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Information is like water. It can exist in three different states: as a solid (think of a book on a shelf), as a liquid (like data moving through a broadband pipe), and as a vapor (such as data delivered wirelessly over the air). If you are still in the business of making or delivering physical goods, then your business is highly likely to be "vaporized". Beware of disruptors who intend to turn your product into a digital service. Dematerialization is a global phenomenon that has driven the valuation of technology firms to historic heights. Contact Robert Tercek to learn more about the process of dematerialization and how to turn a threat into an opportunity.

VAPORIZED.

Every time you use your smartphone, you are "vaporizing" something that in the past was sold as a physical  item, typically a product packaged in a shrinkwrapped box and placed on a shelf in a retail store. Now it’s all software, delivered instantly over the air to your mobile device.  It's all been replaced by software: the store, the shelf, the box, and the product inside. The physical retail shops are vacant and the physical goods are obsolete. 

This shift to dematerialized services represents the biggest economic transformation and the freshest opportunity in the 21st century. What is your organization's strategy to contend with dematerialization into software? If you are ready to develop a proactive strategy, contact Robert Tercek. He's provided long term strategic thinking to firms like AT&T, PwC, Google, Microsoft, Warner Media, NBC Universal, Sony, AMD, Huawei, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Aetna, EY, Deloitte and many others. And he can help you.

DEMATERIALIZATION INTO SOFTWARE.

Your smartphone keeps getting smarter. In the past 15 years, the brilliant phone in your pocket or purse has absorbed the feature functionality of more than 25 devices. We no longer carry game devices, MP3 players, cameras or books. Most recently our identity cards, payment cards, access controls and keys have been absorbed by the phone. What will be vaporized next?  If your firm does not have a clear plan to contend with the inexorable process of dematerialization, you may be at risk. Contact Rob Tercek to develop a comprehensive strategy for the Vaporized Economy.

YOUR SMARTPHONE IS THE CATALYST FOR DEMATERIALIZATION

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Everyone is familiar with the basic economic concepts of supply and demand. When demand rises, prices go up. But the concept of "demand destruction" is different: it used to be quite rare, until the widespread adoption of the smartphone. Demand destruction means that your desire or need for a particular product category has been completely eliminated. The smartphone has caused a wave of demand destruction. We no longer have any need for entire categories of products, such as portable entertainment gizmos, shrinkwrapped software on disks, DVDs, physical maps and books. During the past decade we've lived through an unprecedented wave of demand destruction and it is not finished. Are your company's products on the right side of the future?

DEMAND DESTRUCTION

Visual memory plays tricks on us. We tend not to notice when familiar things disappear. In the past 15 years, more than 100 national retail chains, along with the products they sold (such as consumer electronics, books, music and maps) have been vaporized. Tower Records, Border's Books, The Warehouse, and dozens of other familiar retail brands have gone bankrupt. Once you learn to notice the process of vaporization into software, you see it all around you!

ONCE YOU BECOME AWARE OF DEMATERIALIZATION, YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE.

According to economist W. Bryan Arthur, the dematerialized economy grows at twice the rate of the physical economy. In our lifetime the value of virtual goods will surpass the tangible economy. During the past decade, trillions of new value was created in just one category, mobile apps. The companies at the forefront of the vaporization trend reaped the rewards: they doubled and doubled and doubled in valuation, until by 2020 their valuations approached two to three trillion dollars. Find out more about the growth the vaporized economy by contacting Robert Tercek.

GROWTH OF THE VAPORIZED ECONOMY

Familiar retail shops selling familiar products are gone for good, and those retailers that remain have rearranged their stores to accommodate mobile shoppers.

THE DEMATERIALIZED ECONOMY IS RE-SHAPING THE REAL WORLD.

Valuable information is locked up inside of every physical product where it cannot be shared or utilized. As goods dematerialize into software, that information value is freed. That's when it turns into a dynamic digital service.  Nearly every physical product can be reconceptualized as a digital service. Whether that new digital service is an adjunct that adds value to the physical item, or a substitute that destroys the value of the physical good, is a strategic decision that requires foresight and planning. Contact us to learn how to master this process.

