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| SERVICES
FOR SPEAKERS
A brief description of the services we offer speakers.
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PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER REPRESENTATION PLAN |
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- Is
your busy speaking career creating too much
administration work?
- Would
you like a Personal Assistant to take care of
the boring stuff?
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Let
us carry the burden of paperwork for you, join our
team of ‘Star’ speakers and concentrate
on speaking not administrative work.
We are experienced and professional offering a complete
package of administrative back-up for professional
speakers. The plan includes: |
- Handling
of all incoming enquiries for speakers
- Full
administrative support without the overheads
- Back-up
seven days a week for dealing with any last
minute changes or emergencies
- Support
with marketing and PR
- and
more
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simple, comprehensive and extremely cost effective.
No up-front costs. No registration fee. No retainer.
The only costs involved are the commission we take
out of the fees we negotiate on your behalf! NB:
to qualify for this great service you have to be
attracting at least 10 paid speaking engagements
per year. If you are not speaking at least ten
times a year this service can be offered on a monthly
fee basis. Why not find out more – you’ve
got nothing to lose and a lot to gain. Here’s
what some of the speakers we already represent say
about us: |
“I
have known and admired Carol for many years and
was thrilled when she decided to set-up her own
speakers agency. Since she has dealt with my engagements
from almost the beginning of my accepting paid engagements,
I knew the standards and care of service to her
speakers I could expect. I was not aware of the
extent of her commercial talents which are always
exercised with great integrity honesty and sensitivity.
As a speaker one depends upon ones agency a great
deal. The way the agency behaves becomes a "trailer"
for the values of the speaker and I have always
been proud to be represented by Carol. From the
opportunities I have had to meet others she has
represented I know the standards and care she has
taken. If you are represented by her you can have
the confidence of knowing she will only represent
those in whom she has confidence and trust.”
Sir John Harvey-Jones MBE
"After every presentation I do we always send
a feedback form to the client to obtain a review
of the event and my performance, included in that
form are questions about the client's dealings with
Select Speakers. They always rate Select Speakers
as excellent and confirm that they would look forward
to dealing with them again in the future."
Chris Daffy
”Hi Carol, this is great - thanks and well
done! I promise to be nice! Also, one more thing,
we've decided to change my performer profile so
that all enquiries from my site come through to
you - I hope that's ok, I'm really enjoying working
with you and you're so professional, I think it
will work for both of us. Speak soon, have a great
weekend yourself. Debs (Debbie Jenkins Cabal
Group). |
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current Select ‘Star’ Group is: |
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- Sir
John Harvey-Jones – Ex chairman
of ICI and BBC Troubleshooter
- Chris
Daffy – UK’s leading speaker
on Service Excellence
- Graham
Phillips – CEO of Strand Technology,
Sales and Marketing specialist
- Bunny
Campione – Antiques expert -
BBC Antiques Roadshow
- Philippa
Davies – Psychologist and Mrs
Motivator Western Daily Press
- Sara
Edwards – Vice President Human
Resources, The Maybourne Hotel Group
- Christopher
Barrat – Procurement specialist,
ex ICI
- Patricia
Wheatley-Burt – People and business
growth specialist
- Louise
Ladbrooke – Welsh Women of the
Year award winner
- Debbie
Jenkins – Lean Marketing expert
- Bob
Purvis – Sales and Marketing
training specialist
- David
J Scarlett – The Soul Millionaire
- Nigel
Irens – Award winning boat builder
who designed Ellen McArthur’s round-the-world
trimaran
- Oliver
Scott – The ‘voice’
of the BBC World Service
- Professor
Dylan Jones Evans – global entrepreneurship
expert.
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| 2.
ASPIRING PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS PLAN |
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- Do
you have what it takes?
- Think
you can do better than some of the presenters
you’ve seen?
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pride ourselves on being one of very small number
of speakers’ agencies who offer advice and
support to people who want to be professional speakers.
We believe there is no magic to becoming a successful
professional speaker it takes hard work, commitment
and determination. We believe that to become known
and recognised you have to be on your feet in front
of people doing what you do best - speaking. What
we offer is a helping hand to those ‘aspiring’
professional speakers who find themselves in a classic
‘Catch 22’ situation – no one
wants to book you because they’ve never heard
of you, but how do you get talked about if you are
not out on stage speaking!
Based on our acquired knowledge
of the speaking industry over the past nine years,
the ‘Aspiring Speakers’ plan of action
is broken down in to four distinct stages of development
that can be undertaken at your own pace: Assessment,
Preparation and Launch, Building the Business
and Promotion.
The plan includes:
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- Advice
on speaking style and dress
- Suggested
training with our recommendation to speaking
coach or trainer, if required
- Advice
on working with speaking agencies
- Advice
and support when preparing marketing material
- Opportunities
to speak for practice and feedback
- Inclusion
in our company literature and website so that
you are seen as part of a professional team,
and more…
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comprehensive, works and not as expensive as it
may sound. For a full breakdown of what the plan
can do for you contact us today. A recent
testimonial from one of our Aspiring Speaker Plan
participants, Laurence Winmill:
As a Motivational Speaker it is
important to understand the bureaus and how they
operate.
As in any business very often
your success is determined by how well you are
able to form trusting and meaningful alliances
or partnerships with other organizations. The
same applies in the speaking business when working
with bureaus. The key word here is without doubt
“Trust”.
During 2003 I set out to identify
certain bureaus that I thought would benefit my
business whilst providing some real value to their
clients in exchange. As part of my research programme
I introduced myself to Carol Jones of Select Speakers.
From a speaking perspective this was one of the
most important introductions that I ever made.
Carol is a genuine down to earth
lady who knows the speaking business inside out.
Carol made it clear at the outset that there were
no guarantees but if the speaker had potential
then she would work endlessly with that speaker
to generate the success that we all strive to
achieve.
Since then our relationship has
grown stronger and stronger, and as a result of
working together, understanding one another’s
motivations and needs we have progressively moved
forward with some great results along the way.
From a humble showcase event in
Bristol with no fee (2003), I am delighted to
announce that my latest assignment with Select
is a fully expensed high profile event on the
sunny Caribbean Island of Barbados.
Thank you Carol for trusting in
my ability and helping me to move forward in my
chosen career.
Kind Regards, Laurence Winmill
Other services we can
offer to speakers in addition to the above Plans
or on an individual basis. Please contact us for
a quotation.
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- Diary
Keeping
- Book
Keeping
- Answering
all incoming enquiries for speakers in their
absence (answering service)
- Mailings
- Co-hosting
of seminars with speakers including organisation,
marketing and administration of attendees.
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