The abilities to glean specific information rapidly from global sources and to work collaboratively with others to mold that information into entrepreneurial opportunities through global niche markets appear to be the key skills required for success in the emerging global info-gathering society. As the rate of change increases, success depends more and more on an individual’s ability to learn steadily, and to make decisions based on up-to-the-minute information.
Predictor: Odasz, Frank
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks” by Frank Odasz, the director of Big Sky Telegraph, Western Montana College of the University of Montana. He writes: ”The abilities to glean specific information rapidly from global sources and to work collaboratively with others to mold that information into entrepreneurial opportunities through global niche markets appear to be the key skills required for success in the emerging global info-gathering society. As the rate of change increases, success depends more and more on an individual’s ability to learn steadily, and to make decisions based on up-to-the-minute information.”
Biography:Frank Odasz was an assistant professor of computing education at the University of Colorado and the director of Big Sky Telegraph, a popular community network of the time. He was widely known as a speaker on community networking and educational technologies. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 120
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