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Smart Meetings Partners with eSpeakers
SAUSALITO, Calif., March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Meetings
magazine, the meetings industry's premier resource for meeting
professionals, has announced a new service called Find a Speaker for
meeting and event planners available on smartmeetings.com. The service
provides access to an extensive directory of professional conference
speakers, ideal for helping find and contract the best in the business
for education, inspiration and training.
"We're excited to partner with a trusted industry technology such as
eSpeakers Marketplace, and be able to offer our robust audience of
meeting professionals this tool that fulfills part of our mission to
make planners' jobs easier and more productive," says Marin Bright,
founder and CEO of Smart Meetings. "Our magazine, events, lead
generation for RFPs, online research capabilities, and now a powerful
resource for contracting excellent speakers, engages our readers with
full-service, practical tools they can use every day."
Benefits of Find a Speaker include:
-- Huge catalog - eSpeakers' partnerships with almost every national
speaker association brings in the best global talent
-- Vetted reviews - hire with the confidence of others' experience
-- Digital paperwork - all contracts, communications and invoices on
one protected site
-- Team interface - intuitive, collaborative tools allow stakeholders
to share feedback on potential speakers
-- No-risk booking - work with speakers who guarantee their results,
or your money back
"Meeting planners can find the right speaker for their event using all
sorts of filters: name, topic, price range, availability, reviews and
speaking style. Then, they can compare the speakers side-by-side and
track communication with the speaker, all while being able to share
this information, and any updates to it, with their team," says Joe
Heaps, co-owner and vice president of eSpeakers.
eSpeakers.com is a 15-year-old technology and marketing company
providing the speaking industry with the tools to do business online.
eSpeakers Marketplace is the largest directory of professional
presenters available online. With real-time availability, online
contracts and digital payment, putting the right speaker in front of
an audience is easy and safe.
Smart Meetings magazine is published monthly in print and online by
Bright Business Media, LLC, an integrated media company based in
Sausalito, Calif. BBM also hosts www.smartmeetings.com, Smart Site
Selector for RFP submissions, and produces Smart Meeting events,
connecting meeting professionals with premier hotel and destination
representatives.
For more information, visit smartmeetings.com or call 415.339.9355.
Contact: Josef Aukee 415-339-9355; josef@smartmeetings.com
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