Introduce the speaker during dessert. Pie in your face opens your eyes/ears. By helping the speaker’s first few jokes to fall flat, you are setting the mood for the remainder of the presentation. Another way a meeting planner can help a speaker is to do the intro while the tables are being cleared. God only [...]
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After you have decided on your next speaker, here are some ideas to consider: 1. Use your speaker more than once. Once you have picked your speaker, ask yourself if there is more than one slot to plug the speaker into. The second presentation will probably be discounted, you eliminate another airfare, room and [...]
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