Faith Popcorn Keynote Speaker

Faith Popcorn, founder and CEO of Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve, a forward-thinking marketing consultancy in 1974, is a highly sought-after speaker and recognized as America’s foremost trend expert. She is the author of the best-sellers, The Popcorn Report, Clicking, EVEolution, Dictionary of the Future, and the soon-to-be-released Popcorn Report Revisited.

Known for her ability to foresee major societal shifts, Popcorn has identified groundbreaking trends such as Cocooning, AtmosFear, Anchoring, 99 Lives, Icon Toppling, and Vigilante Consumer.

In her role at BrainReserve, she leverages her deep understanding of cultural and business trends to guide clients in reimagining established brands and companies, crafting new strategies, and innovating products, services, and experiences.

Her expertise has made her a valued consultant to CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, including Allergan, American Express, Avon, Bayer, Campbell’s Soup, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, KFC, Mars, SC Johnson, Tylenol, and The United States Postal Service.

Popcorn has a track record of accurately predicting market phenomena, such as the focus on fresh foods and four-wheel drives, the increasing importance of spirituality in the new millennium with Cocooning, and the surge of home delivery, home businesses, and home shopping. A forerunner in anticipating the rise of social media, she maintains a significant presence on Instagram and Twitter.

A dynamic speaker, Faith Popcorn engages audiences worldwide with her interactive FutureView presentations, exploring how trends influence consumer lifestyles and buying behaviors.

Her insights have earned her widespread recognition, with features in top media outlets like The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, The Today Show, Face the Nation and CNN.

Popcorn’s unique background includes being raised in Shanghai, China, being a fifth-generation New Yorker, and is the daughter of two lawyers. She is an alumna of New York University and New York’s High School of Performing Arts. A single mother, she has two daughters adopted from China, aged 24 and 17.

Interestingly, “Popcorn” was a nickname given to her by a former boss who struggled with pronouncing her birth surname, Plotkin, and it became her professional moniker.