After Dinner Speakers – Add Value To Any Event

Whether you are planning a corporate dinner or charity banquet you want the guest to leave feeling the impact of the evening. These events often serve an even larger purpose and that is to give or cause exposure and build brand recognition for your company. By hiring some renowned after dinner speakers such as sports stars Barrie McDermott, Robbie Glen, Steve Daley, Steve Kindon or Terry O’ Conner you can add the extra punch to the evening and a little bit of press.

Great after dinner speakers are experienced professionals with some renown such as the famous Dr. Kevin Jones. He is a consultant physician and would be great speaking to a mixed audience with a non-serious look at medicine and with a hilarious line in hospital humour. David Gunson would be a good choice for humorous and smooth narration of his experiences in the job as air traffic controller. These men are motivational and relevant to the movements happening all over the world today. People look up to people who have been in the spotlight or have great reputations in their field. The bigger the fish the greater the impact and more impressed the guests will be.

Most management companies have several big names on their roster and it might just be a great idea to team up with one of these companies before your next big event. If you are planning an annual business dinner, then you would do well to hire a speaker from the business sector. Someone who is extremely successful and who will share his/her experience with your audience with humor and insight.

This is not the after dinner speaker you would necessarily hire for an employee training program. For this you would look for someone who is a motivator and knows about the value of teamwork. Someone who can be humorous and yet get the message across is a good bet for this type of event.

Charity events are a sure bet for any of these events. They can guarantee some media coverage and the event will see record attendance. Having a famous name attached to an event will bring out the star gazers and this will ensure that the charity brings in more money.

The benefits of adding after dinner speakers to the event program are so numerous that the cost is certainly justified. It will cost you a lot if you hire after dinner speakers who make four figures or better per engagement. The rates start as low as £500 and can get as high as £100,000 or more.

When hiring an after dinner speaker you want to go with a veteran speaker, one who has been tested and has a solid reputation for being able to hold an audience. It is also best to work closely with the speaker so that they are sure to incorporate information that is important to you in their speech. Even though your guest will have dined on a scrumptious meal and maybe had a drink or two they will still need to be entertained. They came to your event with high expectations, having the right after dinner speaker will ensure that they get what they came for.

The former Super League and International rugby stars,

Barrie McDermott and

Terry O Connor are some of the

popular after dinner speakers