Planning an executive retreat, board meeting or client advisory board? The caliber of guest speaker is of particular importance. Below are Promenade’s parameters to consider when choosing a professional speaker or facilitator:
- Working knowledge of your industry gleaned from ownership, executive, advisory and speaking experience.
- Strategic, futurist outlook
- Deep Experienced with complex business issues.
- Can apply insights from outside your industry.
- Proven ability to influence senior executives, founders, board members with power, strong personalities.
- Superior Conflict management capabilities, able to move a group towards outcomes.
- Experience operating in longer form, small group, interactive settings.
- Customized content.
- Willingness to provide adequate pre-meeting interviews, conduct primary/secondary research.
- Comfort interfacing with homogenous and heterogenous groups.
- Agility: addressing shifting meeting objectives, other parameters after contracting.
- Able to maintain confidentiality.
- ICF certified coach or trained facilitator (more important for facilitation).
Here are some suggested resources: Executive Retreat Speakers & Facilitators