A message from Kevin Brown: https://vimeo.com/409839173 About Kevin Brown Kevin Brown is a branding and culture expert with a 30+ year career in franchise development. He spent the last 19 years of his corporate career as part of a leadership team that built a little-known family business into the #1 franchise…
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SPECIAL COVID 19 ANNOUNCEMENT During the Covid-19 crisis, your friends at The Speaker Exchange have been hard at work helping event planners and speakers adjust their plans. Virtual conferences and events can be a great alternative for some meetings. This article is great advice for your next webinar or online…
By John O’Leary Reposted from https://johnolearyinspires.com/2020/03/a-lesson-from-jfk-and-1962/ With ever-expanding anxiety around coronavirus, it can feel as if the end is near, there is no reason for hope and we are all doomed. Just go home, wash your hands and wait for the end. And yet, it’s heartening to remember: This is far from the…
Post by Ashley Fox, Award-winning Sports Journalist and Analyst Before Wednesday, the last parade I actively watched was the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade through downtown Philly two years ago. I should have been there, either as a journalist or a spectator among the nearly two million fans who celebrated…
Are you planning a winter conference? How confident are you that you’ll get all your speakers there on time? Do you have a contingency plan for canceled flights and no-shows? Planning a winter conference takes a little bit extra. When bad weather hits, as it has the past several weeks,…
The landscape has changed for event planners, and it’s harder than it’s ever been to gain loyalty from attendees and participants. It used to be a signal of an event’s success if you achieved a certain target number of “butts-in-seats.” But that doesn’t cut it anymore. Our current, hyper-competitive atmosphere…
Who doesn’t love a surprise? Event planners, that’s who! The truth is when event planners think “surprises”, they’re remembering horror stories when missed details or unplanned mistakes have caused convention disasters. Planners make their money in precision; it’s their job to think of everything and plan every meeting down to…
“Reflecting global sentiment, the key focus for meeting planners and owners will be prioritizing the attendee experience.” According to the recent 2018 Global Meetings and Events forecast from American Express Meetings and Events, the meetings and events industry is looking great! 2018 should show solid growth across the industry world-wide. …
