Comments on: Hire a Horrible Speaker in Six Easy Steps http://www.thespeakersgroup.com/blog/hire-a-horrible-speaker-in-six-easy-steps/ the Intersection of Speakers and Meetings Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:18:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ShawnEllis http://www.thespeakersgroup.com/blog/hire-a-horrible-speaker-in-six-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-6753 ShawnEllis Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:08:50 +0000 http://www.thespeakersgroup.com/blog/?p=477#comment-6753 Thanks, Jeff, for stopping by! Those are some great follow-up tips. Sure to get you a home-run speaker! (NOT!) :) Thanks, Jeff, for stopping by! Those are some great follow-up tips. Sure to get you a home-run speaker! (NOT!) :)

]]> By: Jeff Hurt http://www.thespeakersgroup.com/blog/hire-a-horrible-speaker-in-six-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-6637 Jeff Hurt Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:41:11 +0000 http://www.thespeakersgroup.com/blog/?p=477#comment-6637 Christa: Great advice. I'll add a couple more. Step Seven: Don't do any research about your audience, their needs, their interest, their profession or their future. Move forward as if you know what's best for them. Step Eight: Give your audience exactly what they ask for in a presenter. If they request the great author who is not a great speaker, give it to them anyway. (NOT!) Step Nine: Choose a speaker that your audience has heard before and rated high. "Don't fix it if it ain't broke. Wink, wink." (NOT!) Christa:

Great advice. I’ll add a couple more.

Step Seven: Don’t do any research about your audience, their needs, their interest, their profession or their future. Move forward as if you know what’s best for them.

Step Eight: Give your audience exactly what they ask for in a presenter. If they request the great author who is not a great speaker, give it to them anyway. (NOT!)

Step Nine: Choose a speaker that your audience has heard before and rated high. “Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke. Wink, wink.” (NOT!)

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