This is complex: for any presenter (the sponsors with their use case or the professionals), and in just 20 minutes, you have to show positive results and can’t enter into the details. You promote yourself/company son no way you will talk about failures; instead comes a list of great key success factors / tips … It can often leads to superficial and boaring presentations.
I had several experiences as speaker and it is really hard to make a powerful presentation even if you have the best intensions. It requires so much time of preparation.
In the last 3 big events I attended, the side more technical presentations were a bit better. I spent more time talking to vendors. I was by the way really surprised how many conversations with sales people were not easy to follow and sometimes very confusing (and it started by trying to understand what I was reading on the walls of their booth with crazy sentences full of buzzwords).
Here is my experience, having spoken to audiences worldwide, both live and virtually:
Associations once offered a two —to three-day accredited lecture series based on my authored content. In short, they didn’t tell me what to write, only to share my experience and expertise, e.g., my Dangerous Supply Chain Myths Series.
A handful of solution providers held conferences where, over a 90-minute session, I would be afforded the same freedom to speak my mind and engage the audience with a microphone.
Check out my profile, and you can read the audience reviews dating back to 2007 when I joined LinkedIn.
Things have changed as many conferences or events that promote an “accredited” lecture-type series filter content through their PR and marketing departments.
Here are a couple of links to my lecture PowerPoints:
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Posted on August 30, 2024
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The following is a comment from a Procurement Director regarding yesterday’s post – Why Procurement Associations Are At Risk In 2025. My reply follows.
Stephane Morel – Procurement Director | People & Projects | Strategy & Transformation | Processes & Digitization | Capability Development | Category & Supplier Mgmt. | Business Partnering | Change Mgmt.
This is complex: for any presenter (the sponsors with their use case or the professionals), and in just 20 minutes, you have to show positive results and can’t enter into the details. You promote yourself/company son no way you will talk about failures; instead comes a list of great key success factors / tips …
It can often leads to superficial and boaring presentations.
I had several experiences as speaker and it is really hard to make a powerful presentation even if you have the best intensions. It requires so much time of preparation.
In the last 3 big events I attended, the side more technical presentations were a bit better. I spent more time talking to vendors. I was by the way really surprised how many conversations with sales people were not easy to follow and sometimes very confusing (and it started by trying to understand what I was reading on the walls of their booth with crazy sentences full of buzzwords).
Here Is My Reply:
Stephane Morel, you raise excellent points!
Here is my experience, having spoken to audiences worldwide, both live and virtually:
Associations once offered a two —to three-day accredited lecture series based on my authored content. In short, they didn’t tell me what to write, only to share my experience and expertise, e.g., my Dangerous Supply Chain Myths Series.
A handful of solution providers held conferences where, over a 90-minute session, I would be afforded the same freedom to speak my mind and engage the audience with a microphone.
Check out my profile, and you can read the audience reviews dating back to 2007 when I joined LinkedIn.
Things have changed as many conferences or events that promote an “accredited” lecture-type series filter content through their PR and marketing departments.
Here are a couple of links to my lecture PowerPoints:
Dangerous Supply Chain Myths – https://bit.ly/3Z1RAx9
Sustainability Facts & Fiction – https://bit.ly/4g7Usi2
eWorld Cluster Development & Globalized Supply Base – https://bit.ly/3Z6eLGW
Organizations also sponsored their own white papers – SAP: A Propensity For Failure – https://bit.ly/4aIT4j2
Link: https://procureinsights.com/seminars-and-conferences-with-jon-hansen/
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