Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Meet the brains behind the design of the highly successful National Speakers Association’s INFLUENCE 2020 Virtual in August. Understand the strategy behind transforming a 3-day event into an 8-week virtual experience that launched their new digital vault. Why creating memorable experiences makes a virtual event stick.

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EventMB

JULY 18, 2023

Skift Take: Using influencer marketing to promote events doesn't have to involve celebrities. These tools help turn speakers into the influencers that they are. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

JANUARY 17, 2024

Skift Take: President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and actress Mayim Bialik were all keynote speakers at PCMA Convening Leaders 2024. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Were these controversial choices worth the risk?

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 9, 2022

About Meeting Expectations. Meeting Expectations specializes in designing and executing strategies to achieve event and association management goals. The Event Goal. Meeting Expectations learned from the prior year’s Event App execution and decided to invest in the following tactics: 1. The Back Story.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 17, 2022

The inquiries that bureaus are receiving from planners reveal changes to meetings in the post-pandemic environment. A recent article on Forbes.com picks the brains of interesting players in the meetings and events world: talent agencies and speaker bureaus.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s no secret that event costs are on the rise. You no longer need to do everything manually nor rely on a large suite of costly digital tools to achieve a great event. In fact, modern corporate meeting planning software can help you optimize and automate processes so that you and your team can save time and resources over time.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

Most of the event industry and our clients continue to assume that if you can make the meeting bigger it’s a good thing. The massive disruption of in-person events since March 2020 has shaken our industry to the core. Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. It ain’t necessarily so.

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Gallus Events

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

One area we know loads of event professionals are struggling with is getting good digital content for their online events. So we have created the ultimate virtual event speaker brief. If you have organised virtual events but you are still not receiving the quality of content you hope for then this article is for you.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Though I don’t teach college anymore, I’m interested in educational class design because a class is a meeting. And much of what we can do to design great meetings is applicable to college classes too. The speakers didn’t model what they were preaching during their talk! ” Sadly, I was disappointed.

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EventMB

JUNE 5, 2022

What do you do if your speaker goes off the rails? Let’s say the speaker goes off script and says things that don’t align with your company? What questions do you ask of the speaker to prevent this from happening? The speaker was very famous. Clarify Why You Want To Hire a Keynote Speaker. Nightmare scenarios?

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Expo Pass

MAY 10, 2022

“I love seeing speakers that change the way we think […] They are experts, they have thought about something, they bring their own view of the world – to you – and it changes how you think about the world.”. Innovation Women also works to create more diversity at events, and remake the “all-male, pale, and stale” panels we so often see.

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2019

To run an event successfully, you need to prepare a good event program and an event speaker’s agenda—a schedule or protocol for speakers about what they will say and how they will act on the stage, etc. About an event schedule/agenda. Reasons to create an agenda for event speakers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

Not long ago, becoming a professional speaker was a third step in a thought leaders career path. Keynote speakers should be chosen wisely. From a conference design perspective, we believe the current best practice is to bookend your conference by opening with a strong-thought provoking speaker and closing with inspiration.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 16, 2018

G2 Crowd is the leading website for online business software and service reviews, where Event Mobi ranks as a High Performer on the Summer 2018 Mobile Event Apps Report. Event speakers are essential to a successful event marketing strategy. If we can’t deliver on speakers, we’re not doing our job right.”.

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Expo Pass

APRIL 18, 2022

Event speakers have the unique ability to inspire attendees and transform your event into a truly memorable experience. But how can organizers actually go about finding the perfect speaker for their event? So to get you started, here’s our top tips for organizers when finding speakers for their events.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 9, 2021

Far too much money is spent on meeting glitz at the expense of good meeting design. “There’s no budget” I’ve noticed over the years that every meeting has a budget for F&B. There’s often a budget for a dramatic big-name speaker or two. Seth Godin makes an analogous point in this post….

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 12, 2023

Only 1 percent of respondents to a Freeman survey said they preferred celebrity speakers to those who had something relevant to say to their groups. Whatever Media Group) Event organizers who are considering straining their budgets to hire celebrity speakers — or who feel pressure to do so — may want to think again.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 31, 2023

The newest Speaking Industry Benchmark Report is out with details on this year’s hot topics, what speakers are charging (and what planners are paying), and more. Demand is hot for speakers who address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. For speakers with more than 10 years of experience, the average fee is $16,659. •

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

What are the fairest rules to use when running meetings? ” I think it’s reasonable to concentrate on fairness to participants : the majority of those involved with the meeting. All meetings have rules, whether overt or covert, conscious or unconscious, that influence how they proceed. Status and power at meetings.

