Meeting Planners » Pre-Program Checklist

With groups of 200 or more, Connie is more visible on a raised platform (12 to 18 inches is fine). Being elevated makes it much easier for everyone to see and enjoy her presentation. Please have steps placed in the front, if possible.

Connie prefers to use a wireless hand-held microphone. She enjoys being able to move around freely so she can interact personally with your group. Her second choice would be a wired, hand-held microphone with a 100-foot cord.

Connie uses no visual aids. Please remove any equipment and/or screens from the area, if possible. Connie does not speak from a lectern. If it is necessary for a lectern to be on the stage for other parts of the program, please have it set to the side of the stage during Connie's presentation.

If the head table is on the stage, please have it set far enough back so Connie can work in front of the table. (She needs room to move around and interact with the audience!) Please reserve seats in the audience for the people at the head table so they can enjoy the presentation as well.

We will provide you with a master copy of Connie's handout. Please have a copy available for each audience member as they enter.

Elsewhere on this website are downloadable introductions of varying lengths for you to use when introducing Connie to your audience. Please use this to introduce Connie to your group.

Hotel room reservations (non-smoking), preferably at the same hotel where the meeting is to be held, are to be secured by you, the client, guaranteed for late arrival, and should be billed directly to your organization. Connie will be responsible for travel arrangements, non-refundable, (non-stop, when possible) coach fare, round-trip from Dallas, Texas.

Please arrange ground transportation (to and from the airport) and let our office know who will be meeting Connie, or if you need her to take a cab or shuttle.

Per the agreement, please remember that the entire fee is due on-site, immediately following Connie's presentation. An invoice (with the exception of jobs through a speakers' bureau), including travel expenses and per diem, will be mailed prior to the engagement.