NMC Six Minutes

On January 24-26, 2012, one hundred distinguished thought leaders from all over the world were invited to come together in Austin to mark the tenth anniversary of the NMC Horizon Project with a very special convocation and retreat. Nine engaging speakers were interspersed between working sessions as David Sibbet, CEO of the Grove and the world’s leading visual facilitator, led the group over the two days through discussions that started very broad, then funneled quickly to focus, and fostered strong consensus by the last day. That strong consensus was especially evident on the last day of the retreat, when the 28 metratrends emerged from the discussions. The top ten most significant metatrends are listed in the official "Communiqué from the Horizon Project Retreat.

Devoted to a lifetime of documenting the natural world, Thomas D. Mangelsen is one of the world's premier nature photographers. Join the NMC as we talk to him about why he picked up a camera for the first time, and how he gets that perfect shot. Tom was kind enough to host our NMC Photo Safari crew in Jackson, Wyoming at his gallery. For more information on Photo Safari opportunities, email communications@nmc.org.

John Weber, Dayton Director of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, takes the stage for his six-minute thought piece at the 2012 NMC Horizon Project Retreat. He discusses how the pervasiveness of mobile technology is impacting museums, teaching, learning, and our every day lives.

Larry Johnson, founder of the NMC, takes the stage for his six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat to discuss an evolving perspective of the network.

Dr. Ruben Puentedura, founder of Hippasus, takes the stage for his six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat. He examines the past ten years of the NMC Horizon Project to help paint a picture for the future of edtech that has a strong emphasis on social and mobile technology.

Marsha Semmel, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Institute of Museum and Library Services, takes the stage for her six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat, discussing the integral role of museums and libraries for learning and education. Semmel calls for radical collaboration between community, learning institutions, and museums and libraries in recognition that learning extends outside classroom walls.

Susan Metros, Associate Vice Provost and Associate Chief Information Officer at University of Southern California, takes the stage for her six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat to discuss leadership.

Dr. Lev Gonick, VP and CIO at Case Western Reserve University and Board Chair Emeritus of the NMC, takes the stage for his six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat. He discusses leveraging the network to engage with surrounding communities to solve local and global issues. Case Western Reserve University's project, OneCommunity (http://onecommunity.org/) is doing just that.

Education consultant, Lucy Gray, takes the stage for her six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat. She points out underlying attitudes of flippancy toward education within institutions and schools that must be addressed before progressive technological goals can be met.

Malcolm Brown, Director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, takes the stage for his six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat and discusses the notion of "design thinking."

Oystein Johannessen, Fellow at Education Impact, takes the stage for his six minute thought piece at the 2012 Horizon Project Retreat. He calls attention to the requisite of a strong technology knowledge base before one is able to successfully innovate. Johannessen delineates ways to develop the horizon process and report as an even stronger reference for technology in education.