Three Major Societal Shifts Affecting Technology Planning and StrategySpeaker: Reggie Henry, CAE Chief Information Officer ASAE

Reginald J. Henry, CAE (Reggie)

Phone: (202) 326-9547 Email: reggie@asaecenter.org Web Site: http://www.asaecenter.org Twitter: @ReggieHenry

Major Societal Shifts

Evolution of Networks

(People and Technological)

Evolution of Content

Evolution of “Personal”

Technologies

Three Major Societal Shifts: Evolution

Defining Characteristics • Authoritarian • Top Down • Static • One to many

Evolution of

Content

Evolution of Content

Defining Characteristics • Authority and User

Generated • Networked • Dynamic • Many to many

Evolution of Content

Evolution of

Content

Defining Characteristics • Authority and User

Generated • Networked • Dynamic • Many to many

Evolution of Content

Evolution of

Content

The world is changing the way it communicates.

The world is changing the way content is created, filtered, consumed, shared, rated……

There is a group of folks, largely (but not entirely) defined by generation, who communicate differently. They have always communicated differently.

That’s what this is REALLY all about!

Evolution of Networks

(People and Technological)

Evolution of Networks - People

Consider the Effect on Marketing

Consider the Effect on Marketing

Evolution of Networks

(People and Technologic

Evolution of Networks - Technology

1983 1990 2002

4G - 2012

Evolution of “Personal”

Technologies

Evolution of Personal Technologies

19731996

2002NOW!

This is Different!!!

…and then there’s this!!

My first portable computer - 1986COMPAQ Portable ll Price: $4999 Weight: 26 Pounds CPU: Intel 286 @ 8 MHz RAM: 640k Storage: 20Meg hard drive Display: 9 Inch monochrome 80 x 25 text Ports: 1 parallel, 1 serial, 1 CGA

My present portable computer - 2012iPAD 2

Price: $699 Weight: 1.35 Pounds CPU: 1GHz dual-core RAM: 64GB Storage: (in RAM) Display: 9.7 Inch 1024x768 resolution Ports: 30-pin dock connector

My first portable computer - 1986

My present portable computer - 2012

COMPAQ Portable ll Price: $4999 Weight: 26 Pounds CPU: Intel 286 @ 8 MHz RAM: 640k Storage: 20Meg hard drive Display: 9 Inch monochrome 80 x 25 text Ports: 1 parallel, 1 serial, 1 CGA

iPAD 2 Price: $699 Weight: 1.35 Pounds CPU: 1GHz dual-core RAM: 64GB Storage: (in RAM) Display: 9.7 Inch 1024x768 resolution Ports: 30-pin dock connector OS: iOS 5

Let’s see…

1024 MHz = 1 GHz, so….

WOW! That’s about 125 times

faster!

My first portable computer - 1986

My present portable computer - 2012

COMPAQ Portable ll Price: $4999 Weight: 26 Pounds CPU: Intel 286 @ 8 MHz RAM: 640k Storage: 20Meg hard drive Display: 9 Inch monochrome 80 x 25 text Ports: 1 parallel, 1 serial, 1 CGA

iPAD 2 Price: $699 Weight: 1.35 Pounds CPU: 1GHz dual-core RAM: 64GB Storage: (in RAM) Display: 9.7 Inch 1024x768 resolution Ports: 30-pin dock connector OS: iOS 5

…and 1024 MB = 1 GB,

so…. That’s about

3,200 times more workspace and

storage!

Evolution of Networks

(People and Technological)

Evolution of Content

Evolution of “Personal”

Technologies

Background: Evolution

Evolution of Networks

(People and Technological)

Evolution of Content

Evolution of “Personal”

Technologies

Background: Evolution