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Booking Speakers? Think Added Value, Not Just Lower Fees, to Meet Budget

By TSG

photo credit: Wesley Fryer So you’re booking speakers for your event and you find that your budget just won’t stretch as far as it used to. Maybe it’s because of cutbacks related to the economy. Maybe it’s because the speaker you want just had a #1 bestseller which caused a spike in demand and, as […]

Filed Under: Blog, Motivational Speakers Tagged With: Dr. Joseph Michelli, how to negotiate with speakers, increase meetings ROI, Jackie Freiberg, kevin freiberg, negotiating with speakers, ROI speakers, value of meetings, vince poscente

Meeting Trends Highlight ROI, Value and Hope

By TSG

Benchmark Hospitality International announced its “Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2009” in March, based on observations from their 30 conference hotels, resorts and conference centers in the United States and Asia. A few notable highlights: Trend #1: The Business of Meetings is Business This year more than ever before, the business of meetings is straight-up […]

Filed Under: Blog, Event Management, Organizational Excellence, Planner Tips Tagged With: increase meetings ROI, meetings and ROI, ROI speakers, Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2009, value of meetings

The Speakers Group Helps Planners Enhance Meetings, Add Value with ROI Speakers Launch

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 22, 2009 — Responding to the unique pressures facing its clients and others in the meetings industry as a result of sensational media coverage, government regulations, and reduced budgets, The Speakers Group has launched a new initiative, ROI Speakers (http://www.ROIspeakers.com), to help planners add value to their meetings and events — and […]

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Video: Keith Ferrazzi on the Value of Meetings

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Keith Ferrazzi, respected thought leader and author of the bestseller, Never Eat Alone, and the soon-to-be-released Who’s Got Your Back? speaks up about why meetings are critical to business – especially in this economy: Keith offers further insights into how meeting organizers can make their programs “cancel-proof” in the upcoming issue of our TSG Key […]

Filed Under: Blog, Event Management, Planner Tips Tagged With: keep america meeting, keith ferrazzi, TSG Key Notes, value of meetings, why meetings matter

Should You Schedule Meetings and Speakers in a Recession?

By TSG

If you’re a meeting planner (or one who plans meetings, whether that’s your official title or not), you’ve likely noticed the buzz lately in defense of the value of meetings. (If not, check out KeepAmericaMeeting.org.)  There’s a great article on that theme in the February issue of Incentive magazine specifically related to incentive events (imagine […]

Filed Under: Blog, Leadership Development, Organizational Excellence, Planner Tips, Sales Management Tagged With: incentive programs in a recession, meeting planning in a recession, schedule speakers in a recession, value of meetings

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