Price Range
- Fees can range from honorariums of $25 up to professional speaker fees of thousands of dollars.
- In general, it is best to bring in a speaker who has name recognition in your market or is associated with a topic that will be of wide interest to your membership. Local speakers normally will fit the definition better than speakers from out of state.
Resources
- Speakers bureaus in your town will have a list of people from across the country and the type of speech that they can present. These people are usually higher priced and normally are motivational in nature.
- Ask people who they have seen lately and if they would recommend them. People attend a number of meetings during the year and, therefore, have a number of opportunities to assess potential speakers.
Benefits of a High Profile Speaker
- Provides the chapter with a meeting format that will interest a broad base of the membership and generate interest in the chapter.
- Brings more people into the meeting, where information regarding the other areas of RMA can be delivered.
Best Resources
- Leverage a speaker who was brought in to do an educational program by having him/her as a speaker at a membership meeting (if they are held on the same day).
- Referrals from the board members.
- Referrals from the senior management of your member banks.
- Community leaders.
- Heads of banks.
- Recommendations from RMA members.
For more information and for additional resources, please contact William Githens at bgithens@rmahq.org or 215-446-4124 or the Member Relations Consultant in your area.