Information-Rich Products Will Be Transformed Into Digital Services

Giant information empires are on the prowl for the next trillion dollar market to deconstruct and rearrange. Is your industry complacent, bloated, and resistant to change?  If so, guess what!  Your industry is probably already in the gunsights of the digital giants. Health care, pharmaceuticals, transportation, education and retail are all potential targets, with trillions of dollars of market cap at risk. Robert Tercek has provided strategic insight to leading firms in each of these industries. Contact him and be prepared for massive change.

WHICH INDUSTRY IS THE NEXT TO BE VAPORIZED?

New devices teach us new habits. The smartphone is the world’s largest-scale mass indoctrination program in human history. It's taught us more than how to tap, swipe, pinch, and take a selfie. The smartphone has altered our expectations of the world around us. We are no longer content with the world as presented: we demand more insight, more context and instant gratification. Very few organizations are prepared to provide smartphone-wielding customers with the right information in the right context. Learn more about how your customers are evolving by contacting Rob Tercek.

THE SMARTPHONE IS CHANGING US.

For the generations that grew up with smartphones and tablets, the letters WWW do not stand for World Wide Web. They stand for Whatever, Whenever, Wherever. That’s the consumer experience that they demand and expect. When Rob Tercek broke this news to the mass media industry, they called him an "anarchist." Those who listened soon prospered. The ensuing decades proved his point. This new generation expects to consume on their own terms, however and wherever they prefer. Those who understand that will enjoy a big advantage. Woe betide any firm that fails to meet these new expectations. If your organization is ready to develop a future-proof strategy for the dematerialized and decentralized markets of tomorrow, contact Rob today. He can help you.

WWW MEANS WHATEVER WHENEVER WHEREVER

What killed traditional media was separating the content from the physical container. We didn’t sell stories, we sold books. We didn’t sell music, we sold CDs. We didn't sell movies, we sold DVDs. But the smartphone wiped out those businesses. When the physical container disappeared, it took the revenue model with it. Now the economy is bracing for a further round of dematerialization, which means that a lot of old-school manufacturing and retail businesses are vulnerable to the same dynamics that disrupted the media business at the start of the 21st Century.

CONTENT AND CONTAINER

Prior to the 20th century, most people never had their photo taken. Instead, they had family, local community and congregation. Supersized-solipsism is the main theme of Selfie Planet, where you are the focal point and main attraction in your own world.  Learn more about how self-obsession has transformed two generations of consumers by contacting Robert Tercek.

SELFIE PLANET

Is that a spy in your pocket? Surveillance capitalism makes us all complicit in a global program of eavesdropping. The struggle to preserve personal privacy against the predations of big business and bigger government is one of the defining conflicts of the 21st Century, and we are still in the opening rounds. Big changes are afoot right now. Find out how surveillance capitalism is evolving when you contact Robert Tercek.

BIG BROTHER and LITTLE BROTHER

For the first time in history, the world’s information is all around us, like atmosphere. It’s everywhere at once, just one tap away on a mobile device. For businesses, the transformation of physical products into digital services has caused havoc and unprecedented opportunity. For consumers, it has created cognitive overload and endless fascination. And for modern information empires, data smog is a free resource to be gathered and converted into a profitable asset. Learn more about dematerialization by contacting Robert Tercek.

A NEW FREE RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION EMPIRES.

The colonial impulse of conquest is alive and well in the 21st century. Today's imperialists no longer seize  territory, they just seize the information assets. Pundits often refer to data as "the new oil" because it is a valuable resource, but their facile metaphor also exposes something deeper: the smash-and-grab mindset that motivates giant companies to accumulate vast troves of data without permission in order to train their proprietary machine learning algorithms. Stealing somebody else's assets and converting them into profit is the age-old motivation for global conquest. Could this be happening to you?  If your organization does not have a strategy for data assets and data security, then it's quite possible that someone else is leveraging your data for their gain. Learn more about managing digital assets by contacting Robert Tercek, the expert on the dematerialized economy.

