About Us
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Connecting Quality Speakers With Responsive Audiences |
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SpeakerSelect, Inc. was founded by Eric Jager, a 15-year conference industry veteran to fill the void between high-priced PR firms and low-impact speakers bureaus. Our mission is to provide corporate executives, consultants, and professional speakers with opportunities to deliver quality presentations to receptive, senior-level audiences.
We work closely with our clients to position their expert speakers as thought leaders in such a way that will help achieve objectives for business development, competitive differentiation, penetration of new vertical markets, product or service positioning, and cultivation of partnerships. The strong relationships we maintain with conference planners are dependent upon our ability to deliver quality speakers with relevant and insightful content. We primarily work with seasoned speakers, but also provide development services for executives with limited experience presenting at national conferences and events.
Founder's Biography
Prior to founding SpeakerSelect, Eric served as executive summit production manager for Frost & Sullivan, where he was the founding producer of the firm's Internet Marketing Strategies Conference. Additionally, he was responsible for program research, marketing and speaker selection for executive summits on topics including eBusiness Strategy, Competitive Intelligence, Marketing Research, and Next Generation Internet Technologies. While at Frost, Eric identified the convergence of sales and marketing functions as an emerging "hot topic" in conference programming. Prior to Frost & Sullivan, Eric served as producer of the Annual New York City Venture Capital Conference and Exhibition. This event, which was hosted by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, turned the spotlight on successful ventures including Hotjobs.com, Medscape and C3i. In 1999, Eric introduced the half-day "Entrepreneurs' Workshop" as a forum for a candid exchange of ideas between VC's and CEO's. Eric's career began at USA Network where he was responsible for producing and marketing regional affiliate conferences on sales training techniques. He personally conducted on-site sales and marketing training for over 3000 affiliate personnel. In 1994, Eric launched and edited USA's trainers' newsletter for use by all USA offices and affiliates. Eric has consulted for the American Management Association's conference division and is an associate member of the American Society of Association Executives. He has served as an agenda and speaker selection advisor for numerous regional and national organizers. Eric holds a Bachelors Degree in Communications from Ithaca College. |
