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New Study: Almost Two-Thirds of Professional Event Speakers Are Male

Bizzabo

The report analyzed the gender diversity of more than 60,000 event speakers over a seven-year period, from 2013 to 2019. Almost Two-Thirds of All Event Speakers are Male. On average more than two-thirds (66%) of all speakers between 2013 and 2019 were male, while just one-third (33%) were female according to our global analysis.

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How to Improve Your Call for Presentations Process

Velvet Chainsaw

When Velvet Chainsaw Consulting conducted speaker research with 120 associations with research and consulting company Tagoras Inc. in 2013, we found that nearly 77 percent use a call for speakers/sessions process. Mask the speakers name and company. Associations value member input. Tighten the timeline. Curate content.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Spotlight: Caitlin O’Malley shares how PCMA is managing Virtual & Hybrid Events in 2021

Attendease

For Convening Leaders, whether it was pre-recorded or live, there weren’t a lot of speakers on stage this year: there were a couple in Singapore at one of our hubs, we had a couple of other hubs in the US, but not a lot of onstage presentations, a lot of them were pre-recorded and run semi-live. Get people’s fingers moving.

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CES: Tech trends #EventProfs should watch in 2019

Event Industry News

The world’s largest tech showcase lands in Las Vegas every January and is the place to be if you want to stay up to date with what the tech world has to offer over the next 12 months. We’ve picked out some of the most interesting innovations and the focused on the tech that we think could start to change the game for #EventProfs.

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Back to the Future: Revisiting Event Planner Predictions From 2012

PCMA Convene

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. Our keynote speakers give their presentation from the new orbiting space station as a 3-D holographic projection. Many sessions will have holographic speakers, beamed in from around the world.

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