DATA IS THE NEW OIL

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The biggest socio-economic trend of our lifetime is the dematerialization of tangible goods into virtual services. It has already created trillion-dollar information empires, and it has destroyed long-established industrial giants. This process is documented vividly in Robert Tercek's book, Vaporized, the definitive guide to the dematerialized economy.  Contact Rob to learn how the process of dematerialization, or what he refers to as "vaporization", will change your industry and your career.

DEMATERIALIZATION.

Future visioning is not a spectator sport. Get busy. The action that you take today can influence your future trajectory towards far better outcomes than you'll get if you remain passive. Robert Tercek has practiced creative visualization for scenario planning for more than 30 years. He has done visual scenario planning for major media companies, technology firms, telecoms networks, pharmaceutical manufacturers, auto companies, banks, and institutions. He can guide you and your organization towards the construction of an intentional future. A future where you have agency, a defensible business model, loyal customers and reliable channels. If you are not actively planning your future right now, your organization is at risk.

THE FUTURE IS SOMETHING WE ENVISION, INVENT, DESIGN, CREATE, BUILD.

Social media has polarized society into warring tribes. It warps our perception of norms, erases consensus reality, and it pits one group of true believers against another group with entirely different beliefs. This is a great business for social media companies, but it is not healthy for society and civic discourse. If you haven’t exited your filter bubble, you probably don’t have the whole picture. Let’s talk. For 30 years, Rob Tercek has provided strategic insight into the dynamics of digital media and the impact on society at large.

TRIBAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Future visioning can be a lively debate, and that’s okay. It should be. With practice and foresight, you can stack the cards in your favor. Learn how to frame a functional hypothesis about the future, and how to defend and debate it, and how to posit alternative scenarios in order to arrive at unconventional insight and an unfair advantage in business. Contact Rob Tercek to learn more about future visioning.

THE FUTURE IS A HYPOTHESIS

Do your future plans include some provision for wild card scenarios? If not, then you’re definitely unprepared for radical change. Time's up. You need to get ready now. The next ten years will consist of more disruptive breakthroughs and accelerated change than the previous 50. Contact Robert Tercek to learn how to apply creative visualization techniques to scenario planning and foresight practice. Including wild card scenarios!

WILD CARDS

Everybody has blind spots. Every relationship has blind spots. And so does every company, big or small.  In many companies, the worst blind spots typically come from the top of the organization. Charismatic, hard-charging executive leaders tend to stifle the kind of candid feedback that exposes blind spots and unchallenged assumptions. The good news: this can be fixed.  If your organization is ready for blind spot coaching, contact Robert Tercek. He has helped some of the biggest companies in the world confront their hidden vulnerabilities and build strength.

BLIND SPOTS

Are you ready to use scenario planning as a lens to bring your future into focus?  Now you can learn how. This is the essential tool for strategic planning. It is also incredibly useful for new product design and development. Contact Robert Tercek to schedule a scenario planning and future visioning workshop for your organization.

A NEW LENS BRINGS THE FUTURE INTO FOCUS

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A poster child for "out of the box" creativity. If you want to turbocharge your creative, innovative thinking, think seriously of contacting Robert. Hey, if he's good enough for Oprah, he's good enough for you.

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Rob helps us immeasurably as a member of the Board of Directors. He is a diplomat, a bridge-builder and a great evangelist. I trust him to speak to prospective customers and ecosystem partners and to interview our new hires. I’ve never met a more dynamic speaker who can conjure up a vision of the near future that is so compelling that it converts every one to true believers. If you are considering adding a Board member or a strategic advisor to your company, I completely trust, rely on, and highly recommend Robert Tercek and his firm General Creativity.

