As a futures organisation, what we do is influenced by the Foresight triangle.
In practice this translates into half a dozen main activities:
Projects
We have mainly carried out part-funded European Commission policy-related projects (usually as members of consortia), Horizon projects, Erasmus+ projects, Joint Action contributions, or projects funded by Charitable Foundations. You can find a selection of past and current projects that we’re involved in, at our ‘News and Events’ section under Projects.
Strategic Conversations
From time to time we have on-line strategic conversations and webinars with systems analysts, with expert communicators (such as Dave Cormier who invented the MOOC), with our partner FEASTA, an Irish charity dedicated to protecting the environment – or with members and external experts in our webinars. You can find some via our newsletters or via our YouTube channel here.
Blogs
Expressions of opinion in our area of interest are always welcome. These tend to be posted on our Current News section as part of our newsletters. We also welcome articles, blogs, editorials and other insights from our members to also share with the wider EHFF Community of stakeholders and change makers.
Podcasts
To begin, we’ve collaborated with FEASTA on a series of five, looking at related issues including health and the environment, led by Seán Conlan from EHFF and Caroline Whyte from FEASTA. All five recorded podcasts are available now on the FEASTA website. We have also collaborated with WEAll to produce podcasts about health and economy – and will be exploring other topics in (and about) the future.
Conference Presentations
EHFF regularly gets invited to participate in European conferences frequently. Presentations – either as recordings or the slides can also often be found in the News section. We like to share, so I you’re missing one from a meeting where you met a member, we’re happy to help dig it out for you.
Educational Seminars
Another occasional activity. In the past, in partnership with a UK Charity, we held a multi-professional meeting on Values in Management, recently, as part of the rollout of the CEmPaC project (Centre for EMpowerment of citizens and Communities) we started a series, contracted by the Irish Health Service Executive, on patient empowerment. Going forward, we are still very happy to assist with training eg in futures thinking, change management, or using trust literacy in collaborative formats.