Successfully sourcing high profile, engaging keynote speakers for your events can be a monumental task. This SlideShare gives some quick tips on how to successfully secure the best keynote speakers for your event in 2016.

1. KEYNOTE SPEAKER SOURCING
AN EXPERT’S GUIDE
A collection of international event
expert's reveal the secrets behind
sourcing successful keynote
speakers for their events.

2. “Great leaders state out loud what they intend
to do and in doing so, they get things done.”
-
Simon Sinek

3. AN ENGAGING SPEAKER CAN
ELEVATE AN EVENT FROM THE
ORDINARY TO THE EXCEPTIONAL

4. INVESTIGATE
It is important to
conduct research
to ensure your speaker
has a successful track
record.

5. ARE THEY IN THE KNOW
AND IN THE NOW?
Make certain that your speaker is current and relevant

6. AUDIENCE FIRST
Taking the audience demographic
into careful consideration.
It is a fundamental part of the
keynote speaker selection process.

7. BUDGET
Clarifying your budget early on and managing
expectations is a critical part of speaker sourcing.

8. AVAILABILITY
Popular speakers get snapped up fast,
the quicker you can get in contact the better.

9. ACCESSIBILITY
The best speakers can be hard to secure but if
you know the right people anything is possible.

10. LEVERAGE
Use your network effectively and leverage
your contacts to source the best speakers!

11. TAKE NOTE OF THE SMALL PRINT
Read and understand the contract. A speaker's technical or personal rider can
blow your budget or cause last minute headaches if not addressed in good time.

12. “You can speak well if your tongue can
deliver the message of your heart.”
-
John Ford

13. Which keynote speakers have stood
out at events you have attended?