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Who Are the Professional Speakers Event Planners Hire?

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Question: Who Are the Professional Speakers Event Planners Hire?
The best keynote speaker or entertainer is someone who will match a corporate event's objectives, themes, audience and messages match the event objectives, themes, audience and more. What are the more popular speaker categories today and who are some of the professional speakers hired by event planners for corporate and association events?
Answer:

Professional speakers and corporate entertainers fall into the following popular categories:

Change:

  • Gary Bradt
  • Linda Edgecombe
  • Robert Kriegel

Innovation/Creativity:

  • Dewitt Jones
  • Mick Fleetwood
  • Joel Zeff

Excellence:

  • John Foley
  • Afterburner Seminars
  • Vince Poscente

Customer Service:

  • Doug Lipp
  • Jackie & Kevin Freiberg
  • Don Peppers & Martha Rogers

Motivation:

  • Keith Harrell
  • Tony Alessandra
  • Tommy Lasorda

Sales:

  • Sue Ershler
  • Terri Sjodin
  • Duane Cashin

Personal Growth and Development:

  • Steve Rizzo
  • Amanda Gore
  • John Cassis

Generational Issues:

  • Cam Marston
  • Lynne Lancaster & David Stillman
  • Robert Wendover

Leadership/Management:

  • Ram Charan
  • Steve Farber
  • Ben Zander
  • Marcus Buckingham

Current Events/Journalists:

  • Ken Burns
  • Linda Ellerbee
  • Deborah Norville
Source: The Goodman Speakers Bureau, Inc.
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