Michael Tchong
Top-Rated Trends And Innovation Speaker
Michael is a top-rated, innovation best practices and business trends speaker who has addressed tens of thousands at gatherings around the world, inspiring them with remarkable insights into changing consumer and business trends.
He’s an expert on disruptions that reinvent markets, in particular social media, technology and marketing trends and innovations that are shape-shifting our world. His trademark motto is, “I help you catch the next wave before it catches you.”
Michael is ready to inspire
Michael Tchong is a top-rated innovation speaker, adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, trend forecaster and author of “Ubertrends — How Trends And Innovation Are Transforming Our Future.” He heads up incubator Ubercool Innovation and is the founder of four disruptive startups, including MacWEEK, Atelier Systems, CyberAtlas and ICONOCAST, all riding early market waves.Michael’s YouTube Channel
”Mr. T” easily connects with clients at every level
A professional people watcher, Michael researches, speaks and writes about cracking the code of the future. He specializes in the evolution of humanity due to the impact of “Ubertrends” — his proprietary framework of massive waves that are reshaping global human behavior.
Press
“The most influential trend-spotter in America.”
The Daily Telegraph
Testimonials
“Michael helped our Planning Leadership Team broaden our perspective and look into the future implications for our business.”
“Michael Tchong’s presentation at this year’s CGA Strategic Conference was a huge hit. This was the second time I worked with Michael on this event. As a conference organizer, you often want to avoid rebooking speakers for fear of promoting a program that would be perceived by attendees as stale. However, Michael’s unique ability to keep his information fresh and his entertaining style, made this decision simple. That, along with comments such as ‘Best yet’ and ‘I could listen to Michael all day long’ makes it easy to recommend Michael to others.”
“Michael is entertaining, humorous, full of high energy and presents the real truth that is easy to understand and relates to every single person in everyday life. I have seen him twice and at every event, I learn more and more about the trends and where we need to go to succeed in our business. I love his attitude!”
“Michael was entertaining and engaging and brought a lot of substance to our meeting.”
“Michael offered compelling insights into the trends of global society, challenging our thinking about how to serve tomorrow’s customers. His style is entertaining and engaging.”
“Michael was terrific. He kept the audience laughing and in awe of the new technology he discussed. People thought he was the best presenter! They are still talking about him. I wanted everyone to say WOW and they did. He is very high energy and had great visuals!”
“On behalf of the Minister of Tourism, the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba’s private and public sector, we would like to thank you for the excellent presentation you gave. As one of my colleagues put it, we ALL found religion.”
@NEXT Insights Association
“You were FANTASTIC! People were buzzing about you all day yesterday! I can only imagine how engaged your students are when you teach. Thank you for the motivation and innovation tips!”@STR Hotel Data Conference
“Your presentations were eye-opening, to say the least.”
@PR Bootcamp
“Ubercool is blowing our minds.”@Best Practices Conference
“Michael Tchong is Ubercool!”@Carpet One Convention
“Michael was absolutely amazing. He really tailored the presentation to the audience and they loved it. He was entertaining and informative. I’d definitely recommend him to others.”@Social Media & Community 2.0 Conference
“It was a pleasure to work with you again. Your keynote was fantastic, as always. I forward to working with you on future events.”@BOMA L.A.
“Enjoyed your enthusiasm and presentation and I think that you would be a great speaker for a major future BOMA event.”Level 3 Forum, Ecuador
“Thanks you Michael @ubercool for attending our #forolevel3. Awesome presentation!”
“Spot-on, funny and occasionally irreverent, Michael was easily the highest rated speaker at our Leadership Summit. I’m sure we’ll bring him back to NAR again, as I look forward to hearing him a third time!”
“Michael presented an intriguing look at the digital landscape that inspired our audience of financial experts and market watchers.”
“Michael has the unique ability to engage entertain and energize an audience, getting them to re-look at their business, industry and consumer with a fresh perspective. Highly recommended!”
“Michael Tchong was absolutely a highlight of the Luxury Portfolio Summit. We positioned him as the opening speaker which was perfect as he set the tone with energy, enthusiasm and a strategic balance of terrific content and light-hearted entertainment. He definitely has his finger on the pulse of today’s fast-paced digital marketplace and its impact on consumers and was able to bring it to life for our attendees in an engaging and memorable way. We’d definitely book Michael again!
“What a treat it was to have you attend and speak at our annual meeting last week. You were a positive addition to our presentations and we have received numerous compliments. Not only was your material fresh and interesting, but your delivery was dynamic and entertaining.”
“Michael has a way of grabbing the attention of conference participants in a way that really engages them and makes them think about the implications of the customer of the future.”
“Your presentation was informative, humorous and thought-provoking. Attendees of our conference found the information you provided extremely useful and many are making budget changes to increase their Internet advertising spends. In fact, we’ve closed several large deals as the result of the seminars and your presentation.
@Retail Industry Leaders Association Conference
“I attended the RILA Conference this week in Orlando and absolutely loved your presentation. Made a positive impact on me and will make a difference with my company!”@Women’s Foodservice Forum
“Learned so much from your speech @WFFHQ. Thought-provoking and fun. Thank you!”@Women’s Foodservice Forum
“Michael, I saw you speak at the WFF Executive Summit. You were incredible”@Rodan+Fields Leadership Summit
“Michael Tchong ROCKED the social media training at Rodan+Fields Leadership Summit!”@Consumer Goods Technology
“Consumer Goods Technology has had Michael Tchong speak at several of our events over the last few years, always to great acclaim. Michael presents consumer trends to a very senior audience of brand owners with an engaging, thought-provoking presentation style that holds audiences rapt. I highly recommend Michael as a delightful departure from typical dry conference sessions.”@Interactive Marketing Show
“Your talk in Dallas last week was the most interesting presentation I have seen about the internet…where it is and where it’s headed. It was entertaining and thought provoking.”Note: The organizations and titles of persons cited above were in effect at the time the testimonial was received.
“Engaging, inspirational, educational, futuristic and ‘crying out loud’ funny are just a few things our attendees told us about Michael. He had us laughing and hanging on his every word as he gave us a glimpse into what the future could hold and the role we all will play in it.”
“The members really enjoyed you. You were a great speaker and showed much wisdom.”
“Michael, thank you for the wonderful keynote and for waking me up!”
“Your keynote address to the hotel owners and guests of Vantage Hospitality was truly amazing and the timing couldn’t have been better.”
“Michael Tchong is a world-class futurist, trendcaster and speaker. He left our audience simultaneously stunned and energized by his incredible presentation of the acceleration in technology and social media.”
“Michael not only grabs you from the beginning with his entertaining and energetic style, but he brings insight about the future consumer landscape like no one else I have ever heard.”
“Thanks so much for participating as the keynote speaker at Studio 360i. We have received tremendous feedback from the event and feel it was a huge success. Thanks for helping us revive the Internet marketing industry.”
“Everyone really enjoyed your presentation at NAA Newspapers 05. You really energized us.”