By Jaime Nolan, CAE There is a version of this story every meeting planner knows, and most speakers have never heard. A planner posts publicly that she needs a speaker. She is specific: contact info, program title, brief description, speaking sample link. Four things. The first response is two words: “I’m interested.” The second is … Read more
professional speakers
By Thom Singer, CSP | Recently, I sat in the audience for a keynote that felt like a relic from another era—like 2010 had somehow crept back onto the main stage. The PowerPoint slides were oldschool, the speaker lacked energy, the information was basic, and worst of all, there were almost no actionable takeaways. The … Read more