Melanie Howard
With more than two decades of social forecasting under her belt, Melanie Howard has a long term research interest in the role of cultural capital in individual self expression and well being and how it functions in creating cohesive and dynamic societies. Specific projects have included The Future of Entertainment and The Future of Heritage, as well as content development workshops for a number of the UK's leading media owners and broadcasters. Last year she ran a Social Innovation Forum with YouGovStone for Camelot, The National Lottery Operator, working with stakeholders to identify creative new engagement strategies for the organisation, and undertook research with integrated communications agency TCA exploring how to market effectively across the generations.
Melanie chairs the independent Future Foundation, a global insight consultancy and on-line trends provider which she co-founded in 1996 where she is recently published a report on the Future of Insight. She is a Visiting Business Fellow in the Innovation team at the Royal College of Art, where she lectures on the application of futures thinking to the creative process. Amongst other roles she is a trustee of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, which promotes the importance of healthy activity levels for women and girls and is an advisor to Clearlyso.com - the leading social business enterprise hub.
Melanie lives in London is married with two daughters - one an aspiring theatre director and the other with ambitions to be a poet.
Melanie chairs the independent Future Foundation, a global insight consultancy and on-line trends provider which she co-founded in 1996 where she is recently published a report on the Future of Insight. She is a Visiting Business Fellow in the Innovation team at the Royal College of Art, where she lectures on the application of futures thinking to the creative process. Amongst other roles she is a trustee of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, which promotes the importance of healthy activity levels for women and girls and is an advisor to Clearlyso.com - the leading social business enterprise hub.
Melanie lives in London is married with two daughters - one an aspiring theatre director and the other with ambitions to be a poet.
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