The New Keynote: Artists as Speakers
Scaling the world's peaks, triumphing over adversity, 12 steps to mega-motivation? Your attendees have heard it all before. That's one reason to consider an artist for your next keynote.
Where Are All the Women Speakers?
Requests for Women speakers by financial services and insurance companies are on the rise as more female representatives are attending meetings. In the
Should You Hire a Meeting Host?
Using a professional master of ceremonies (also known as a meeting host) can energize your program and involve your audience.
Choosing a Speaker for an Incentive
Incentive winners share several traits: They are bright, energetic, confident go-getters, so they do not like to sit in their seats very long. This is
Business Speakers The New Breed
BUSINESS SPEAKERS ARE once again in high demand, and new corporate themes are the focus at many financial services and insurance events across the country.
Booking Speakers for Incentives
HAVING RECENTLY RETURNED from the Insurance Conference Planners Association Summer Educational Forum in New Orleans, I want to share some tricks of the
Negotiating with Speakers
As we continue to experience a lagging economy in which meetings are postponed, canceled, or scaled back, planners and speakers bureaus are working together
Searching for a Speaker?
Companies spent $120 billion on professional speakers in 1999, according to the National Speakers Association. Why? Because professional speakers can
The Truth about Speakers Bureaus
I could write a novel on the subject of working with speakers bureaus. Here are the questions I hear most often about how we work.How are speakers bureaus
