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Speaker Trends for This Year’s Business Events

MeetingsNet

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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Inside WorldatWork’s Speaker Coaching Program

Convene by PCMA

Mesmer has added new voices to the list of speakers, including young professionals who are on the rise in the industry. It’s a sweeping transformation, and one that relied heavily on the association’s investment in something that often doesn’t get a lot of attention: speaker coaching.

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7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events

Smart Meetings

Seven key tactics event marketers can use to promote virtual networking opportunities include: Conference website: Even when prospective attendees are first exploring your conference agenda and speaker list, you want to make the networking opportunities clear on your event site.

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5 Tips for Finishing Strong from Top Keynoters

Smart Meetings

To make the journey a little smoother, we asked some of the top-rated speakers from our Smart Meetings Experiences over the last year to share the one thing you should do right now to position yourself to thrive next year. Speaker, Drummer for P!NK, Keynote Speaker/Bestselling Author, “The Fine Art of Small Talk” (Hachette).

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How to Use Social Proof to Market Your Event

Convene by PCMA

Here are six ways to leverage this tried-and-true concept to convert attendee prospects: Bring in the experts (and celebrities). Industry luminaries are often thought of when creating speaker lineups and influencer marketing. And that’s what makes social proof such an effective tool for marketers, including event marketers.

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21 Outside-the-box and Creative Event Promotion Ideas

Bizzaboo

Or ask your high-powered keynotes or speakers to record personalized video invites that you (or they) can send out. Add songs your speakers choose and keynotes or songs tied to the event’s theme. Add songs your speakers choose and keynotes or songs tied to the event’s theme.

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Public Speaking: Fear Not! Expert Tips on Message & Delivery

Motivation Excellence

The most effective speakers are those who are able to focus more on the needs of their audience and less on themselves. It’s definitely a great skill to have, whether you’re pitching to a prospective client, raising funds for a charity at a gala, or coaching middle-schoolers basketball. You have innovative ideas that need to be heard.

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