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Special Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Meet the speakers of Catersource + The Special Event!

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Event Age by Swapcard

APRIL 26, 2022

Virtual Sapiens’ Rachel Cossar delivers her four top tips for maximum engagement that speakers and organizers at hybrid events won’t want to miss. From workplace arrangements to events, ‘hybrid’ is the mot du jour. Here are the main things you need to be aware of to run the most engaging hybrid event.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 18, 2021

Why people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences : Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian — in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. an unknown level of expertise.

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CadmiumCD

JANUARY 9, 2023

Event planners and association executives must appease many stakeholders, including attendees and exhibitors. However, content is still king, so one could argue that the most significant stakeholders are the meeting speakers themselves.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Avoiding wellness washing and incorporating holistic well-being into meetings Wellness is on every planner’s mind these days—with it, come concerns of “wellness washing.” A group of professionals with expertise in wellness—its nuances, scope and impact—gathered for a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “How to Avoid Wellness Washing.”

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Bizzabo

MAY 5, 2021

Setting up your speakers for success will further your partnership and ensure you host a high-value virtual event. Preparation is the key to putting on a successful, well-run event. The same rule applies to virtual events. We can’t expect our speakers to be tech experts. Here are our tips for preparing them.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

We analyzed event data from thousands of events over the past five years and discovered that events still have a long way to go when it comes to gender diversity. We recently released the results of our first ever “Gender Diversity & Inclusion in Events Report.” Almost 70% of All Event Speakers are Male.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 16, 2020

Despite the terrible impacts of the coronavirus on the meeting industry, there’s a silver lining. The meeting industry is reeling under a wave of cancellations, postponements, and uncertainty. I believe there are three silver linings that are long-term positives for the meeting industry. Hear me out!

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Eventinterface

MARCH 26, 2018

Finding speakers for conferences and events can be an arduous task. Are we selecting the right speaker? Is what the speaker charges a fair fee? How do we know if the speaker can deliver the right message for our audience? Is the speaker the right, strategic partner for our conference?

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Eventinterface

MARCH 26, 2018

Finding speakers for conferences and events can be an arduous task. Are we selecting the right speaker? Is what the speaker charges a fair fee? How do we know if the speaker can deliver the right message for our audience? Is the speaker the right, strategic partner for our conference?

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Endless Events

JUNE 26, 2020

The Best of the Best: Engaging Your Audience: Virtual Event Speakers – The Ultimate Hacks For Success. Anatomy Of Virtual Events: Virtual Breakout Rooms: Different Types & How They Work. ? Worried you might be missing something while planning your virtual event? Plus some Father’s Day content too!).

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

So, how are speakers preparing for the future of meetings and events ? A beast that made the meetings and events industry obsolete overnight. Then, I wondered, what my speaker friends were doing in quarantine. But the meetings and events profession will be back. So, I asked them.

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Endless Events

JUNE 19, 2020

You’re either a planner eager to learn how you can set your virtual speaker up for success, or you’re a speaker looking to be trained in the art of virtual presentations. You might also just be a curious person, but for the sake of purpose, let’s assume you’re either a planner or a speaker.

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Special Events

MARCH 5, 2023

Meet the speakers at Catersource + The Special Event!

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The founder of a speakers bureau recently shared with Convene what event organizers need to keep in mind when working with presenters at online events. At an in-person event, you can feel the energy in the room when a speaker on stage is commanding the attention of the entire audience. What are the strengths?

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We all know when you find a speaker that is the right fit for your event or meeting makes for some really good news. That just right speaker can help to set the mood and tone for any event or meeting. Hiring a speaker is an important step when event and meeting planning.

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Event Farm

DECEMBER 27, 2016

There have been a lot of exciting changes at the Farm recently, and we'd like to introduce two of the newest additions to our DC office: Ryan Speaker, Customer Support Specialist, and Steph Shuff, Sales Development Representative. we're happy to welcome them to Event Farm and to introduce both of them to you! That's pretty exciting.

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Eventsforce

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Want tips on running successful virtual events? The sudden shift to virtual events has created many challenges for planners – especially when it comes to managing remote speakers. But, just how difficult is speaker engagement when it comes to virtual events? 1) Co-Create Speaker Content .

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