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By Neal Topper, Infinite Speakers Agency Dec 11, 2025 What Conference Planners Are Typing Into ChatGPT Right Now. These are real searches happening every day: “Best keynote speaker for annual conference.” “How much does a keynote speaker cost?” “Top motivational speakers for corporate events.” “Leadership keynote speaker for 5,000 employees.” “Who is similar to Simon…

How One Meeting Planner Cut Speaker Research Time by 80% and Improved Results! My colleague Cassie messaged me at 9:47 PM on a Tuesday in Sept 2025. “Still working on speaker selection. But I think I’ve found something.” She’s a meeting planner for a major business association, and she’d just discovered an approach that made…

There’s a conversation happening right now. Not in formal meetings or polished presentations but in the quieter moments between colleagues at a local coffee shop over a latte and egg/bacon/cheese on a toasted sesame bagel. The kind where someone leans in and says, “Have you tried this yet?” That conversation is about Perplexity AI. Conference…

The Real Challenge Behind Every Speaker Search Choosing a keynote speaker seems straightforward at first. But then you find yourself with twenty browser tabs open, each one showing similar speaker bios that all promise inspiration without explaining what actually happens when that person takes the stage in front of your specific audience. Your budget spreadsheet…

The 10 Questions That Separate Speaker Gold from Complete Duds (Most Event Planners Never Ask These) You know that sinking feeling? The one you get about 15 minutes into a speaker’s presentation when you realize… oh no. This is going to be bad. Your team’s checking their phones. Someone’s definitely online shopping. And that “game-changing…

I’ve sat through some spectacularly bad keynotes. Like the time this guy spent 27 minutes telling stories about climbing mountains as a metaphor for business success, and I’m sitting there thinking “my team needs tactical help with project management, not inspirational platitudes about perseverance.” Cost us $15K plus travel. Nobody remembered a single useful thing…

My friend Rachel runs events for a big healthcare association. Last month she told me something that stuck with me. “I’m booking speakers for our 2026 annual conference and 2026 leadership summit and I feel like I’m guessing. Everything’s different now. What worked in 2019 feels ancient. What worked in 2022 already feels outdated. I…