"19 ways to create a must-have membership by 2011: Walk away with a sure-fire strategy to recruit, retain and be relevant to Generations X, Y and Z"

New event featuring Sarah Sladek

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Oct. 13th at 2 p.m. ET

Today's FAQ

Working with KRM:

You’ve spent months preparing for your annual meeting and it was a huge success.

Now, how can you get more mileage out of it?

We appreciate your referrals!

Many of our terrific clients have come to us via personal referrals – from professionals and leaders like you -- and we are grateful. That's why we’re offering a new, KRM Exclusive gift as a way to show our appreciation.

Contact your KRM Account Manager, Ann, Chris, or Wayne at 800.816.2640 and share the name and contact information of one of your peers who, like you, would appreciate KRM’s quality services, and we’ll send you a copy of “Stop Speaking for Free!” written by Lee B. Salz with Jenny L. Hamby – a book every meeting and events professional should own.  

Referrals to business associates, friends, or relatives are the highest compliments we receive from our clients. We appreciate your referrals.

What’s up next?

1. Knowledge of topic: Select speakers who are knowledgeable about your content. Make sure speakers are qualified to present on your topic — it’s even better when they’re well-known for their expertise in the area.
2. Comfortable with the technology: Make sure your speakers are comfortable presenting in a virtual environment. It’s different from presenting to a face-to-face audience. For example, the presenter has to be comfortable not receiving immediate feedback from your audience. If you are doing a video event , be sure that the speaker is at ease in front of a camera and presents from an appropriate location.
3. Content moderator: You may want a member of your staff, industry expert or another presenter serve as a content moderator. This person helps guide the presentation and conversation, and can help moderate questions from the audience.
4. Length of event: If you have a 60 minute event with 5 speakers and 20 minutes of Q&A, you’ve left just 8 minutes for each speaker to present —probably not enough time to go into depth on your topic.
5. Represent both sides of an issue: If you are presenting an issue that has strong viewpoints on both sides, you may have success using 2 speakers and a content moderator. For example, if you’re in the banking industry, you may have a regulator and a banker each present his/her side of an issue. Your content moderator serves as the glue that holds the conversation together and helps facilitate the Q&A sessions by directing questions to each presenter, and by giving each presenter an opportunity to share their perspective.
6. Consider your audience: Different voices, speaking styles and points of view can increase your audience’s level of engagement. In many cases, having more than one speaker during your events makes it more interesting to your audience.