5th August 2011 - Keynote Speakers are the persons we call in whenever we are to organize an event or a conference for the company. These people contribute largely to the success of an event because their speech form the base for the entire conference and their words bring the audience together to a single purpose. There are different types of keynote speakers that we can invite depending on the subject of the event. We call them in according to their respective knowledge and experience in a particular field.

The most common keynote speaker is the motivational speaker, who must be accomplished in his field of business, who has beaten the odds and became an expert in a particular field, or has written and published a book. Besides these accomplishments, the motivational speakers possess excellent oratorical and presentation skills in order to move the audience to believe in what he is saying.

The technical keynote speaker is another person to call in if we are looking for one who can effortlessly rouse the audience. A skill in oratory is also required of this type of keynote speaker. He might not have an enhanced presentation skill, but his subjects and delivery method of his speech are enough to move the audience. He is usually invited to share his expertise and knowledge with the participants of the conference.

An internal speaker is usually our company’s executive that we bring in to head a corporate event. Normally, they are the last speaker to address the audience to conclude the event on behalf of the company.

If we do not personally know of a competent Keynote Speakers for a particular conference or event, the best place to go is the speaker’s bureau. The bureau has in their employ professional scouts tasked with the duty of recruiting the best keynote speakers. So when we invite someone from the speaker’s bureau to be our keynote speaker, we are ascertained that we are getting a good one.

Even if we have a very limited time in organizing our conference or event, the short notice will never be an issue with the speaker’s bureau.

Let’s do first a background check on the speaker that we intend to invite before we confirm his role in our upcoming event.