This is a question that I’ve come across many times over my own speaking career…how many times do you use the same speaker and trainers? For the sake of this conversation, let’s ignore keynote speakers. Few conferences will use the same one year after year. That’d get boring. At best, keynoters will only return to …
It’s time for more advice from Rikki Adams, a man who works with celebrities at conventions fulltime. I’ll just leave it all in his words. Advice for speakers- Don’t be afraid to go off script and engage the audience. A lot of moderators have no clue who you are and will ask questions based on …
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Back to round two of the interview with Rikki Adams, a guy who works fulltime with conventions and the celebs at them. This time Rikki has some advice for vendors- Make a check sheet of things you need and ask for it before you reserve your spot. Don’t forget, things like electrical outlets, WiFi, and …
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Last time I talked about using celebs to boost attendance at conferences, so this week I thought I’d talk with a guy who works WITH the celebs. Just don’t call him an Agent (you’ll see why later). Here’s Rikki at a convention with actor Brian O’Halloran from Clerks. I met Rikki Adams a few years …
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Here’s a short tip I learned from my friend Kent Julian over at Live It Forward. He said- Be the easiest speaker around to work with. It makes sense as a speaker. If I’m the easiest speaker in the world to work with, conferences are more likely to bring me back, have me do more, …
Welcome to a new series for conference planning, conference vendors, and all things related! I bet some of you get all weird with conferences, with post it notes and mindmaps all over your living room wall. That’s okay, though, because I do that working on my keynotes. In the biz we just call it storyboarding …
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The following is an excerpt from my e-mail newsletter on Best Practices for Conferences, Vendors, and Speaker. Subscribe to the newsletter HERE. Since we talked about great vendor booths in the last e-mail, I think it is time to talk about the dark side of them. Among all the free goodies, celebrity guests, and multimedia …
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I know this won’t apply to all of you, but I wanted to let you know about a new e-mail newsletter that I’m starting up. I’ve been speaking at conferences and training events all over the world for several years and attending them for even longer. Because of this, I’ve had quite a few …
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I’m getting ready to embark on another adventure tour and wanted to post out my itinerary in case anyone wants to get in touch for a meetup or drop in to one of my open events to hear me speak. It’s my 10yo’s turn to join me on a tour, so we’ll also be doing …