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WHAT IT IS

• Are you ready to face the future with more creativity and optimism? Urgent Optimists is the Institute for the Future's inaugural individual membership program. It aims to unite individuals seeking genuine hope about the future and endeavoring to foster positive societal and personal transformations. Members are invited to:
• Tap into the power of collective imagination
• Participate in mind-expanding thought experiments
• Discover new future scenarios
• Embark on exclusive learning journeys with IFTF researchers
• Engage in future forecasting games with a global community
• Gain diverse perspectives on the future
• Learn how to gauge and enhance urgent optimism in oneself and others
• Acquire a certificate in Imagination Leadership

WHAT YOU GET

• SCENARIO CLUB: A monthly online forum where members delve into new future scenarios. Each scenario includes a brief narrative, accompanying research, discussion topics, and creative prompts. Monthly Zoom club meetings facilitate deeper exploration.
• IMAGINATION TRAINING: Access 24/7 online courses led by Jane McGonigal, an IFTF Research Director and bestselling author, focusing on the psychology and neuroscience of futures thinking.
• TOOLS TO MEASURE AND BOOST URGENT OPTIMISM: Offering strategies to cultivate a resilient mindset that motivates engagement towards building a better world.
• "SIGNALS OF CHANGE" SCAVENGER HUNTS: An activity encouraging members to discover and share real-world instances of hopeful change currently occurring.
• 10 DAYS IN THE FUTURE: An immersive annual online educational experience designed by IFTF for Urgent Optimists to simulate various urgent future scenarios, promoting readiness and individual roles in shaping a brighter future.
• SOCIAL NETWORKING FEATURES: Inclusive of group chat study groups, a forum for sharing and receiving feedback on future scenarios, direct messaging capabilities, and customizable profiles to express individual visions for the future.

WHY IT MATTERS

The world necessitates an increased presence of urgent optimists. Urgent optimism involves three fundamental psychological strengths which can be collectively honed:

1. Psychological Flexibility: The ability to anticipate change even in seemingly unchangeable circumstances.
2. Realistic Hope: Balancing positive and cautious imaginings to discern valid worries from opportunities for excitement and positivity.
3. Future Power: Empowering individuals with the sense of control and agency in shaping the future through present actions.
This community embodies the practice of fostering these strengths through established skills, habits, and activities aimed at enhancing urgent optimism amidst forthcoming challenges and uncertainties. Institute for the Future (IFTF) celebrates the boundless transformative capability of imagination. For further information, visit IFTF.org. Terms of Use: mightynetworks.com/terms-of-use