FuturistU 5-Day
Masterclass

Graduate as a Futurist from our immersive 5-Day program, co-located at Future Festival World Summit in Toronto from September 30th to October 4th. You'll get the best experiences from the summit while leveling up your skillset in smaller groups with our premium program.

"[Trend Hunter] made me a better leader, stretched my imagination and created new opporunities for our organization, helping us go from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to one of America's most profitable media companies. If you're looking to inspire your team or make real change happen, Jeremy and his team are your solution."
- CEO

Four levels of FUTURISTU

Become a Futurist

Are you ready to take your innovation and presentation skills to the next level by becoming a futurist? Look no further than our immersive FuturistU 5-Day Masterclass. Join us for five focused days of private workshop programming and coaching from Jeremy Gutsche and our talented Futurist Team, where you’ll walk away with a full innovation strategy curriculum and a graduation certificate upon completion. You’ll still get to be part of the World Summit epic trend day, tech party and networking events, all while learning in a smaller, more intimate group setting. Fine tune your presentation skills, build confidence and become a true leader in your field. Register now for the Futurist U 5-Day Masterclass program and get one step closer to transforming your future!

FuturistU Certification

Trend Hunter’s FuturistU 5-Day Masterclass programming is developed by Trend Hunter CEO and NYT bestselling author Jeremy Gutsche whose keynote career has spanned 15 years, with over 10 years spent studying AI to evolve the brand. He is joined by our team of Futurists – keynote speakers and workshop facilitators – who have studied innovation and trends across multiple industries to help hundreds of the world’s most disruptive brands unlock hidden opportunities.

Why You Should Attend

Invest in your career and your ability to navigate chaos, uncertainty and change. You'll be better equipped for our rapid moving world and more likely to unlock new opportunities. Offering cutting-edge programming, an outcomes-driven approach and solutions that are customized to you and your team, you’re guaranteed to leave our sessions feeling more inspired than ever.

Want Higher ROI for Your Brand?
Bring 6 People to Focus The Workshops on Your Brand

If you’re looking to boost ROI for your brand, look no further than our innovative program, designed to deliver tangible results and a significant return on investment. To get the most out of our program, bring six people from your team. You will get the chance to apply learnings directly to your company's unique challenges, while also receiving a private table to collaborate on actual solutions, tactics, next-steps, and pitches.

Your Curriculum & Outcomes

With FuturistU’s 5-Day Masterclass program, participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of innovation, and practical experience that can be applied to real-world business challenges. The program is a comprehensive course designed to guide participants through the complete cycle of innovation. We draw from some of our best innovation workshops, best practices and impactful tactics to offer a unique opportunity for participants to acquire practical knowledge while simultaneously applying each newly acquired skill to their own capstone projects. The course structure splits each day into halves - content presentation and immersive, hands-on workshops. These workshops are expertly crafted and help facilitate the development of critical thinking skills, inspiring your new business case and the perfect pitch.

Key Outcomes & Agenda
Customizable to Your Brand

MONDAY - Enabling Change & A Culture of Innovation

Learn: Learn how to make change happen when change is hard & how to foster a culture of innovation.

Takeaway: On this day, you will also come up with specific short-term and long-term tactics that would be relevant to implement at your own brand.

TUESDAY - Hunting Opportunity & Navigating Chaos

Learn: Master scenario planning, problem identification, and how to filter chaos intro opportunity. You will also learn how to overcome common traps to extract better thinking from yourself and your team.

Takeaway: You will end this day inspired, with new tactics, an immersive Trend Safari and our World Summit Technology party.

WEDNESDAY - Learn the Future

Learn: On this day, you will partake in the crown jewel of our World Summit, the grand reveal of what the future holds, by category. You will learn the Future of Lifestyle, Technology, Culture, Marketing, Leisure and The Evolution of Each Micro-Generation.

Takeaway: You will have a long list of ideas and feel like you drank from a firehose. However, while you will be part of the large room event on this day, you will have breakout sessions, lunch and a debrief with your private FuturistU team to filter through the noise and start to identify your key ideas.

THURSDAY - Prototyping & Idea Refinement

Learn: You will spend the morning learning to filter chaos into opportunity, leading to your top 10 ideas. You will learn to battle-test those ideas, leading to 3 business cases and a favorite idea for pitching.

Takeaway: You will then have a business case with short term, long term and dream list next steps, ready to turn into your final pitch.

FRIDAY - Persuasion & Pitching

Learn: Gain specific skills and tactics for infectious messaging, pitching, public speaking & leadership presence.

Takeaway: You will develop a final pitch, which will be performed for the FuturistU group, and ready to take back to your office. This day ends with your graduation as a Futurist.