http://www.yorkshirespeakersdirectory.co.uk/blog A virtual soapbox about Yorkshire topics Tue, 7 Sep 2010 21:31:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.yorkshirespeakersdirectory.co.uk/blog/?p=7#comment-3 Tony Morris Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:12:09 +0000 http://www.yorkshirespeakersdirectory.co.uk/blog/?p=7#comment-3 Pleased to see this forum up and running. As a professional and member of Equity and the Musicians' Union, when I joined the Directory I was apalled to see the derisory fees other speakers were asking. It seemed to me to devalue what they were doing. 'Monkey' and 'Peanuts' came to mind and 'the Labourer being worthy of his/her hire'. Pleased to see this forum up and running. As a professional and member of Equity and the Musicians’ Union, when I joined the Directory I was apalled to see the derisory fees other speakers were asking. It seemed to me to devalue what they were doing. ‘Monkey’ and ‘Peanuts’ came to mind and ‘the Labourer being worthy of his/her hire’.

]]> http://www.yorkshirespeakersdirectory.co.uk/blog/?p=7#comment-2 cliveroberts Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:15:19 +0000 http://www.yorkshirespeakersdirectory.co.uk/blog/?p=7#comment-2 This will be a wonderful forum (once it is up and running!) to allow members to make comments and perhaps give tips and suggestions to help other speakers make their talks more interesting. I have enjoyed going around the Yorkshire area with my "Meeting the Hollywood stars of Yesteryear" talks and have received some very positive reactions (and repeat bookings!). However, I am keen to obtain some additional bookings and wondered if anyone has a list of "speaker finders" they could pass on? The "Speakers Directory" is useful and has provided me with several bookings but I would like to find more audiences if possible. This will be a wonderful forum (once it is up and running!) to allow members to make comments and perhaps give tips and suggestions to help other speakers make their talks more interesting. I have enjoyed going around the Yorkshire area with my “Meeting the Hollywood stars of Yesteryear” talks and have received some very positive reactions (and repeat bookings!). However, I am keen to obtain some additional bookings and wondered if anyone has a list of “speaker finders” they could pass on? The “Speakers Directory” is useful and has provided me with several bookings but I would like to find more audiences if possible.

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