Tweet Rock stars! Just those two words create images in our minds of fun, money and pleasure. Rock stars get paid to bang on drums, strum guitars and scream into microphones. They get to do what they love daily. Traits Of The Rock Star Event Professional So what does it take to be a rock…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Three Conference Speaker Processes That Will Alarm You [Free Speaker Report]
Tweet Who has the final decision making power to hire a professional speaker for an organization? The answer may surprise you. And it may cause you to drop your jaw, raise your eyebrows and shout, “Huh?” Recently, Velvet Chainsaw partnered with Tagoras, Inc., a leading continuing education company, to survey conference professionals about their use…
Preparing To Present? Eight Learning Principles To Master
Tweet Most of us think we know how to present. Actually, we know how to talk! And talk, talk, talk, is what we do. Yet, few of us really know how to learn. Changing Attitudes And Behaviors Or Killing Time If your goal is for your audience to hear what you have to say, keep…
The Person Who Chooses Your Conference Content Has All The Power
Tweet “If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power,” says Seth Godin. Currently many conference hosts put the power of their conference content into the hands of administrators focused on shuffling speaker proposals and…
The Meeting Space Should Not Define The Use, The Behavior Should
Tweet Most conferences look and feel the same. Each session room is set theater style. Chairs are positioned one by one in neatly arranged rows. They all face the front of the room with a stage and screen. The conference organizers’ identify and beliefs are reflected with how they view, value and design space. It…
