Motivation? Celebrity? Adventure? Author? Environment? Business? Government? Inspirational? Marketing? Branding? Sports? \u2026Oh my! Just exactly where do you start when you want to book a Speaker for your upcoming meeting?<\/p>\n
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The Top 5 Considerations When Booking a Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n First things first: understand the value of who you are using to book a speaker. There is a difference between representing agencies (like those \u201ctalent agencies\u201d that represent only the best interest of the act) versus Bureaus\/Booking Agencies. The latter being there to represent YOU in the selection and vetting process of booking a speaker that is right for your audience. You want someone on your side, service-oriented, to not only ensure that your goals, theme, and budget are understood, but someone who is there to follow through with the execution, as well. And what if something happens? You\u2019ll want to ensure you\u2019re working with someone that has Plan B\u2019s and C\u2019s and D\u2019s, for that matter, in their back pocket. Just like with entertainment, avoiding booking a speaker direct ensures that a \u201chiccup\u201d doesn\u2019t turn into a \u201cheart attack\u201d on site with no access to a backup plan, if needed.<\/p>\n Like any relationship, trust is a huge factor. Trust your agent. They know which Speakers are homeruns and which Speakers you So what are the top 5 things to consider when booking a speaker?<\/strong><\/p>\n So, can we talk? We\u2019d love to connect you to the latest \u201chot topics\u201d and Speakers on the circuit and explore the possibilities of finding that perfect speaker for your next event We won\u2019t just \u201ctalk\u201d we\u2019ll listen!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [author-box-2]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Motivation? Celebrity? Adventure? Author? Environment? Business? Government? Inspirational? Marketing? Branding? Sports? \u2026Oh my! Just exactly where do you start when you want to book a Speaker for your upcoming meeting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-on-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5074,"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions\/5074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epic1.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nshould avoid. A good agent will make sure to \u201chear\u201d what you are trying to accomplish and what you know your audience needs.<\/p>\n