Three Blind MICE

Part 3/3 - We round off our chat with Smyle's CEO, Rick Stainton talking case studies, industry regulation, raising the industry profile, the need for industry leaders, the event trade press, its trade bodies and Government to do better, expanding overseas and how Rick works two jobs (3 if you include being a Husband/Dad).

Part 2/3 - We delve for clues on how to be successful as we continue our chat with UK 'Agency of the Year', led by the indomitable Rick Stainton as we go behind the scenes of Smyle.

Part 1/3 - So you want to do brilliant work, grow your business and win award after award. We chat to someone who is part of a team that does just that. That someone is Rick Stainton, CEO of UK 'Agency of the Year', Smyle

In Part 2/2 we share today's popular speaking topics and I persuade Maria Franzoni - a speaker bureau professional of some 20+ years to name a few names and share some clips of popular speakers - Angela Oguntala, Dr Beau Lotto and Caspar Craven, plus anecdotes, budgeting and the changing face of the professional speaker business.

In Part 1/2 we talk the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of hiring keynote speakers for events, conferences and meetings with Maria Franzoni - a speaker bureau professional of some 20+ years. Full of tips and sound advice.

I talk with 'Practical Futurist', Andrew Grill on the business of Social, whether that's the social in social media, social sharing, social selling or social business in general. We cover Linkedin, the 'sanity versus vanity' of Instagram, your digital first impression, how to rise above that noise, quality content and Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

We talk how to get digital, Bitcoin, Betty the Bot, off-loading the tedium, the role of personal digital agents, attracting high profits, data in the cloud or in a Swiss bank, poor event apps, the 15 people you should really network with and Arthur C Clarke.

Part 2/2, we talk: AR, VR and Mixed Reality, 360 degree live video, facial recognition at events, ticket scalping, event chatbots, voice and live transcriptions

Three Blind MICE talk with Julius Solaris, founder of the Event Manager Blog and one of the foremost writers, speakers and authorities on event and marketing technology.

Stories from our Voice of Gods. If it has 'celebrity' in the title, it probably isn't! Winning a gong. Ice cool in the ring. Her Majesty The Queen - is she there? Always have a 'CYA' list to hand - in case of the unexpected.