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Frank Chindamo

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Rob helps us immeasurably. He is a diplomat, a bridge-builder and a great evangelist. I trust him to speak to prospective customers and ecosystem partners and to interview our new hires. I’ve never met a more dynamic speaker who can conjure up a vision of the near future that is so compelling that it converts every one to true believers. If you are considering adding a Board member or a strategic advisor to your company, I completely trust, rely on, and highly recommend Robert Tercek and his firm General Creativity.

I trust Rob Tercek and his firm, General Creativity, and I would recommend him to every board of directors and leadership team that can benefit from an independent external expert opinion to shape priorities in digital strategy and planning. His enthusiasm is infectious, and he is a great source of inspiration.

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Jeff Sotzing

Engage this man (if you can) to consult to your company at length, or even to take the most cursory glance at whatever you are endeavoring. Robert Tercek will make your enterprise better, smarter and more profitable.

Carl Bressler

Engage this man (if you can) to consult to your company at length, or even to take the most cursory glance, at whatever you are endeavoring. Robert Tercek will make your enterprise better, smarter and more profitable.

Rob is one of the most lucid, knowledgeable and charismatic new media executives I have encountered. He also has an uncanny ability to instantly recognize the market potential of a new application or business which would be too impenetrable to most. Internationally, Rob stands amongst the few true visionaries in the digital field.

Anthony Stonefield

Rob is one of the most lucid, knowledgeable and charismatic new media executives I have encountered. He also has an uncanny ability to instantly recognize the market potential of a new application or business which would be too impenetrable to most.

Rob was a great and close partner for us. He brought phenomenal technical expertise and vision, and he also brought an excitement and fun to doing business together. To his personal credit the business was always done as a highly professional, open, fair and mutually beneficial partnership. Highly recommended!

Tim Chambers

Rob is utterly inspiring, extremely visionary, very knowledgeable, with  international awareness across many different cultures. And he is great fun to work with, too. If you need insight, if you crave for original thought, if you dare thinking beyond just the next step, he is your man!

Volker Hirsch

Rob is utterly inspiring, extremely visionary, very knowledgeable, with humiliating scope, international awareness across many different cultures and great fun to work with on top. If you need insight, if you crave for original thought, if you dare thinking beyond just the next step, he is your man!

I strongly recommend Robert Tercek of General Creativity to any organization that is preparing for big changes. He can engage with your leadership team to address major changes and challenges. He offers incisive strategic thinking and a unique ability to express complex ideas in plain language. I believe that Rob can help any company deeply examine the scope, scale and pace of digital transformation. He will help you guide your entire team to converge on a shared strategic vision. These projects were a big success for Unity. We got excellent ROI from our work with Rob. And--the process was fun and inspiring.

John Riccitiello

I strongly recommend Robert Tercek of General Creativity to any organization that is preparing for big changes. He can engage with your leadership team to address major changes and challenges. He offers incisive strategic thinking and a unique ability to express complex ideas in plain language. I believe that Rob can help any company deeply examine the scope, scale and pace of digital transformation.

Robert Tercek ranks among the very best speakers I’ve ever encountered. His speeches on the topics of innovation and creativity have influenced industry leaders in many parts of the world. Mr Tercek is an electrifying public speaker. His passion for the subject matter is infectious. In just one hour, attendees gain a fresh perspective on the major trends that are transforming creativity and innovation in industries as diverse as media publishing, technology and telecommunications. More attendees have requested printed text from Mr.Tercek’s media and telecommunications keynote speeches than any other speaker.
Mr Tercek was a lively and provocative speaker. He used humor and bold statements backed up with solid market data to stir the audience to reconsider some of the industry’s sacred cows. Several times his comments were punctuated by spontaneous applause from the floor. It is my pleasure to give Robert Tercek my highest recommendation as a keynote speaker. He will deliver valuable information and analysis in an inspiring and entertaining manner.

