Friday, January 4, 2008

Seminar Planning - Scheduling Travel

If you travel outside of your local area to hold seminars or speak as a guest at other seminars, please take weather conditions into consideration when you schedule your appearances and book your flights.

A few years ago attended a small business seminar sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce. The guest speaker was flying in from another engagement in the Mid-West. His plane was delayed by a day due to snow storms and he did not make it to the event. Since he was the only speaker, the Chamber turned the event into a networking opportunity then rescheduled for a later date. I was able to attend on the other date but many were not. The speaker apologized for not making the original date and admitted he needed to allow more time to travel between engagements during the winter months. Make sure you do the same. Although no one can blame you for bad weather conditions they will probably remember you more for missing the event than for your message.