Every month most of our local chambers organize both a breakfast and an evening mixer. These are excellent opportunities to meet area employers, build relationships, and advertise your event. Service clubs such as Lions and Kwanis also have weekly or bi-monthly meetings and welcome speakers from the community. Letter to speakers - Reconfirm their participation and topic of presentation, remind them of the need for biography information, and include a map and instructions for getting to the event. Make signs - For guests to get from the parking area to the event.
Phone calls to speakers for any last minute questions concerns, etc.
While this curriculum can be used to facilitate effective training in and of itself, guest speakers add variety and an additional element of credibility to the event. Networking is the key to locating knowledgeable guest speakers. The following list is intended to provide possible starting places to finding the speakers you need.