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Full Name: Marie-Michèle Larivée
Title: Trends, Strategy & Foresight consultant 

Website: https://www.mariemichelelarivee.ca/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-michele-larivee

Instagram: @mmlarivee
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Bio

​Marie-Michèle Larivée is a Trend, Strategy and Foresight consultant. Entrepreneur and thinker, she obsesses over trends as a driver for innovation and ways to reduce overproduction. Awarded emerging entrepreneur by C2MTL, her mission is to avoid filling shelves with unwanted products by consciously creating products, services and strategies tailored to the intrinsic needs ion tomorrow's society. She speaks colours, creativity, innovation, intuition and human behavior tracing social changes. More than fads, trends can be seen in longer shock waves and hints to the upcoming communities. On a daily basis she oversees trend research and future methodology for start ups, professional organizations and higher education institution. 

She is also a university lecturer at ESG-UQAM and contributor to international trends and innovation cells including TrendWatching, SoonSoonSoon, Copenhagen Institute of Future Studies and U + plurality. She is a trusted trend source for numerous media recently featured in LaPresse, Business Insider, Dazed, Teen Vogue, Nylon, W magazine among others.


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​Marie-Michèle Larivée is a Trend, Strategy and Foresight consultant. Entrepreneur and thinker, she obsesses over trends as a driver for innovation and ways to reduce overproduction. On a daily basis she oversees trend research and future methodology for start ups, professional organizations and higher education institution. Connect at www.mariemichelelarivee.ca
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Titles & descriptions

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DEMYSTIFY TRENDS - AN OVERUSE WORD IN A SATURED WORLD 🌈​
Description: Trends is a world that is widely used and overused. Often directly associated with fashion, although trends are reflection of the current mood of society. Trends and shifts happen following different mechanisms and this presentation decrypts them. 
Length: 45 minutes
 
At the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to 
>Demystify the true and false of trends
>Differentiate fads from other types of trends
>Become familiar with the world of trends, its unspoken truth and its misunderstanding
>Understand trend mechanisms 
>Define Zeitgeist and ongoing influences

This presentation is offered to creatives, strategists, professionals in all fields and entrepreneurs


Offered online and offline

Required:
Online: Access screen sharing, chat box, and camera
On stage: presentation projection, microphone
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«  MARIE-MICHELE: Really enjoyed your RGD Webinar this afternoon. Thanks for your insightful guidance on demystifying trends! Would love to get those resources you mentioned. Any books you can suggest? Or bloggers? » 

​Thomas T. Designer
« Marie-Michele, it was amazing to hear you talk at the RGD webinar today. thank you for your insights. » 

Ilania S. Brand Strategist
How to sustainably foresee the future?
Description: ​Trend forecasting is one of the first steps in product elaboration. As design professionals, this is an ongoing process - Scouting at trade shows, personal or team inspiration. Some bias has entered the practice of trend forecasting or reading the future (as if it wasn’t already hard enough to read the future, I know). Without noticing, forecasting in your organization may contain blind spots that may transforms in unwanted products or non-inclusive future.
 
This Tedtalk-style presentation offers the revised steps to sustainably forecast the future in design fields. With her expertise in trend forecasting, her distinct methodology, her years evaluating trend agency practices and trend books, Marie-Michèle leads this presentation to highlight the reflexes to modify for a sustainable & inclusive forecasting. To be aware of our own background, practices and fault is the first step towards the future. 
 
At the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to 
> Forecast the future in colors and not only that, but be change makers
> Be comfortable with trend bias and establish mechanisms
Length : 20 minutes
Target audience : This presentation is meant for creatives, strategists, design professionals and entrepreneurs 
Format : Presentation (Tedtalk-style)

Required:
Online : Access Screen sharing, chat box and camera
On stage : Presentation projection, micro
#Inclusive design #Data bias
Foster creativity on daily basis
​Description: to come
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IMAGINING THE FUTURE - A COLLECTIVE WORKSHOP 🚀​
Description: With the current state of flux it can be hard to imagine the future. How will these mouvement emerge and create new behaviour for the future of our society? In this participatory workshop, you will team up, break the grey veil that is affixed to the future and brainstorm using techniques on forecasting values, trends and strategies that are relevant to your organisation in the upcoming years. After a brief introduction to trends and innovation, Marie-Michèle will guide you towards developing an enlightenment vision. This is a fun workshop and the result usually generates positive surprises packed with insightful information.
Lenght: 1,5 h
Format: Workshop (participatory)

Offered online and offline
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Required:
Online: subgroup option, chat box and camera access. The workshop takes place on Miro online
On stage: free space, walls and tables (x3)


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FROM INTUITION TO FUTURISTic CONCEPT
Description: to come
Duration: 1,5 h
Format: Workshop

Equipment required:
Online: subgroup option, chat box and camera access
The workshop takes place on Miro online
On stage: free space, walls and tables
Marie-Michèle has participated in several events around the world (thank you for digital broadcasting). She provides to professionals the insight and the necessary sensitivity to create, observe and predict a sustainable, ethical and colorful futures. Encouraging professionals to take charge of the future of their community and review their trend methodology is what motivates her to speak on camera or on stage. Check out the complete list of her latest engagements in real time.
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Marie-Michèle is often interviewed by journalist on trends, emerging movements and consumer (human) behavior by magazines, reviews, radio stations: 
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«  MARIE-MICHELE: Really enjoyed your RGD Webinar this afternoon. Thanks for your insightful guidance on demystifying trends! Would love to get those resources you mentioned. Any books you can suggest? Or bloggers? » 

​Thomas T. Designer
« Marie-Michele, it was amazing to hear you talk at the RGD webinar today. thank you for your insights. » 

Ilania S. Brand Strategist
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