Insight to Fuel Your Mind
Publications by Stephen Dupont, APR
Here are links to articles that I have written, which have been published by third-party organizations and news media. You can find other writings by me on LinkedIn.com and Medium.com.
Foresight, Futures Thinking and Trends
Trends to Monitor in 2025 and Beyond, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, January 2025.
Cecily Sommers: Lead Like a Futurist, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), October 2024.
Sohail Inayatullah Reveals Ten Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Futures, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), August 2024.
Blue-Green Infrastructure the First Step Toward Better Managing Water Resources, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), October 2023.
The Impact of Snow on Managing Water Resources, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), October 2023.
A Winding River Journey: Futurist Mina McBride Shares Insight About Foresight from Within a Fortune 500 Corporation, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), April 2023.
Communicating Your Organization’s Future, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, March 2023.
Leveraging Design Fiction to Create a More Generative Process, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), February 2023.
10 Trends to Monitor in the Months Ahead, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, January 2023.
Meaningful Participation: Critical to the Future of Democracy, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), November 2022.
Natural Foresight: Bringing Out the Futures Potential in All of Us, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), September 2022.
Driving Change, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), May 2022.
Q&A: Lessons Learned from 117 Episodes of FuturePod, Compass Magazine, Association of Professional Futurists (APF.org), February 2022.
Trends for Communicators to Anticipate in 2022, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, January 2022.
Looking 20 Years into PR’s Future, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, October 2021.
Communicating an Organizational Vision That Inspires, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, June-July 2021.
2021 Trends for Communicators to Watch, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, January 2021.
Future Connections: 6 Trends for PR Pros to Watch in the Decade Ahead, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, January 2020.
15 Trends That Will Shape How Your Organization Communicates in 2014, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, January 2014.
Branding
Nine Questions To Ask To Build A Purpose-Driven Brand, Forbes.com, March 30, 2018.
Seven Tips to Fuel Your Marketing with Authenticity, Forbes.com, February 21, 2018.
Four Lessons in Building a Powerful and Authentic Brand Narrative, Forbes.com, January 2, 2018.
Careers
Career Moves to Help You Survive 2020; Thrive in 2021, Strategies & Tactics, PRSA, October 2020.
Brand New You: A 12-Step Guide to Launching Your Personal Brand, Strategies and Tactics, PRSA, May 2018.
How to Ask Powerful and Relevant Questions, Strategies and Tactics, PRSA, February 2018.
Game Plan: Should You Start Your Own Business?, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, April 2017.
The Fork in the Road: How to Recognize a Good Opportunity, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, May 2014.
Discovering What’s Next: Tips for Reigniting the Second Half of Your Career, Public Relations Strategist, PRSA, Spring 2014.
How to Get the Most Out of LinkedIn, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, November 2013.
Marketing
Need Engaging, Authentic Content? Unleash the Power of Conversations, Chief Content Officer, Content Marketing Institute, Winter 2017.
Super Fans: How to Draw Loyalists to Your Brand, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, July 2016.
The Standout Search: Creating Smarter Content to Generate Bigger Results, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, June 2015.
Generation on the Go: Creating Branded Content for a Sharing Culture, Public Relations Strategist, PRSA, Fall 2013.
Branded Content Should be the Core of your PR Strategy, O’Dwyers Monthly, August 2013.
Branded Content: Building Trust into your Online Sales Force, Public Relations Strategist, PRSA, Summer 2013.
The New Curators: Influence and Curation in an Information-Sharing World, Public Relations Strategist, PRSA, Winter 2013.
Branded Content: The New Currency of a High-Tech Information Age. A white paper on why branded content should be at the core of your organization’s marketing strategy, PRSA, June 2013.
Building Your Core Strategy: Technology and Content Converge to Drive Branded Content, Public Relations Strategist, Spring 2013.
Data (Big Data, Data Analytics)
Taming Big Data: Start by Asking Customers What They Need, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, December 2014.
Fishing
Welcome to Fish Alley, Minnesota Business, April 2011.
Generation Z
Move Over Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z: Understanding the ‘New Realists’ Who Are Building the Future, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, May 2015.
Idea Generation
Within Reach: How to Find New Ideas in the New Year, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, January 2016.
Leadership
Want to be a Better Leader? Think Like a Futurist, Pension Observer, Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems, Vol. 2, 2018, pages 11-13.
Lessons in Leadership: What You Need to Know, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, June 2014.
Understanding the Language of Economics is Critical to Communicating Effectively, Public Relations Strategist, PRSA, Winter 2013.
Technology
A Currency Affair: Understanding Blockchain Technology, Public Relations Tactics, PRSA, April 2017.