Here are eight simple ways to leverage your professional speaker at your next event. By following these points, you and your audience will get a lot more out of your speaker and you’ll be a big hit when the event is done.

1) Insist on a pre-event meeting to discuss your corporate messages, corporate culture and meeting theme. Work with your speaker to emphasise three key points ( no one really remembers more in a typical one-hour presentation ). Mention the type of audience. This can be critical in how the presentation is pitched. Read More…

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This is a true story. It isn’t new and it’s probably been retold elsewhere and the names have been changed. But the message is still the same.

It begins with a package holiday to Hawaii with a group of Americans. One was Doris, a chatty middle aged lady, who was thoroughly enjoying herself. At every viewing point and fun tourist venue she’d mention ” Harold would have loved this”. Finally at the big traditional roast pig feast by the beach, the writer of this story asks her about Harold. Read More…

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