Why do you bring speakers to your events? You have smart people on your team. Wise people. Why not feature them as your keynote speakers? Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus, Training Camp, and several other books — most recently, The Seed — has the answer in today’s guest post. “Jon, never underestimate the power […]
Little Bets Yield Big Ideas – Interview with Peter Sims
Are great ideas created or discovered? That’s the theme of my recent interview with Peter Sims, author of the new book, Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, and you can listen here: If you’d like a hint about the answer to the opening question, consider how how Google began: The founders didn’t set out […]
Don’t Let Your Awards Banquet Bomb
A guest post from corporate comedy speaker Judy Carter Last night, as I watched the 2011 Academy Awards hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, it became clear that actors can’t do what comics do best: be funny. The show was a lackluster, boring bomb! Last week I sat through a similar event: a corporate awards […]
3 Questions to Get More Bang for Your Buck When Booking Speakers
by Shawn Ellis Sometimes, you just need a dynamic keynote presentation – someone who will “wow” your audience for an hour or so and leave them with some intriguing thoughts to ponder. Sometimes, you need something more. With tighter meeting budgets and with an emphasis on the value of meetings today, it is imperative that […]
What to Watch in Social Media and Technology in 2011
At The Speakers Group, we’ve teamed up with several top social media speakers and leading authorities in recent years to help our clients get answers to burning questions like: “What is social media all about?” “Does it matter to our organization?” “How do we leverage it to our advantage?” Aliza Sherman has been providing high-level, […]
Booking Speakers 101: Find the Perfect Keynote Speaker
When you need to find the perfect motivational keynote speaker for your next event, a computer and Google can take you a long way. With tens of thousands of speakers indexed on a variety of topics, just an internet connection links you to a vast pool of candidates from which you can find the right […]
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