John Kilcullen

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Robert Tercek ranks among the very best speakers I’ve ever encountered. His speeches on the topics of innovation and creativity have influenced industry leaders in many parts of the world. Mr Tercek is an electrifying public speaker. His passion for the subject matter is infectious. Several times his comments were punctuated by spontaneous applause from the floor.

JD Power had a great experience working with keynote speaker Robert Tercek. I am proud to give him my highest recommendation to any event planner. Rob is a top tier professional who put in a lot of extra effort into developing original material that was customized for our audience. At J.D. Power, we know what excellence looks like, and Rob Tercek is an excellent keynote speaker and emcee.

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Thomas Bontempo

Every business leader, thinker, doer or spectator should be deeply concerned by the fresh questions, insights and possibilities raised in Rob Tercek's book, Vaporized.

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Every business leader, thinker, doer or spectator should be deeply concerned by the fresh questions, insights and possibilities raised in Robert Tercek's book, Vaporized.

Vaporized reveals what’s right around the corner. This remarkable peek into the future is much more than a fascinating read. Follow Tercek’s lead to be ahead of the change and the competition.

Marshall Goldsmith

Rob Tercek is one of the people who gets the transition happening in every corner of the economy. His insights matter to every industry and every business. Read his book. Listen to what he says.

Ramez Naam

Rob Tercek is one of the people who gets the transition happening in every corner of the economy. His insights matter to every industry and every business. Read the book. Listen to what he says.

Vaporized is a magnificent guide to the way software defines modern commerce: self-organizing, real-time, mobile markets that are devouring the material world.

Mark Jeffrey

Rob Tercek's book Vaporized provides essential survival skills for the biggest business transformation our lifetime: the transformation of physical goods into digital services.

Phil Braden

Rob Tercek's book, Vaporized, provides essential survival skills for the biggest business transformation our lifetime.

Robert Tercek is one of the keenest observers of the zeitgeists in media, culture and technology. His book Vaporized is where it all comes together. For anyone trying to understand the digital transformation of business, commerce and society, Rob's book is simply indispensable.

Gerd Leonhard

Robert Tercek is one of the keenest observers of the zeitgeists in media, culture and technology, and Vaporized is where it all comes together. For anyone trying to understand the digital transformation of business, commerce and society, this book is simply indispensable.

Rob Tercek's book Vaporized provides a thoughtful look at the invisible forces transforming society today and in the near future.

Rio Caraeff

Rob Tercek's Vaporized provides a thoughtful look at the invisible forces transforming society today and in the near future.

Vaporized is the must-have strategy guide for every executive in media, manufacturing, retail and marketing.

Gabe Zichermann

Robert Tercek is a technological provocateur. His book provides deep thinking about our digital world and its monumental possibilities in ways that you probably haven't ever considered.

Jarl Mohn

Ignore Rob Tercek's book at your peril. Vaporized is incredible. I found it right on every point.

Nolan Bushnell

Ignore this book at your peril. Vaporized is incredible. I found it right on every point.

If you’re in the information business (and we all are in the information business), Tercek’s urgent manifesto will help you see the future, so you can prepare for it.

Seth Godin

Robert is one of the brightest and most energetic executives I have had the pleasure of working with in my entire career. He is very well informed, he has vision and he is always looking for ways to make his efforts and those of his team the most successful in his industry. He is very worthwhile knowing and meeting. Collaborating with him will be rewarding.

Conrad Prusak

Applied Creativity

Rob is inspiring to work with. Just hearing the passion in his voice and literally watching his mind work makes anyone in the creative world jealous. It is an exciting ride to work with Rob. You can’t help but to follow his vision.

Jeff Kelly

Rob is a pronounced thought leader in mobile and digital entertainment environments. I have consistently valued his strategic authority. I consider him the Steve Jobs of mobile, and he is the first person I call in the space.

Adrian Sexton

Rob is a pronounced thought leader in mobile and digital entertainment environments. I have consistently valued his strategic authority. He is the Steve Jobs of mobile, and the first person I call in the space.

