Cell Phones: Dealing with Electronic Hecklers to Your Benefit
Cell phone go off during your speech? Don't worry, be happy. Turn it into a memorable part of your presentation & leave a good impression. It's all about the approach, taking control of the situation or, in some cases, an ad lib response to lighten the mood.
Managing your Q&A for Better Returns
Question & answer sessions are an important part of any presentation. It gives audience a personal opportunity to interact with the speaker. However, Q&A can be daunting to audience members, so here are some tricks of the trade to coax greater participation.
A Show Business Axiom: Don’t Wear it Out – Save it for the Show
Practice does make it perfect. Sometimes, however, over-rehearsing your presentation kills the very sincerity of the message. Know when to stop & go with the flow.
10 Reasons Why Some Virtual Events Fail and How to Prevent Them
The best intentions will fail if you don't do things right. Professional production of virtual events will help make your event stand out in the crowd. Great experience should not be exclusive to face-to-face events, it matters at virtual events just as much.
The Difference between Catering and Presenting
Having so much food at your event that Oliver Twist wants to stay an orphan is great; but that equivalent of information will overload your attendees. Presentations need to be simple and to the point, otherwise message will not be delivered to the audience.
5 Things You’ll Forget That Your Event Planner Will Remember
Amateurs forget things. Professionals don't. It's that simple. Hiring a professional event planner can save you money by doing it right the first time. They plan, they plan again, and then they plan some more. Forgetting is not a part of their dictionary.
Audio Disasters & How to Prevent Them
If anything can go wrong, it will. Audio is one of the most important parts of any presentation, without audio it wouldn't be a good presentation. We communicate by speech, and when your audio setup doesn't work as planned, you need to be prepared.
Speaker Management 101: Help Your Speaker Help You
Event planners can significantly improve their event by helping speakers help them & it's not a difficult or time-consuming task. Hiring a speaker is only half of the job. Now you have to ensure the speaker understands how he or she fits into your event.
Introducing the Hack Event
Hacking has a bad connotation in today's general populace, but it's a way to bring people together to do GOOD work with GREAT outcomes. If you really want to change the world than hack events might be for you.
How to Search for Targeted Trade Shows & Optimize Your Budget $
With the economy in recovery mode, optimizing your exhibit $ is more important than ever. This means going to the right trade shows and not waste resources at the wrong ones. Use these methods to optimize your best potential by finding targeted trade shows.