Happy keynote customers
by Rob - July 2nd, 2008.Filed under: Uncategorized.
It’s always nice to have happy clients, and it seems I do in my sideline as a keynote speaker.
Last month I gave a keynote address in Hunstville, Ontario, for The MEARIE Group (the only Canadian insurance supplier dedicated to the energy industry) and moderated a keynote panel just outside Washington, D.C., for Gartner, Inc. (the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company).
Here’s what the clients had to say:
“Robert delivered a provocative and dynamic address to our conference. Our goal was to choose a keynote who spoke outside the box and Robert delivered. He spoke to the wonders / marvels / complexities of modern technology … how it’s shaped our human history … and how it’s continually shaping us.
“Robert went out of his way to weave our conference theme and industry into his remarks, which only added to his impact on the audience. It’s often difficult to inspire an audience who has been to many conferences and sat through many keynote sessions. Robert, however, did just that. I definitely recommend him.”
— Andrea Dale
Vice-President
The MEARIE Group
“As conference chair for Gartner’s annual Information Security Summit, I contacted Robert J. Sawyer based on a co-worker’s recommendation. I asked Robert to assist in producing, and to moderate, a session called Science Fiction Writers Panel: Information Security and the Sci-Fi Future.
“Robert helped us evaluate suitable panel members for this topic, worked to help us contact and contract with them, and when the big day came, moderated the panel with the highest degrees of professionalism, along with considerable wit, humor and clarity. As they occasionally can do, when the panelists wandered off in flights of fancy outside our topic area, Robert skillfully and diplomatically brought the discussion back to relevance with the main theme.
“I have no doubt about Robert Sawyer’s ability to hold an audience’s attention, either solo or in the more challenging panel discussion format, and recommend him for suitable corporate or other events.”
— Victor S. Wheatman
Managing Vice-President, San Jose
Gartner, Inc.
More client quotes are here.
The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site