East Coast followers of The Speaker Experts may remember the iconic slogan of Syms Clothing Chain: “An educated consumer is our best customer”. Well, The Speaker Experts feel that “An educated meeting planner will always be in the position to secure the best price and service” (you can see why we are lecture agents and not marketing jingle writers!). In our July 22, 2014 post “The Four Myths of the Speaker Bureau Co-Broker” we covered the potential pitfalls of not working directly with the exclusive agency for the speaker you are contracting. You first line of defense in this regard is to understand which speakers are exclusive with which agencies. In order to assist you in this endeavour, The Speaker Experts present an “insiders” list of 2nd Quarter Exclusive Speaker signings:
- President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2006-2015)
- Renowned journalist and former moderator of NBC News’ Meet the Press
- Actress, comedienne, and author
- “60 Minutes” correspondent
- First female president of Malawi and 2nd female president of an African country
- long-serving US House Representative from California
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- Best-Selling Author of Exponential Organizations, Executive Director of Singularity University, and Former Vice President of Yahoo!
- Marketing, Media Hacker and Business Innovator
- Former Moderator of Face the Nation and Former CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent
- Chief White House Correspondent for POLITICO and Author of Playbook
- Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
- CNN National Security Analyst and Best-Selling Author of Manhunt
- U.S. Humanitarian aid worker wrongfully imprisoned in Cuba for five years
- Former Commissioner of the NYPD & leading expert on national security
- Award-winning ABC News Anchor and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
- Actor, social justice activist, social media mega-power
- Crisis management expert and real-life inspiration for ABC’s political thriller show, Scandal
- Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker, Cultural Critic & Journalist
- Fitness advocate, Breast cancer survivor and a former eight season host of Dancing with the Stars
- Irish Tenor, Paralympic Champion, and M.D.
- Boston Marathon Bombing survivor
- Fox News legal analyst and women’s issues advocate
- New York Times best-selling author
- Principle Software Engineer at Tesla Motors
- Chief Futurist at Intel
- The El Capitan Climbers
- Former founding Chief Marketing Officer, JetBlue Airways
- Chief Political Correspondent, POLITICO
- Former Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer, Coca-Cola
**You can access our insiders listing of first quarter exclusive speaker signings by clicking on this blog post link**
Please check back next week when The Speaker Experts release our listing of the 10 most “booked” speakers in America over the past 12 months. This was our most popular and most requested posting last year and we promise not to disappoint this year!
Gary McManis & Jay Conklin
The Speaker Experts 