SpeakerSpot Search Terms
These terms will help you search for speakers.
Topics:
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Informative - the subject
implies no skill to learn. |
Examples: a call for
action, information or news, a report |
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Soft Skill - subject or
discipline to be learned that does not require specialized
background to practice. |
Examples: listening,
leadership, supervision, meditation, spirituality, motivation |
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Hard Skill - subject or
discipline to be learned that requires specialized background
or training to practice. |
Examples: Home repair,
bookkeeping, tax preparation, software programming, crafts |
Platforms:
Lecture. A speech usually 20 to 90
minutes, given before a group of from 10 to 1 ,000 or more. Speeches are
somewhat formal. The speaker reads a prepared lecture or follows an outline
of points to cover. Audience participation is minimal and usually confined
to a brief question-and-answer session after the talk. Audiovisual aids are
usually not used. Example: The U.S. president's State of the Union address.
Keynote. A keynote is a speech that
is the main speech at a meeting or for that day of the meeting. Keynote
speakers command big fees, and usually speak to the entire group of meeting
attendees at or after breakfast, lunch, or dinner. A keynote speech is
typically 30 to 90 minutes and usually focuses on a broad topic of interest
to all attendees. Example: At an advertising association meeting, science
fiction writer Ray Bradbury gave a keynote on creativity.
Breakout session. One of the side sessions
during a meeting, as opposed to the keynote session. Often meetings will be
broken into "tracks"-sequences of breakout sessions each following a
different theme or topic. Most breakout sessions are from 4S to 90 minutes.
Two or three breakouts are typically held simultaneously. Attendees may go
to the ones that interest them most. Therefore, total attendance at
breakouts is less than at keynotes, and breakout speakers often command a
lesser fee than a keynoter. Example: At the annual meeting of a printing
industry association, a sales trainer giving a breakout on how to use cold
calls to get new accounts.
Presentation. Similar to a speech,
but usually longer and less structured. Multimedia audiovisual aids are
often used, and there is more audience participation. A presentation usually
covers one topic, often with the goal of bringing members of a team up to
speed on a project or issue, and getting resolution so as to move forward.
Example: An engineer explaining the technology of a new product to the
marketing department so that they may develop a plan to market the
technology.
Seminar. A presentation on a topic
covering some facet of knowledge or skill (e.g., banking regulations,
telemarketing, Who Is Doing it? quality control, digital imaging). The
program can be public or private (see "training"). The presentation is
usually organized into modules. The speaker's goal is to impart knowledge of
the topic, and he or she typically uses a combination of lecture, visual
aids, interaction with participants, and exercises to get the job done.
Workshop. Similar to a seminar but
with a greater degree of attendee participation, interaction, and hands-on
exercises. A seminar may convey the fundamentals of Web site design, but at
a workshop on the subject, trainees may actually design Web pages during the
class, and even walk away with their finished Web site on disk as part of
the program.
Training. Training refers to
seminars or workshops conducted for a private client, usually a corporation,
specifically for a group of its employees. Most corporate training seminars
are one or two days.
Public Seminar. A seminar where
registration is open to the general public. Most are one day; some are two
or three days or even longer.
Please Note: The Calendar Team highly
recommends the book, "Getting Started in Speaking, Training, or Seminar
Consulting" by Robert Bly. The above is quoted from this book on pages 8-9.
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