Category Archives: speaker selection

Hiring A Professional Speaker Jargon Buster Part 2: Words N-Z

Tweet For the inexperienced, hiring a professional speaker or entertainer can be intimidating. This is part two of Jargon Busting For Hiring Professional Speakers. Read Part 1 Words A-M. You might also like Cheat Sheet For Hiring And Paying Professional Speakers. Hiring A Professional Speaker Jargon Primer: Words N-Z Nonprofit Discount If you are a…

Hiring A Professional Speaker Jargon Buster Part 1: Words A-M

Tweet Professional speakers. Those two words strike fear in some hearts and send some people screaming. Others read it and question what classifies a professional speaker. Securing and hiring professional speakers can be a daunting task for some. Working with a speakers bureau or agent can feel like navigating a minefield, especially if you are…

Cheat Sheet For Hiring And Paying Professional Speakers

Tweet Sometimes hiring and securing a professional speaker can feel like navigating a maze. New jargon, terms, conditions and clauses can be confusing, especially if you only secure speakers once or twice a year. Dealing with a speakers bureau or agent can feel daunting. Few meeting professionals know that it is perfectly acceptable to negotiate….

Is Your Conference Guilty Of Incestuous Inbreeding Or Speaker Vanity Publishing?

Tweet Your Conference Is Like Vanity Press Are you charging speakers a full or discounted registration fee to present at your conference? Perhaps they must cover their own travel, lodging and expenses to attend your conference in addition to spending time to develop their presentation.  And pay a registration fee. Does your conference do that?…

Nine Essentials To Keep Your Presentation From Becoming A Corpse

Tweet Presentations are the economy of most conferences and business today. Yet most presentations are boring. A majority of them are just uninteresting. They lack humanness, life, passion and emotional connections. Today, many conference participants feel trapped by a parade of monotonous, dreary, insipid presentations. It doesn’t take long to recognize a corpse. It takes…