Pam Schied has more than 25 years of experience consulting, planning and implementing award-winning public relations programs, social media marketing communications and content development. Her clients have included Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless, Aramco Services Company, Shell Chemical, Chevron, Reliant Energy, Halliburton/Landmark Graphics, Loomis, Cardtronics, Emirates Airline, the Houston Technology Center, Rockwell Automation, Tristream Energy, Saurage Marketing Research, the Houston Solar Tour, Teach the Future and more. Prior to forming Foresight Communications Group, Pam was senior vice president for 10 years with Pierpont Communications, one of the largest public relations firms in the Southwest. She also held senior positions with Hill & Knowlton, the former Houston Lighting & Power Company (now Centerpoint Energy/Reliant Energy), Safeway Stores, and the Kwik-Copy Corporation. Pam also served as 2006-07 President of the Houston chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists. Pam earned a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and a Master’s in Futures Studies in the College of Technology at the University of Houston."The future is arriving daily, and at a much faster pace than in the past.Technology and the Internet have accelerated the rate of change we are experiencing on a global scale -- socially, economically, technologically, politically and environmentally. Long-term forecasting, scanning and trend analysis, systems thinking, scenario development and visioning are a few tools I may use to help organizations develop and implement successful marketing communications programs.Specialties: writing and blogging, strategic public relations, media relations, crisis communications, social media marketing, content marketing and communications planning.