Speaker Services
"Daniel Levine's presentation was dynamic, inspirational and thought provoking. He offered essential information about the latest social trends and had great examples to illustrate them... this kind of presentation makes EIBTM meaningful"
The Avant-Guide Institute features keynote speaker Daniel Levine, and supports a provocative roster of speakers and presenters at select conferences, seminars and corporate retreats.
From travel and technology, to consumer goods, food and entertainment, our trend experts create infectiously enthusiastic addresses for professionals working in strategy, development, operations, marketing and sales. Audiences are wowed with inspirational examples and cross-industrial wisdom, and armed with terrific ideas they can immediately put to use.
Our most popular sessions include:
The Profitable Power of Trends
How clever companies are profiting from economic downturn and shifting consumer behavior
When the wind blows differently, successful businesses adjust their sails. This extraordinary, one-of-a-kind presentation illustrates how to turn current challenges into profitable opportunities and prosper even in a negative economic environment. Packed with brilliant examples of where culture and consumer-oriented business are headed, you will see how to take advantage of the profound social shifts that are dramatically re-shaping our industry in ways your competitors have yet to even imagine. Spotlighting remarkably original cases, we demonstrate how creative companies from a wide range of industries are not just surviving, but thriving and profiting from current cultural shifts. Then we explores how you too can take advantage of these same trends in innovative new ways to attract customers and increase sales. While this presentation is inspirational, funny and packed with captivating visuals, the focus is on the practical. You will learn about powerful new trends that will significantly impact your work and discover straightforward strategies to take advantage of these developments right away.
Techniques & Tricks From the Trend Hunter's Toolkit
How to spot trends, inspire innovation and be the "cool cat" of your workplace
Learn the art and skill of trend spotting in an intriguing hands-on presentation for creative professionals. Discover how to effectively research, catalogue and evaluate major global trends, and learn how to adapt them to your own industry and workplace. Being your company's "cool cat" will empower you to envision your business from a global perspective and become the go-to person to whom colleagues look for ideas and inspiration.
Marketing Luxury and Selling Style
Luring luxury buyers in an age of less-is-more
Appealing to affluence is knowing not just what consumers are thinking and doing, but how they're feeling and what's motivating them. Yet, few purveyors of luxury products and services can name five, or even three, emerging social trends driving high-net-worth consumers to their door. This essential presentation goes far beyond "price" and "prestige" to uncover the most powerful persuaders in the luxury marketers' tool kit. It offers clarity on what customers are thinking, provides strategies for connecting with them more intuitively, and offers innovative ways of attracting new customers at lower cost, even in uncertain economic climates. Learn about the most significant and robust social trends powering luxury consumer markets. See how the most creative companies from a wide variety of industries are responding to these trends and discover practical, deployable strategies that will attract customers and increase profits.
Transforming Green into Gold
Harnessing the green economy to ignite sales and boost your brand image
Green initiatives and corporate social responsibility are shaping up to be among the greatest trends of our times. Yet shockingly few companies know how to embrace these consumer demands to their advantage. It's not enough to contemplate your carbon footprint and take steps to make a positive impact on your community: you need to let your customers know you care and are acting conscientiously. This timely presentation goes beyond environmental, social and economic sustainability and focuses on the creative marketing of these commitments in original and cost-effective ways. Using case studies that are both remarkable and amusing, we examine sustainable business solutions from a global perspective and uncover thrilling examples of corporate social responsibility that present clear and telegraphic messages. You will see how some of the world's most innovative companies are benefiting from being both good and green, and discover a wealth of specific and creative solutions you can immediately take to the bank.
