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A Successful Public Speaker Tells How He Did It
Steve Farber

Steve is one of the most sought-after public speakers working today. His first two books, The Radical Leap and The Radical Edge are already classics in the authentic leadership field. His most recent book, Greater Than Yourself, calls leaders to help lift up people to roles ‘greater than themselves’ in a bold reinvention of mentoring. Steve is always provocative, fun, and captivating and a Steve Farber speech truly changes the world for its audience.

Messaging and Content Development:
How to find your audience
Mark Bloomfield

Mark has been a leader in the publishing world for many years, first at Random House, then at Harvard Business School Press, and now as an independent consultant. Mark has worked with many of the world’s best known thought leaders. Among the many bestsellers he has handled are the million-copy bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy coauthored by Chan Kim and Rene Maugborne, A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter, The Innovator’s Solution by Clayton Christensen and The Bill James Baseball Abstract. Mark has worked on book projects with numerous clients including LL Bean, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, Fallon Worldwide, Paramount Pictures, Forrester Research, Gartner, and Universal Studios.

How to Structure the Content and Deliver the Best Speech of Your Life
Dr. Nick Morgan, Public Words Inc

Nick is passionate about improving public speaking around the world. In his blog, Nick regularly takes on PowerPoint, famous speakers that are not as good as they should be, and public speaking myths and bad practices. His first book, Give Your Speech, Change the World, has become the classic text on public speaking. His second book, Trust Me: Four Steps to Authenticity and Charisma, integrates the latest brain research with ancient Greek rhetorical secrets to show speakers how to change the world and electrify audiences.

How to Use Social Media to Create an Audience that Wants to Hear You Speak
Pam Slim

Pam’s open letter to CEOs about the sorry life of workers in cubicles launched Escape from Cubicle Nation, the blog, and then the bestselling book. Pam’s approach to the world of work is refreshingly candid, direct, and offers inspiration to entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs everywhere.

A Literary Agent’s Perspective:
What It Takes to Get a Speaker’s Book Published
Esmond Harmsworth,
Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency

Esmond is one of the most successful literary and entertainment agents working today. ZSH Literary & Entertainment Agency represents Pulitzer Prize winners, best-selling novelists, and experts in fields ranging from military strategy to psychology to business. Every year, ZSH places projects with Warner Brothers, Universal, and Fox Studios, as well as Random House, Simon & Schuster, and many other major publishing concerns.

A Publisher Speaks:
What You Should Know about the Publishing Business
Jeff Kehoe, Harvard Business Review Press

Harvard Business Review Press is the gold standard for business books, and Jeff has served in his current role, Senior Editor, for a decade, overseeing some of the 21st Century’s most important books.

The Speakers’ Bureau and You:
How to Work Well with the Best
Martin Perelmuter, President, Speakers’ Spotlight

Martin is a voice for sanity and integrity in an increasingly tough and fractured business. His bureau, Speakers’ Spotlight, is known for its wonderful care of both speakers and meeting planners. To date, Speakers’ Spotlight has booked more than 12,000 speaking engagements in over 30 countries worldwide.

A Corporate Event Planner tells us what goes on behind the scenes: What You Need to Know to Get Hired Again
Christine Carlson, V-P, PrudentialFoxRoach

Christine and PrudentialFoxRoach are survivors and standard-bearers for integrity in an industry that has faced tough times. PruFoxRoach has grown since 1886 into the No. 1 single-market realtor in the US. Their conferences are legendary for thought-provoking speakers, fabulous venues, and fun.

Improv and Public Speaking
Steve Kleinedler, ImprovBoston

The first city of Improv, Boston has many wonderful improv groups, but only one ImprovBoston. Steve Kleinedler is fast, funny, and fabulous. Steve will close the day with what we hope will become a Speaker Forum tradition: an improv demonstration and contest that will encourage all speakers present to develop their ability to respond in the moment to whatever an audience sends their way!