Slides for Ross Dawson's opening keynote at the Direct Selling Association of Australian conference on 23 March 2009, on Embracing the Future

1. Ross Dawson Futurist, Entrepreneur, Author

2. C F G

3. Which way are we heading?

4. Information access Globalisation Competition Speed Efficiency Consumer sophistication New entrants

9. A time of dislocation

10. Taking divergent paths Photo credit : quinn.anya, http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3121341844/

11. Relationships are everything

14. Growing it for yourself Photo credit : netefekt, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/2606966401/

15. Toys for the boys Photo credit : dougww, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougww/2505301949/

16. Time to cook Photo credit : kruder396, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruder396/340821582/

17. Grooving at home Photo credit : Vertigogen, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vertigogen/355171444/

18. Reading more Photo credit : moriza, http://www.flickr.com/photos/moriza/96724309/

19. Inexpensive luxury Photo credit : pawpaw67, http://www.flickr.com/photos/luschei/937179964/

20. Expensive necessity Source: www.victoriabuckley.com

21. Clean energy Photo credit : Pink Despatcher, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pink_dispatcher/483756270/

22. The rise of the robots Photo credit : schnaars, http://www.flickr.com/photos/schnaars/524359952/

23. The future is old

24. Keeping your brain fit

25. Everything mobile

26. Learning and connecting Photo credit : Mathieu Ramage, http://www.flickr.com/photos/atelier_us/3012194318/

28. The long, long tail Where conversation began

29. How people interact today

30. Your reputation precedes you

31. Moving beyond zero-sum games

33. The power of networks

34. Participation Conversation Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Information Commerce

35. The conversation takes off

36. What is Twitter?

41. Creating energisers

44. Free resources www.rossdawsonblog.com

45. We have a choice