Robert is truly a visionary and an inspiration. He has a gift for always being one-step ahead of the pack. Follow Robert's lead and you follow the future. I look forward to collaborating with Robert again.

Brian Selzer

Robert is quite simply one of the most inspiring people I have worked with and is a true visionary in every sense of the word. He really is a unique individual –someone who is well known and respected throughout the entire interactive industry. I feel extremely privileged to have worked with him. He was always
ready to listen to new ideas and is one of those people whose finger is not only on the pulse but is the pulse! It is rare to work close with someone of Robert’s qualities. I'm sure many other people would say exactly the same as me.

James Kaye

Robert is quite simply one of the most inspiring people I have worked with and is a true visionary in every sense of the word. He really is a unique individual –someone who is well known and respected throughout the entire interactive industry. I feel extremely privileged to have worked with him. He was always
ready to listen to new ideas and is one of those people whose finger is not only on the pulse but is the pulse!

Robert infuses a careful combination of creativity, expertise, and excitement into every project we worked on together! He understands what the market wants and has the experience to prove it. I look forward to collaborating with Robert in the future!

Justin LaBaw-Rivers

The label 'creative' has become so commonplace that it's lost its impact, but Robert is the real deal: his spark electrified every project at MTV. There were awards & accolades, but for me, the greatest accomplishment is how his work redefined the way TV was presented in Asia and opened the eyes of an Asian generation of 3 billion when satellite TV first beamed across Asia in 1991.

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Kenn Delbridge

A poster child for "out of the box" creativity. If you want to turbocharge your creative, innovative thinking, think seriously of contacting Robert. Besides, if he's good enough for Oprah, he's probably good enough for you!

Mark Goulston

Robert's a creative genius who firmly grasps everything from the big picture down to the details and knows how to get things done … he's just an all-around great guy.

Matt Sapero

Robert's a creative genius who firmly grasps everything from the big picture down to the details. He knows how to get things done … he's just an all-around great guy.

As a startup, one of our biggest challenges is weighing opportunity against focus. Rob's workshop helped us extract fresh ideas from our team and reinforce mutual ownership and clarity of our vision. Applying such a dynamic creative thinker to our business processes continues to deliver incredible value. As our Strategic Advisor, Rob helped craft a process by which we could identify and think about divergent concepts, giving them an opportunity to be aired. This was coupled with a convergence process, which we use to vet and prioritize these concepts in line with our company's vision.

Patrick Kearney

As a startup, one of our biggest challenges is weighing opportunity against focus. Rob's workshop helped us extract fresh ideas from our team and reinforce mutual ownership and clarity of our vision. Applying such a dynamic creative thinker to our business processes continues to deliver incredible value.

Robert’s workshop had a profound impact on our company, and my career.  He will help your organization tap into a vast reservoir of creativity and innovative potential --immediately. From Day 1, you and your team will become more engaged and aware. Quickly, you’ll learn how to build and sustain your company’s innovation process. And, if you commit yourselves to it, you will develop a more collaborative and cohesive culture. One that fosters better ideas. One that executes those ideas quickly. And, most of all, one that inspires people.

Thomas Tracey

Robert’s workshop had a profound impact on our company, and my career. Most organizations unknowingly contain a vast reservoir of untapped creativity and innovative potential. It resides in your people. Unfortunately, it’s largely trapped under the weight of poorly crafted processes, tools, and cultural norms.

Thanks to Robert’s efforts, we had a highly successful "reboot" of our product pipeline that was well received by all of our distribution partners and the Board of Directors. He ran brainstorming sessions, design reviews, creative workshops and product design sessions along with roundtable discussions with the product and development teams. The result was that we revised the entire product lineup and set new delivery dates. Robert, myself and the senior management team then conducted near-term and long-term planning sessions for the release and marketing of the new product lineup, and we reviewed progress weekly against milestones. Very few individuals could have accomplished this. Robert’s level of professionalism and his passion to create market-leading digital products anywhere in the world are unparalleled. It is also important to note that self-motivated people enjoy working with Robert very much, and he can leave a profound long-lasting impact on a product team.

