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I offer engaging, customized in-person and online presentations, webinars and workshops that are heavy on tangible, practical, how-to information. I have presented to groups ranging in size from 20 people to more than 350 people. Topics to which I am I’m currently speaking include:
- Future Watch: Trends and Events to Watch in the Coming Year
- Future Watch 2025-2035: Trends and Events to Watch in the Coming Decade
- Future 2050: Trends and Events to Watch in the Next 25 Years
- How to Embrace a Futurist Mindset
- How to Communicate Your Organization’s Future
- The Future of You: How to Use Foresight to Build Your Personal Brand
If you’re interested in booking a presentation, a webinar, or a workshop, please contact me at stephendupontmn@gmail.com.
Upcoming and Previous Speaking Engagements:
Nov. 18, 2025: Dubai Future Forum, What Makes a Futurist?, Panel Discussion (served as moderator), Dubai, UAE, Attendance: 100+, in-person, 60 minutes.
Nov. 13, 2025: PRSA Technology Section, Future Watch, Tech Version, National Webinar, Attendance: 40, 60 minutes.
Nov. 12, 2025: Donate Life America: Future Watch, Fort Worth, Texas. Attendance: 250, in-person, 60 minutes.
June 26, 2025: PRSA Midwest District Conference, Future Shifts: Trends to Watch Over the Next 10 Years, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attendance: 100+, in-person, 60 minutes.
Feb. 15, 2025: PRSA Minnesota and PRSSSA, Future of You. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, Attendance: 100, in-person, 60 minutes.
Jan. 23, 2025: Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Future Watch 2025: Key Trends & Events That Public Relations Professionals Should Have On Their Radars, National Webinar, Attendance: 800 registered. 330 participated live, 60 minutes.
Oct. 10, 2024: International Public Relations Association (IPRA), 2025 to 2035: Major Trends that Public Relations Professionals Should Have on Their Radar, International Webinar (in English), Attendance: 30+, 60 minutes.
Sept. 19, 2024: Webinar: Future Watch 2024-25: Key Trends and Events Public Relations Practitioners Should Have on Their Radars in the Coming Year, IABC Philadelphia. 60 minutes, recorded. Attendance: 30+
Jan. 25, 2024: PRSA, Future Watch 2024: Key Trends & Events Public Relations Practitioners Should Have on Their Radars, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Attendance: 350+
October 19, 2023: Religious Communicators Council, Times Ahead: Communicating Your Organization’s Future, Attendance: 20+, 60 minutes, webinar.
Sept. 21, 2023: PRSA Midwest Conference, How to Communicate Your Organization’s Future, PRSA Midwest District Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, Attendance: 100+, 60 minutes, in-person presentation.
March 2, 2023: PRSA, The Roaring 20s: Key Trends to Watch Over the Next 10 Years, Attendance: 300+, 60 minutes, national webinar.
Sept. 19, 2022: PRSA Midwest Conference, The Roaring 20s: 20 Trends to Watch for the 2020s, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Attendance: 100+, 60 minutes, in-person presentation.
Feb. 10, 2022: PRSA, Seeing Around Corners: Trends and Events that Public Relations Professionals Should Keep Their Eyes on in 2022, Attendance: 375 (sign-ups: 700+), 60 minutes, national webinar.
Dec. 9, 2021: Florida Public Relations Association, Future Trends in PR and Communications, Attendance: 40, 60 minutes, webinar.
Nov. 18, 2021, Alabama Public Relations Association, Future Trends in PR and Communications, Attendance: 30+, 60 minutes, webinar.
Aug. 12, 2021: PRSA, “Future Trends of PR and Communications,” Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Attendance: 295, 60 minutes, national webinar.
June 18, 2020: Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, PR Planning for a Post-COVID-19 World,” Attendance: 25, 60 minutes, webinar.
Jan. 14, 2020: PRSA, “Are You Ready for Alpha Generation? Communicating with the Generation Coming After Gen Z, Attendance: 45, 60 minutes, national webinar.
Nov. 12, 2019: CPRS, How to Develop a Futurist Mindset and Apply It to Strategic Communications, Attendance: 45+, 60 minutes, national webinar.
Oct. 21, 2019: PRSA International (ICON) Conference, Are You Ready for Alpha Generation? Communicating with the Generation Coming After Gen Z, San Diego, California. Attendance: 90+, 60 minutes, in-person presentation.
Oct. 20, 2019: PRSA International Conference (ICON), Identifying Customer Paint Points, BurrellesLuce Hack-a-Comm, San Diego, California. Attendance: 50+, 60 minutes, in-person panel presentations.
June 17, 2019: Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS), How to Develop a Futurist Mindset and Apply It to Strategic Communications, CPRS National Conference, Edmonton, Alberta. Attendance: 75+, in-person presentation.
