will be in Norfolk to speak at a free symposium at 7 p.m. at the Johnny Carson Theatre.
During his 20-year career with the U.S. Navy, Cetron was in charge of the design and development of the most comprehensive technological forecast process in the United States. Since then, he has served as a consultant to firms like Apple Computers, General Motors, Xerox and IBM. He's also worked with the governments of several countries.
His focus now - as president of Forecasting International - is to provide industry, governments and communities with the benefits and insights of an international group of experts.
But don't expect a canned speech come next Monday night.
Since agreeing to come to Norfolk as part of the Visioning 2026 project, Cetron has spent time identifying key trends that he thinks might have some applicability to Norfolk and Madison County.
A series of articles in the Daily News this week will shed light on some of those trends. Even more information is available on the project's Web site located at www.visioning2026.com.
If you're excited about the future and what it could mean for Norfolk and Madison County, then attending Monday's speech by Cetron would be an excellent way to fuel that excitement.
If you're a bit intimidated by the future and what it could mean for Norfolk and Madison County, then attending his speech would be a good idea, too.
Either way, the future is coming. It's time to start becoming prepared.
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