Structure, fun, memory triggers and delivery all enhance learning. Let s take a typical two-day national meeting of 150 people. Fifty of them can drive in, they share rooms, and utilitarian beats lavish. Any one who s budgeted a meeting could suggest shaving a bit off this or that. Now let s add two very good but not famous speakers, one to open and the other to close this event.
Every event is different.
High-impact speaking is as much an art as it is a science. So is allocating meeting resources. They ll work at making the time to meet with your committee, they ll sit down with you to gather information, and offer ideas if you ask. You should be able to count on a professional speaker to be flexible. If their schedule allows, they re happy to sit-in on parts of the program to get a feel for things it helps them to do a better job.