Posts About ‘speakers’

Signals to Recognise a Quality Speaker

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Conferences tend to be full of speakers, yes really, they are everywhere. They however are not always full of quality speakers. Speakers who know how to take the audience with them on a verbal trip. There is a reason for that: being a quality speaker is hard. Very hard.

I have been speaking for several years now, on bigger and smaller events and have attended even more and I thought it would be a nice idea to share some of my experiences with you. But I figured it would even be a better idea if I would get both some industry experts and the readers of State of Search (yes, you) involved. So with the help of Will Critchlow, Bill Hunt, Eric Enge, Dom Hodgson and the State of Search Facebook Page I looked at what makes a great speaker. Later this week I will discuss (with the input of other experts) what you can do to become a better speaker yourself. (more…)

Making a Success of International Speaking Opportunities

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You’ve pitched and been accepted to speak at a conference in a different country. Great! But what should you do to prepare and to ensure you (and your audience) get the most out of your participation? There are a host of tips given to speakers at events, all of which apply wherever you’re speaking, but there a few things to particularly consider if you’re speaking at a conference away from home. (more…)

Will Critchlow: “I Love The Increasing Socialisation of my Search Results”

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In two weeks time the European Search World will gather in London to attend, network and share knowledge at SES London 2012. Like every year it promises to be a great event with a great line up of speakers. State of Search will off course be covering the event and in cooperation with our friends at SEO Chicks you could be visiting the conference!

Going up to the conference we will also be shedding our light on the event. We have asked several speakers at the event to answer some questions. Questions about SES off course, but also about the market in general: where do they feel the market is heading.

Today we kick things off with Will Critchlow, one of the founders of Distilled, one of the leading UK Search Agencies. (more…)

SES London 2011: Three State of Search bloggers speaking!

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At SES London 2011 we will see many familiar faces and many new faces. With that many attendees you are bound to meet somebody new. But also on stage you can really find faces you might or might not know.

The keynote in London will be done, like in New York for example by Former Kodak CMO and author of “The Mirror Test (Amazon)” Jeffrey Hayzlett. We interviewed him for Webmasterradio last year, find the interview here. But there are many more interesting speakers at SES London. We’ll be taking a look at them in the coming weeks. Today, we will look at what lies closest to us: our own bloggers! At SES London you can see three State of Search bloggers on stage. (more…)