Scott Jensen

Robert’s level of professionalism and his passion to create market-leading digital products anywhere in the world are unparalleled. It is also important to note that self-motivated people enjoy working with Robert very much, and he can leave a profound long-lasting impact on a product team.

Robert is a visionary. Beyond recognizing brilliant ideas, his boldness and determination inspire others to take risks. I have yet to meet a more persuasive and powerful presenter of ideas. His infectious passion and dedication to driving innovation have pushed me beyond my expectations. If I were to choose only one brainstorming partner, it would be Robert.

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Jennifer Severns

Robert is the reason I am in new media. After hearing him speak at a digital event many years ago, he inspired me to want to contribute to the industry. 8 years later I am still launching services in the new media sector. Thank you Robert.

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Karl Woods

Rob Tercek prepared special talks for several Billboard digital entertainment events, including the Digital Entertainment Expo, and Mobile Entertainment Live. He consistently brings both passion and clarity of ideas to each appearance, which have included both solo presentations, moderating duties and panel appearances. In each case, Robert has always been very forward looking in his comments, supporting his predictions with multiple sources and analysis based on available research. His presentations are always fun, personable and easy-to-follow whether he’s just talking or supported by multimedia assets. As an aside, Tercek served as a valuable source of advice for building our conference topics... often recommending topics and speakers outside his area of individual participation.

Antony Bruno

Rob Tercek prepared special presentation for several Billboard digital entertainment events, including the Digital Entertainment Expo and Mobile Entertainment Live. He consistently brings both passion and clarity of ideas to each appearance, which have included both solo presentations, moderating duties and panel appearances.

Robert, your talk was inspirational. Mythology, metaphor, magic, mystery -as you said so eloquently in your talk -give us the tools to nourish our selves as we play. Great, great stuff.

Michael Fergusson

From the moment Robert got on stage the audience was fascinated and so was I. He conveys such magic and power through his words. His content, full of surprising references, was compelling, and the structure and exciting story of his lecture were remarkable. But most of all, what came across to the audience was his profound wisdom about life with all its failures and successes and the attendant lessons. Robert is a top level speaker who affects you so deeply that you will never forget his words.

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Claudia Jericho

His content, full of surprising references, was compelling, and the structure and exciting story of his lecture were remarkable. But most of all, what came across to the audience was his profound wisdom about life with all its failures and successes and the attendant lessons. Robert is a top level speaker who affects you so deeply that you will never forget his words.

It is rare that you find a speaker like Robert who is able to cover a broad topic, put recent developments into an historical context and provide deep and relevant insights into what factors will drive the industry’s future. Further, his speeches (and I have seen a few now) contain analysis backed up by solid research and market data, utilize rich multimedia graphics, and are delivered with infectious high energy and passion. His keynote speech was nothing short of excellent and drew from his 20 years of experience with cutting edge formats like mobile games and online games as well as social media, interactive television and traditional broadcasting. It is without hesitation that I recommend Robert as a keynoter speaker.

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Ned Sherman

It is rare that you find a speaker like Robert who is able to cover a broad topic, put recent developments into an historical context and provide deep and relevant insights into what factors will drive the industry’s future. Further, his speeches contain analysis backed up by solid research and market data, utilize rich multimedia graphics, and are delivered with infectious high energy and passion.

Robert Tercek delivered a talk at the 2011 Storage Visions Conference that was as technically insightful as it was visually stunning. The talk was delivered with great enthusiasm and covered a wide span of historical and contemporary technologies and trends to show how the world is undergoing an enormous "Information Transformation" that is enabled by and initiates vast new networking, processing and storage advances.

Dr. Thomas Coughlin

What a wonderful performance last evening!!! Obviously the audience loved your material and presentation. On behalf of The Economic Club of Oklahoma, thank you so very much for taking the time to come to Oklahoma City to speak to the group. Your speech was one of the best our club has ever had.

