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What People are Saying about EFR and EFRsource"While helping to draft Green Empowerment's strategic plan in 2006, I was interviewed for a full day and mentored in follow-up by the EFR team of Bob Textor and Bill Gillis. The process was invigorating and allowed me to view the issues without the constraints of the here and now. I highly recommend EFR to others who need to envision the future for their organization or business." ------------------ "I am a retired banker and teacher, now looking for the next step. I have found my EFR interview to be invaluable in helping me identify and design the consulting firm I intend to create this year." ------------------ “The EFR process is a powerful means to help people think clearly, develop creative visions of better futures, and ponder the implications of their visions for present-day actions. I employed EFR as a research method for my Ph.D. dissertation in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, and discovered that both my participants and I were positively transformed by the experience. I endorse EFR to all who desire to grow in anticipatory awareness and hope for the future.” ------------------ "I retired early from a hi-tech company to pursue a new, last-third-of-life vocation. I wanted to combine my business skills and knowledge of information technology with my belief in the power of grass-roots community development. EFR helped me see how my goals might align with possible futures for our community, nation and world. Seven years later, I am convinced that I am on the right track." ------------------ "The EFR interview is a “must” for anyone interested in fine-tuning their personal value system. I had my interview in December 1993, when I was serving as a member of the Metro Portland Future Vision Commission. Every December since then, I have made it a point to re-listen to the entire audio record of my interview -- which takes several hours. This practice gives me an annual opportunity to reflect on my own development as a leader, citizen, and professional. I cannot express enough in words how much the EFR experience has helped me to understand myself, and to learn from myself." ------------------ “Holistic anticipation of the future through the use of the EFR technique, by many informants with varying backgrounds, can provide useful frameworks for planners and policy makers.” |
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