Comments on: He Would Have Been Good… http://www.youdontneedatitle.com/wordpress/?p=333 Difference Makers in Leadership & Life Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Rod Smith http://www.youdontneedatitle.com/wordpress/?p=333#comment-6387 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:27:28 +0000 http://www.youdontneedatitle.com/wordpress/?p=333#comment-6387 Thanks. I have just completed a grueling speaking trip in Taiwan and Korea and PRECISION is essential. This is how the audience lives, and the speaker is expected to be as efficient. Good writing - I bet you're an excellent speaker. Rod Smith Thanks. I have just completed a grueling speaking trip in Taiwan and Korea and PRECISION is essential. This is how the audience lives, and the speaker is expected to be as efficient.

Good writing - I bet you’re an excellent speaker.

Rod Smith

]]> by: Stephen Hopson http://www.youdontneedatitle.com/wordpress/?p=333#comment-5444 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:35:15 +0000 http://www.youdontneedatitle.com/wordpress/?p=333#comment-5444 Mark: Good morning! As usual, I'm enjoying your articles here at your blog. This morning's piece was right on b/c it reminded me of the importance of the following: 1. be mindful of the time allotted to you 2. dress appropriately for the engagement 3. come to the meeting room early to check your equipment (if you have any) and/or check the DVD/CD or whatever it is that you plan to use as part of your presentation I am just coming off a speaking engagement in Traverse City, Michigan and I'm happy to say that I not only followed all of your suggestions but I also like to add to your list "flexibility." It's important for speakers to be flexible and to "go with the flow." A case in point: When I arrived to T.C., I immediately checked in with the meeting planner to assure her that I arrived safely. Not only that, but I also verified that previously requested video equipment (TV/VCR) would be set up. The meeting planner, to my surprise, said, "I'll check with the hotel about that." I immediately told her not to worry about it because I had a back up. I had a DVD that would work perfectly with the laptop they had already set up in the room. So having a backup and being flexible works wonders for the harried meeting planner who is already preoccupied with making the entire conference run smoothly to the very end. As a result of following everything you mentioned in this article plus being flexible, I was booked another speaking engagement for Las Vegas in 2008! It does pay to follow your suggestions Mark! Great article. Thanks for sharing. Stephen Hopson Mark:

Good morning! As usual, I’m enjoying your articles here at your blog. This morning’s piece was right on b/c it reminded me of the importance of the following:

1. be mindful of the time allotted to you
2. dress appropriately for the engagement
3. come to the meeting room early to check your equipment (if you have any) and/or check the DVD/CD or whatever it is that you plan to use as part of your presentation

I am just coming off a speaking engagement in Traverse City, Michigan and I’m happy to say that I not only followed all of your suggestions but I also like to add to your list “flexibility.”

It’s important for speakers to be flexible and to “go with the flow.” A case in point: When I arrived to T.C., I immediately checked in with the meeting planner to assure her that I arrived safely. Not only that, but I also verified that previously requested video equipment (TV/VCR) would be set up. The meeting planner, to my surprise, said, “I’ll check with the hotel about that.” I immediately told her not to worry about it because I had a back up. I had a DVD that would work perfectly with the laptop they had already set up in the room.

So having a backup and being flexible works wonders for the harried meeting planner who is already preoccupied with making the entire conference run smoothly to the very end.

As a result of following everything you mentioned in this article plus being flexible, I was booked another speaking engagement for Las Vegas in 2008!

It does pay to follow your suggestions Mark! Great article. Thanks for sharing.

Stephen Hopson

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