67% OF ASSOCIATION PLANNERS participate in the final decision to hire speakers
Percentage of planners who have average speaker budgets of more than $20,000 per event:
16% Corporate
21% Association
41% OF PLANNERS source presenters for webcasts
7% do so on a regular basis
75% OF ALL PLANNERS play a role in the selection process for keynote speakers
66% OF PLANNERS do not pay webcast presenters
12% OF ALL PLANNERS pay webcast presenters more than $1,000
87% OF PLANNERS favor content relevant to the group over content that is motivational (55%) or entertaining (53%)
48% OF PLANNERS find meeting attendee expectations to be a very challenging aspect of hiring speakers