NYSCATE 2007 Podcasting

The Quest for Success

Gary Marx - Sixteen Trends

GARY MARX, President, Center for Public Outreach; Author, SixteenTrends
Gary Marx, CAE, APR, is president of the Center for Public Outreach, an
organization he founded in 1998, which provides counsel on future-oriented leadership, communication, education, community, and democracy. Marx served for nearly 20 years as a senior executive for the American Association of School Administrators. His responsibilities ranged from serving as executive director of the association's Leadership for Learning Foundation to providing direction for all communication programs and leading numerous initiatives.

His latest books, published in 2006, include Sixteen Trends…Their Profound Impact on Our Future and Future Focused Leadership…Preparing Schools, Students, and Communities for Tomorrow’s Realities. As a futurist, Marx has also directed studies such as Preparing Students for the 21st Century (1996), Preparing Schools and School Systems for the 21st Century (1999), and Ten Trends…Educating Children for a Profoundly Different Future (2000). Marx is a frequent speaker, workshop leader, and advisor on futures issues for school systems; colleges and universities; civic and community educators; technology educators; business, professional, community, and government leaders; and state, national, regional, and international organizations, including the World Future Society, which includes him in its directory of futures thinkers. His presentations, books, articles, and counsel on trends and other issues stimulate thinking about how organizations and individuals can stay ahead of the curve as they move into the future.


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