Speakers' Spotlight

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The world of speakers’ bureaus in 2010 – after the economic crash – is a perilous one. A number of forces are combining to make life more difficult for them, and some of the trends appear to be long-term changes....

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By now, most people have heard about the dramatic incident involving Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater. Reading the breaking story by The New York Daily News, I was laughing out loud. The basic story goes that Jet Blue flight attendant Slater was involved in a verbal altercation with a passeng...

There are many writers that I have a great deal of respect for. David Brooks, a writer for the NY Times, stands among the top few. For over a decade he has written a column for the Times and, in my opinion, has had a significant impact. We both spoke at a conference a year ago or so in New Orleans a...

Last year on the occasion of Martin & Farah Perelmuter’s 40th birthday, I got the idea of throwing a surprise party for them in my home. “We can’t do that!” my husband said, “ the backyard isn’t finished!”. I don’t know about you but deadlines work for me. The party was wonderful and the back patio...

The next 10 years will dramatically change your life and almost everything in it. And while there are lots of things likely to change, I’d like to focus on 10 that will be of particular importance to you personally, to our society, and to the meeting planners generally.Someone always benefits from c...

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He may have played for New Jersey, New York, Florida and Dallas, but Kirk Muller is Canadian through and through.

As meeting planners we have all experienced the magic of an event that comes off flawlessly – when every A/V cue happens exactly right and people appear and leave the stage when they are supposed to; amazing presentations are couched by exciting introductions and thoughtful thank yous and the audien...

It’s often more of an art than a science, what we do at Speakers’ Spotlight. We book speakers that charge for their presentations – their words, essentially. And we help them determine how much these wordsare worth. This is an interesting process to consider, that words are free give, but can be ver...

Business bloggers at Harvard Business Review discuss a variety of business topics including managing people, innovation, leadership, and more.

Eight Canadian smokers begin their journey by sharing the emotional and inspirational reasons behind their decision to quit smoking. In this first of ten webisodes, Ray Zahab, champion ultra-marathoner ...