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Daniel Burrus World Leading Futurist on Global Trends and Disruptive Innovation

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“We learned the power of Daniel’s approach to identifying trends and then adapting one’s business to take advantage of such during his presentation at our recent Partner retreat. Daniel is a powerful strategist bringing significant value to those he works with.”

Alan Whitman, Chairman and CEO, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause

“By applying the principles of Flash Foresight to our business, we have been able to double our revenues and increase the value of our company by a factor of four in less than a year. Even so, we feel the biggest impact is yet to come.”

Arni Bellini, CEO, ConnectWise

“Your presentation was captivating. We all left the presentation with different mindsets on how to think beyond the normal and look towards the future, an approach that will continue to drive ACUITY forward.”

Ben Salzmann, President and CEO, ACUITY

“I have gotten nothing but rave reviews on how much people got out of your presentation. I, personally, could spend days with you…love how you make me think about things and see things differently."

Carol Augusto, Executive Producer, Neill Corporation

“I haven’t stopped thinking about your keynote from our National Sales Meeting. You are maverick, rogue, and completely changed the way I think about my job/game. I no longer want to sell 1 at a time, I want to sell 10 at a time – the bigger big.”

Heather Coldren, Territory Manager, Dexcom

"Please share my appreciation to Daniel for a great keynote address, which helped to make this year’s Planning Conference the highest rated one that I’ve hosted during the ten years at Partners Federal Credit Union.”

John Janclaes, President and CEO, Partners Federal Credit Union

“Our people, without exception, felt that Daniel Burrus’ ideas were provocative, original, and timely. His entertaining style captured the audience, and compelled us to listen, think, and apply our thoughts to our own professional and personal lives. He truly made a memorable impression.”

Mark Mcnutt, Xerox Corporation

“Daniel provided excellent value to our worldwide sales conference this year in Taipei. His presentation was engaging, relevant, and inspiring. I especially appreciate his ability to understand both our business direction and conference themes, and ability to tailor his message to align well with both. Daniel also led an interesting exercise for the participants that left our management team with tangible ideas and inputs from the participants to drive future customer and market engagements.”

Mr. Walt Sledzieski, Senior Director, Micron

“Thank you for an awesome presentation at our inaugural Business Innovation Forum. Your opening keynote presentation was timely and able to help more than 800 business leaders gear up for the future. I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback on your incredible knowledge and your ability to motivate and inspire. It’s amazing to learn how you can use Hard Trends to make invisible solutions visible!”

Nicholas Lim, Associate Director, SingTel

“Outstanding job! The feedback from our critiques was excellent across the board. Your message was timely, well received and truly personalized for our group. We truly appreciate all of the work you did up front to get to understand our group and as a result tailor your presentation for our group. Again, extremely well done.”

Paul Eder, VP, Protective Life Insurance Company

“We asked Daniel Burrus to be the closing speaker at a recent conference for CIO’s. That’s a tough slot to fill as participants often have meeting fatigue after several days of meetings and networking. However, the room was full, anticipation was high and he engaged participants to the very last minute. He was an excellent speaker and rose to the challenge providing a perfect end to a great conference.”

Philip Arbuckle, Society for Information Management

“It came as no surprise to me that Daniel Burrus was rated the top speaker in our audience evaluations. His unique blend of wit and insight awakened all of us to the need to develop the knowledge necessary to move into a 21st century mindset.”

Robert Howe, IBM Corporation

“Daniel’s message was a natural fit for our audience of more than 1,000 utility industry employees. His technology expertise and Hard Trends were very applicable to our industry and well received. His depth of knowledge in his field and passion for the subject matter were evident throughout his presentation.”

Sharelynn Moore, VP, Itron

“Your presentation was outstanding! Feedback thus far has been great. The ability to personalize it to our audience, and bring out what is relevant was fantastic. Will look for opportunities where we can work together in the future.”

Steve Miller, MD, SVP & CMO, ExpressScripts

“I don’t know any other speaker that could present after Bill Gates and ‘wow’ the audience like Daniel Burrus did! He was the perfect choice.”

Steve Morrison, Policy Management Corp.

“A ‘must-hear’ presentation.”

Steven A. Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft

“Daniel Burrus’ thoughts on creating opportunities for change is the excellence we have been striving for. His framework on innovation, creativity, and customer value will become the management practices that will take us to our next stage.”

Victor Nichols, Wells Fargo

“On behalf of State Farm Insurance, it is with great pleasure that we thank you for presenting at our IT Symposium event. The excitement that was generated throughout and outside of our IT department because of your presentation has been contagious and well received by analysts and leadership of all levels.”

Wendy Noel, IT Symposium Lead, State Farm