"LEAD WITH BRILLIANCE. NO MATTER YOUR TITLE."
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five tips for hiring the right speaker
1. Choose someone INCREDIBLY easy to work with.
From the initial consult, to learning about your event needs, to pre-event check-in, to arriving onsite, and pre & post event communication -- Be sure to select someone who considers themself 100% accountable for providing a 'whatever you need' experience.
It's your event, and the speaker's goal should be to help you sleep well at night knowing that you've chosen someone who wants to make your life easy during the planning process, then thrill your audience with an eye opening, actionable, and life-changing presentation.
2. Hire someone who has LIVED AND INVESTED IN their area of expertise.
This might seem like common sense, but it's not always common practice. Not every speaker's areas of expertise (Leadership, Performance, Motivation, etc.) is from decades of tangible experience PLUS investment and ongoing immersion and education.
As you probably know, many speakers just read-then-speak on their subject matter.
That might be fine, but don't you deserve the authenticity of a speaker who has real-world application built into their presentation? You should be able to discover whether your speaker is speaking from experience by sharing an intro conversation with them, reading their website bio, and/or asking the individual or bureau who recommended them (if it was a referral).
3. Your presentation should be CUSTOMIZED.
The initial consultation with your potential speaker or their team should include a conversation to discover the desired outcomes that are most important to you and the stakeholders in your audience.
What are your recent wins, and what are your current struggles? What's common among your audience, and what are some differences? What's the average day like? Who are they interacting with and why? What are your organizational goals this year, and in the next 3, 5, and 10 years?
Your organization's uniqueness should be used to customize the speaker's core presentation to ensure maximum value based on the attributes of your event and organization, because ultimately, your speaker should want to know what you need most in terms of ROI. What would you like to see improve, change, or transform?
The speaker you're investing in should demonstrate their interest in the IMPACT they create within your organization in the days, months, and years after the event.
4. Find a 'RENAISSANCE' person.
("A unique individual with multiple talents & areas of knowledge.")
What does this mean? Let's use Aaron as an example:
A cursory look at Aaron's career will reveal what you might expect from someone in his position -- he's had and long and honorable leadership history: Decorated Police Captain and Division Commander, FBI National Academy Graduate, SWAT team leader, EMT with multiple life-saving awards, dozens of merit awards and commendations; even an Honors Award presented to him by his hometown in recognition of decades of service and commitment to his community.
However, if you take a deeper look, you'll discover there's so much more -- Acting & voice training, TV appearances on shows like Law & Order and Hack, fitness modeling, professional coaching, podcast hosting, book authoring, screenwriting, instructor certifications in seven disciplines, and guest expert appearances on a wide variety of radio, podcasts and other media outlets.
If you want increase the likelihood of your audience receiving and acting on the new and unfamiliar ideas, concepts, challenges and experiences they get from your speaker, then logic dictates that you should hire a speaker with a history that demonstrates THEY value taking action on new and unfamiliar ideas, concepts, challenges and experiences.
Simply put, if you want your audience to think and grow outside of their proverbial box, make sure your speaker is a living example of that.
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5. You deserve uncommon attention and MAXIMUM value.
1. Pre-event video for your audience.
2. Post-event follow-up video for your audience.
3. Printable pdf's and screensavers for your audience so they retain, reflect and act on the content they received.
It's not always common to receive these value-adds from your speaker, but why not? You're investing in what SHOULD be a life-altering experience for your audience. Please be sure you're getting maximum value and attention from any speaker you hire so that you and your audience retain the desired results.
Oh, and YES, Aaron provides all 3 of these above listed items for you. Please reach out if you'd like to learn more about booking him to speak by clicking here.
who is AARON?
Captain Aaron Keith Hawkins is one of America's most admired speakers, trainers, and authors on the topics of effective leadership and personal performance. He brings insights from almost 30 years of diverse leadership excellence from the front lines of supervision to the executive suite.
Aaron gives your new and emerging leaders what they must know about leading with humanity, clarity, and high performance.
His unique experiences (including his life-changing brush with mortality) enhance his ability to create emotional attachment with your audience through humor, storytelling, and relatable perspective. The result is a things-will-never-be-the-same experience for you and your organization.
SIGNATURE keynote program and benefits
"LEADING WITH BRILLIANCE. NO MATTER YOUR TITLE."
Your leaders need engaged employees that perform as one team. Your employees need passionate leaders that inspire. Everyone needs to feel clarity and connection to the guiding mission of your organization.
Success at all levels of your organization is dependent on whether your employees are truly identifying as leaders, or not.
Why?
Because after 30 years of leadership experience from the front lines to the executive suite, I've realized two major truths:
1. Effective leadership is influence that results in a collective agreement to passionately pursue an agreed upon objective or standard.
2. Employees who consider themselves leaders, regardless of their title, are most likely to develop team oriented thinking, maintain clarity of purpose, and maintain a standard of consistent high performance.
You don't need better employees, you just need them to recognize to how brilliant they already are, and how their individual leadership is determining their level of success and fulfillment at work and home.
This life-changing keynote gives your audience a story of my brush with mortality, sparking the realization that we are all choosing how we embrace (or neglect) the essential elements of leadership in our workplace and personal lives, and how just a few powerful shifts will transform our energy, performance and outcome as teams, as leaders, and individual employees.
Your audience will be inspired, entertained, and empowered to recognize and embrace their self-leadership, and unleash their collective brilliance.
AUDIENCE BENEFITS
- Understand the definition of Effective Leadership and how it can transform their success and fulfillment.
- Actively experience deeper connection and engagement at work and home.
- Identify the simplicity and power of The Four Elements of Leadership (Relationships, Clarity, Success Mindset, Self Care) and how to apply each to fuel their success as leaders and individuals.
- Recognize how "logical self-love" can transform their experiences at work and home.
- Get the critical lesson about why motivation may be helpful, but identity is unstoppable.
the best for event planners seeking improved:
- Leadership
- Productivity
- Change Management
- Communication
- Inspiration/Motivation
- Workplace Relationships
- Accountability
- Sales
- Customer Service
what services CAN YOU PROVIDE?
Aaron can deliver the following for you and your organization:
- Opening Keynote
- Closing Keynote
- Virtual Keynote
- Half Day / Full Day / Multi-Day Training
- Breakout Sessions
Aaron may be available for international travel also. Please reach out to share your event date and get travel rates for your country.
Have a unique request not listed here? Please ask! Aaron's goal is to collaborate and find the solution that works best for your event and your organization.
contact and booking
- Full Name: Aaron Keith Hawkins
- Email: aaron@aaronkeithhawkins.com
If you're ready to request Aaron to speak at your event please click the "Contact Aaron" button below to share your event details. For general inquires or questions please you're welcome to use the above listed contact information.
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