Engaging Your Audience
One of the biggest issues for events is engaging the audience. So many people are at the whim of their mobile phone but it really is not about the audience, it is about the presenter or host being better at …
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How to Give a Great Introduction
Too often introductions can end up putting the audience to sleep. It is almost like the speaker gave the host their resume and the host thinks they need to read the entire thing!
If you are a speaker, update your …
The Future of Events
IMG:Screenshot from the PCMA Marriott video
What does the future hold for events?
What is important for you depends on whether you are a PCO, Venue, Speaker or Industry supplier. One thing is clear, technology will play a leading role.…
Travel Tips
We gathered some international, domestic and even ‘just up the road’ travellers for our Blab on Speakers Travelling.
Some fantastic tips, ideas and emergency tricks, for both social and professional travel, were revealed.
Do you have any travel tips that …
Feel the Event Love
It’s Valentines day (or at least it was a few days ago) so what better way to share the love than having a chat about it.
In particular, Love when it comes to events. As an event organiser or as …
Why Do you Need a CSP?
This months Get More Speaker Success blab was about CSP as part of the CSP Celebration month of January. CSP stands for Certified Speaking Professional. The designation is issued by the member bodies of the Global Speakers Federation.
In Australia …
The Remote Blab
Last night was the Professional Speakers Australia Christmas party. It was scheduled directly after the Get More Speaker Success Blab so I had to attend both. This meant that the Blab was held remotely.
Unfortunately, there is a little bit …
Get More Speaker Success Blab
Every time we have a speaker blab, something unexpected happens.
In this edition we had a tour of one of the presenters office, there was almost a desk icon war and you will be happy to know that there was …
Social Media Gurus
This November, social media gurus Terry Brock and Gina Carr are in Australia. They are touring Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney (with a stop off in Singapore on the way over). I was fortunate enough to get them for 20 …
Get More Speaker Success
Woo Hoo!
We had our first Blab on how to Get More Speaker Success. It was a very informal chat with some great ideas and thoughts.
Here is the recording you can watch at your leisure.
We talked about:
- Referrals
