by jonpetz | Aug 25, 2015 | Great Speakers
You have prepared and rehearsed the presentation. You ARE the subject matter expert and the meeting planner who hired you is very excited to have you on the itinerary. However, in a blink of the eye, you can blow it, by doing one or more of the six items listed below....
by jonpetz | Feb 18, 2015 | Stories from the road and stuff I make up
I was grateful to be the Opening Keynote Speaker for National Convention for the Administrative Professionals in 2014. It was a high energy group and I had a wonderful experience as their keynote speaker. And everyone is engaged and enjoying the time . . . but the...
by jonpetz | Feb 3, 2015 | Stories from the road and stuff I make up
Event Emcee | Master of Ceremonies Funny Story So here is a good one and probably an event emcee tip you wouldn’t have otherwise known unless you FIRST. . . did it WRONG. Recently I was the Master of Ceremonies for the International EcoSummit. A large group of...
by jonpetz | Jan 26, 2015 | Stories from the road and stuff I make up
As a Keynote Speaker and NOT your typical motivational speaker, I rack up miles in travel. I’m a USA Today “Road Warrior” contributor at times and found this request quite interesting . . . and maybe disturbing. It is heralded as “New app...
by jonpetz | Jan 14, 2015 | Guest Blog, Keynote Speaker
Recently, I came across an article discussing Keynote Speaker versus Motivational Speaker capabilities and categorization. Very few times do we hear that someone is JUST being asked to motivate, inspire, OR engage an audience during their speaking engagement. So...