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Foresight: Our Plans for This Blog
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Our Plans for This Blog. The Foresight blog is but the first step towards creation of a vital, engaging and sustainable online platform to facilitate:. Access to trend information. Awareness and discussion about predictions and prescriptions. Ongoing strategic dialogue about what this all means for the future of our work in Canada’s leisure industries. A place to turn to when you need trend information - facts:. A hub of debate about future possibilities - insight:. Regular theme papers (blogs) by the mo...
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Foresight: Leisure Behaviour in the Digital Age
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Leisure Behaviour in the Digital Age. Posted by Ken Balmer. Labels: aa. Mini Presentations. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ken Balmer and Brenda Clarke. A About This Blog. B Macro-Trends: the Big Picture. D General Leisure Activity Trends. G Arts and Culture Trends. H Outdoor Recreation Trends. I Parks and Protected Area Trends. L Facility Management Trends. M Parks Management Trends. S Resource Development/Funding Trends. V Interesting Trend Overviews and Analysis. FOR-LEARN Online Foresight Guide.
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Foresight: The Great Outdoor Recreation Debate
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The Great Outdoor Recreation Debate. Over the past couple of decades, we have concluded that demand for outdoor recreation will remain high and more stable that facility oriented and team-based pursuits. This assumption was shaken a couple of years ago by two publications:. In nature recreation. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0709893105. Possible reasons for the identified decline in participation rates include:. Growth in ethnic populations that often have a different view of nature and the wilderness.
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Foresight: Arts in the US - 1998 to 2007
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Arts in the US - 1998 to 2007. Americans for the Arts' has just produced the National Arts Index - an annual measure of the health and vitality of the arts in the United States, using 76 national level indicators. The full report is a 'must read' as trends in all 76 areas are reviewed and discussed. The 2008 National Arts Index score is 98.4, compared to the 2003 baseline of 100 and the previous year's score of 102.6. The Report draws attention to four overall themes:. The % of Americans attending perfor...
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Foresight: Fitness Predictions for 2010 - What's Hot
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Fitness Predictions for 2010 - What's Hot. It's that time of year again - when leadership organizations in the fitness world make their predictions for the upcoming year. Check out:. Amercian Council on Exercise (ACE) - www.acefitness.org/pressroom/443/time-and/cost-conscious-workouts-are-among-the/. American College of Sports Medicine - www.informz.net/acsm/data/images/fitnesstrends2010.pdf. Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) - http:/ www.sgma.com/. Increased use of personal trainers. SGMA ...
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Foresight: Professional Competencies and TrendScanning
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Professional Competencies and TrendScanning. ACE Communities has developed a leadership competency framework that places emphasis on vision, big picture thinking, planning and the change agent function. Many of these elements are also incorporated into the ARPA Vocational Competencies for Recreation and Parks Practitioners, along with capabilities related to leisure education, programming, facility/parks planning and management, community development and all aspects of management. Trends in the determina...
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Foresight: Potential for Permanent Shift in Tourist Behaviour
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Potential for Permanent Shift in Tourist Behaviour. The UN World Tourism Organization expects global tourism to rebound strongly after "one of the most difficult years", the 2009 travel downturn created by the credit crisis and H1N1 scare. However, after reviewing over 30 independent predictions for tourism in 2010, we react to this prediction with some scepticism. Concerns for personal security, while travelling and in the destination community. Concerns for personal health. These influencers have been ...