Thomas Legan

Robert Tercek has a keen understanding of how creativity is a necessary and often overlooked aspect of leadership, deal making, marketing, and general business process. He has spent his entire career at the forefront of change, launching entertainment content on just about every digital platform, including cable & satellite TV, computers and game consoles, narrow and broadband internet, interactive TV, and even mobile. As a speaker, Robert engages the crowd with interesting examples and metaphors. He speaks with passion and energy. It is clear that he has the professional background, speaking ability, and personal drive that make him an ideal candidate to address the topics of creativity and intuition in the context of business.

John Batter

Robert Tercek has a keen understanding of how creativity is a necessary and often overlooked aspect of leadership, deal making, marketing, and general business process. He has spent his entire career at the forefront of change, launching entertainment content on just about every digital platform, including cable & satellite TV, computers and game consoles, narrow and broadband internet, interactive TV, and even mobile.

Robert is a fantastic and engaging speaker. It takes a lot of courage to speak to a group of Chief Information Security Officers on the subject of the information explosion especially in this day and age. Robert not only brought a new business problem to light but with it, a refreshingly new perspective on ways to address it. The room was energized and awestruck by his presentation. Thanks Robert!

Heidi Kujawa

Robert is a fantastic and engaging speaker. It takes a lot of courage to speak to a group of Chief Information Security Officers on the subject of the information explosion. Robert not only brought a new business problem to light but with it, a refreshingly new perspective on ways to address it. The room was energized and awestruck by his presentation. Thanks Robert!

Robert Tercek is one of the most popular speakers we've ever had at X Media Lab events. His keynote speeches are utterly unique, and they connect with our audience on emotional, visual and intellectual levels. He delivers a compelling message about creativity and life purpose that never fails to inspire the attendees. Plus, he makes an extra effort to support our conference by meeting with attendees and sponsoring organizations in private seminars and one-on-one mentoring sessions, and also by promoting our events to local press in media briefings.

Brendan Harkin

Robert Tercek is one of the most popular speakers we've ever had at X Media Lab events. His keynote speeches are utterly unique, and they connect with our audience on emotional, visual and intellectual levels.

Robert Tercek's speech at the Humanity+ Conference at Harvard University was excellent. Tercek provided valuable insight, a fresh perspective, and useful examples, all in an entertaining format. He worked closely with the event organizers to tailor his talk to the target audience; and the audience responded with a standing ovation and tremendous positive feedback. We were very lucky to have him!

David Orban

We were fortunate to have Mr. Tercek as one of our keynote speakers at our premiere national industry conference, Prime Time in Ottawa. Our delegate feedback to his address was so positive that we invited Robert to speak again at our event the following year. His insight on the latest global media trends and his extensive experience as a producer of leading-edge content across multiple platforms make Robert uniquely qualified to provide strategic guidance to anyone doing business in media today. Not only is Robert keenly aware of the myriad interwoven variables that come into play in the media environment, his presentation style is organized, logical, clear and concise, with just the right amount of humour.

Marc Seguin

Not only is Robert keenly aware of the myriad interwoven variables that come into play in the media environment, his presentation style is organized, logical, clear and concise, with just the right amount of humour.

Robert Tercek commands the respect of the global media industry, his peers, and countless conference attendees who have heard him speak. What sets him apart is that rare combination of visionary thinking, hard won practical insight, and tireless passion for the way media shapes our world. It was a privilege to have Robert speak at this year's seminar. He lit up the room. What's more he created a customized presentation, tailor-made hand-outs, and promoted the event using his own online show and social media clout. Make no mistake, Robert is far more than an inspiring keynote presenter. He is a catalytic partner committed to the success of your event.

Simon Mainwaring

Robert Tercek commands the respect of the global media industry, his peers, and countless conference attendees who have heard him speak. What sets him apart is that rare combination of visionary thinking, hard won practical insight, and tireless passion for the way media shapes our world.

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