Archive for July, 2010

A Secret Ingredient for On Stage Meeting Magic

July 22nd, 2010

Kelly

As meeting planners we have all experienced the magic of an event that comes off flawlessly – when every A/V cue happens exactly right and people appear and leave the stage when they are supposed to; amazing presentations are couched by exciting introductions and thoughtful thank yous and the audience is enthralled throughout, (more…)

A Word’s Worth

July 21st, 2010

Sarah Delsey

by Sarah Delsey – Client Services Executive

It’s often more of an art than a science, what we do at Speakers’  Spotlight.  We book speakers that charge for their presentations – their words, essentially.  And we help them determine how much these words are worth.  This is an interesting process to consider, that words are free to give, but can be very valuable to receive.  As well, the words we say can end up costing us everything.

I’ve started thinking about this in light of the recent – ahem – controversy in which Mel Gibson (more…)