Marian lectures worldwide on various topics, from trends to personal branding to gender and generational differences among consumers. In addition to her closely watched and widely reported-on annual trends forecast, plus her books she has authored or co-authored, Marian currently blogs for the Huffington Post, Forbes.com and CNBC, plus various company blogs, among others. Her four-part series on the brain for HuffPost won a 2011 Bronze SABRE for Speech or Bylined Article and an honorable mention from the PR News Platinum PR Awards. In 2012, Marian was a PR juror for the CLIO Awards, part of the international PR jury at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and one of the final judges to select candidates for Venture for America, a program for future entrepreneurs modeled after Teach for America. She now sits on that organization’s board of directors, in addition to the board of the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

Topics

• Trends for the Near Future
• Millennials: The Generation Making the Next Loudest Boom
• Consumerism in the Age of Less is More
• Teenagents and How They Are Reshaping…Everything
• Welcome to the Age of the Social Mind
• Social Media and Social Life
• Global Consumer Insights and Social Media Tools for Harnessing What’s New!
• The Future of Retailing
• New Attitudes, Hours, Tools and Tactics for Today’s New Business Strategy

Publications

• What’s Next?: What to Expect in 2013 (2012)
• Next Now (2007)
• The Future of Men (2005)
• Buzz: Harness the Power of Influence and Create Demand (2003)
• Face2face in Cyberspace (1999)
• Next: Trends for the Near Future (1999)
• Going to the Net a Girl’s Guide to Cyberspace (1996)

Awards

• Global Power Book, PRWeek (2015)
• Individual Achievement, SABRE (Superior Achievement in Branding and Reputation) (2015)
• Inductee, Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame (2014)
• Woman of Achievement, University of Arizona Eller College of Management (2014)
• Power List 2014 (No. 45), PRWeek (2014)
• Outstanding CSR/Sustainability Executive, Bulldog CSR Awards (2014)
• Global Professional of the Year—Agency, PRWeek Global Awards (2014)
• In2 Innovator 25, The Holmes Report (2013)
• Agency Awe Professional, PR News Agency A-List Awards (2013)
• Gold, PR Blogger of the Year, Bulldog Stars of PR Awards (2013)
• Global PR Person of the Year, Havas Worldwide (2013)
• Honorable Mention, Individual Blog, PR News Social Media Icon Awards (2013)
• 25 Most Powerful People in PR (No. 20), Business Insider (2012)
• Hall of Fame, PR News PR People Awards (2012)
• PR Professional of the Year, PRWeek Awards (2011)
• Winner, Speech or Bylined Article, Bronze SABRE (Superior Achievement in Branding and Reputation) (2011)
• PR Professional of the Year (Agency), PR News PR People Awards (2011)
• Finalist, Lifetime Achievement Award, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business (2011)
• Silver, PR Blogger of the Year, Bulldog Stars of PR Awards (2011)
• Bronze, Agency Professional of the Year, Bulldog Stars of PR Awards (2011)
• Honorable Mention, Blog, PR News Platinum PR Awards (2011)
• Winner, Blog, People, PR News Digital PR Awards (2011)
• Blogger of the Year, Golden Bridge Awards (2011)
• Lifetime Achievement, Golden Bridge Awards (2011)
• PR Innovation of the Year, PRWeek; PR Agency Initiative of the Year, Iron SABRE; PR Innovation of the Year, Gold, Bulldog Reporter (2009)