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 […]
Booking Speakers? Think Added Value, Not Just Lower Fees, to Meet Budget
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 […]
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 […]
Watch the ROI Speakers Difference
Sometimes, you just need a keynote speaker – 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. If you want to go beyond the keynote and create a real, high-impact learning experience for your attendees, you want ROI Speakers. […]
How to Make Your Meeting Cancel-Proof
It seems that corporate and association meetings are being canceled right and left lately: the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority reported that 402 conventions and meetings scheduled to be held in the city were canceled from October to mid-March; Orlando has had 114 meetings canceled this year as of late March. That’s just two […]
Maximize the Value of Speaker Bookings to Boost Meeting’s ROI – Special Report
Founder and president of The Speakers Group, Shawn Ellis, has written a new special report to help meeting and event planners maximize the value of their speaker bookings in pursuit of increased ROI for their meetings. To obtain a copy of the report (free), sign up on the web site of The Speakers Group’s new […]
