Mike Sholars Senior Writer If you’ve ever set your sights on landing a big-name speaker for your event but fell short of the mark, Katherine Bindley’s article in The Huffington Post is required reading. It highlights ten recent approaches universities took to secure high-profile commencement speakers, and also soundly demonstrates the power and importance that
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Have you ever sat in a workshop you thought would never end? With all the distractions that abound these days for audiences, speakers need to design their talks for a declining attention span say the experts. In fact, the time that needs to pass before we “tune out” appears to be shrinking rapidly. A behavioral
If you’ve been a moderator before, you know that your role is crucial to the success of the panel. Not surprisingly, panels by their very nature call for a collaborative approach and it’s one of the main reasons they can be one of the more difficult formats to successfully execute at a conference. Check out
Just got booked for a speaking engagement? That’s a nice accomplishment but the best speakers will tell you that referrals and repeat invitations are essential to more podium opportunities. Here are 6 tips that help you stay top of mind with event organizers. Be Organized The key here is to make life as easy as
There are a number of very important reasons that support the commitment to a corporate speaking program: 1. New Lead Generation: Most market leaders in knowledge based industries view speaking as a primary avenue for thought leadership, given the obvious opportunities for generating new interactions with new prospects. 2. Brand Building: Speaking affords an excellent opportunity
As a continuation from our last post on audience engagement, we now want to focus on another important feature of podium performance – recommendations. Hopefully, with your amazing speaking presence and engaging content, your audience and perhaps most importantly, the event planner, will want to have you on stage again. Whether you are a keynote
The clapping subsides and you step down from the stage, another successful presentation is in the bag. Or was it? How do you know, as a public speaker, that you succeeded in connecting and engaging with your audience? Or that you will be invited to speak again? What will they base it on? Traditionally, speakers
