Selected Speeches

Kantar, Virtual Thought-Leadership, New & Not New: A Framework for Anticipating the Shape of the Next Normal, November 2020

GroupM Next Conference, 2015, Keynote: “Programmatic Consumption: The Consumer Face of the Digital Tomorrow”

Momentum 2020 New Zealand, Zespri, The Future Imperatives of Opportunity: Finding Growth in Uncomfortable Places, January 2020

Kantar Talks U.K., Kantar, Keynote: 7 Future Imperatives: For the Uncomfortable States of Opportunity, October 2019

Resonate, Seller Labs, Keynote: Follow the Money: Value & Growth in the Future of Consumption, May 2018

FragmentNation Chicago, 2017, Closing Keynote: “Big Tent Branding”

Brave New Business, NKBA/KBB/KBIS, Virtual Panel: Consumer Confidence and the Discretionary Dollar, July 2020

Research Business Daily Report, RFL Communications, Virtual Commentary: Research in the COVID-19 Era: Episode #37, June 2020

The Store, WPP, Global Retail Forum, 2017, Keynote: “The Pivot to Passive: Shopping in an Era of Algorithms”

Kantar, Virtual Presentation: A Day in the Life of the Future of Consumption, March 2018

Digital Shelf Virtual Summit, Salsify, Virtual Keynote: Signaling a Recovery: A Framework for Brand Activation, May 2020

OOH Office Hours, Geopath, Virtual Keynote: New and Not New: Anticipating the Post-Pandemic Future, September 2020

TEDx Peachtree, 2012, Opening Presentation: “The Kinship Economy”

HSBC Jade, Virtual Keynote: Thought-Starters on the Post-Pandemic Marketplace, July 2020

ARF Annual Conference, 2013, Keynote: “From the Global Enraged to the Kinship Economy”

IRI Reinventing CPG Summit, 2004, Keynote (excerpt): “Re-engaging Resistant Consumers: Transforming Marketing Through Consumer Understanding”

U.N.C.-Chapel Hill, School of Media and Journalism, 2011, December Commencement Address: “Stand Up. Be Counted. Catch Fire.”

Atlanta AMA Chapter, Signature Luncheon, 2012, Keynote: “The Kinship Economy”

iBoomer.com, on-camera interview with host Patrick Netter, 2013