A personal message from Shawn Ellis, Founder of The Speakers Group These are interesting times we find ourselves in. Not only is the coronavirus spreading rapidly around the world–now officially being recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization–but fear and panic along with it. Did you stock up on toilet paper yet? For […]
Social Media and Your Meeting: No Longer an Optional Topic
photo credit: JeffSands This blog post is for business leaders, meeting professionals, and others who plan events. At The Speakers Group, clients expect us to offer innovative speaker suggestions to help them make their next event the best ever, and it has become clear that the topic everyone wants to know about today is social […]
Ben Stein Defends Business Meetings
Our thanks to Ben Stein for speaking out about the importance of the meetings industry on CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5075350n%3fsource=search_video Way to go, Ben!
MPI One+ Article Addresses Managing Speaker Costs
The online edition of MPI’s June 2009 One+ magazine includes an article about how meeting and event professionals can manage speaker costs in the current economic climate: “Talk Ain’t Cheap: How to secure a speaker for your event with as little fiscal pain as possible.” Robert Farmer, author of the article, writes: For planners, the […]
Meeting Trends Highlight ROI, Value and Hope
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 […]
Social Media Networking and Your Events
Still trying to figure out if the “hot” social media tools have a place in your events? Or trying to figure out how to incorporate these tools into your toolbox? There’s a great post at Event Solutions with tips from event planners utilizing some of these new technologies. The premise: How are event pros using […]
