Public
Speaking Venue: Where Should You Hold Your Seminar?
When
it comes to holding a seminar, lucky for your
there are a ton of choices.
Here's
the best places for you to hold your seminar,
and the main benefits and drawbacks to each:
Your
Office:
Main Benefit: it's cheap! You already pay the
rent there, so it costs you nothing.
Main
Drawback:people may have an aversion to attending
a seminar in your office because they're afraid
you'll nail the door shut and force them to sit
through a hard-sell sales pitch.
Your
Home:
Main Benefit: yes, it's cheap, but also it's "personal"
which means that people feel a more personal connection
since you're inviting them into your own home.
Main
Drawback: people know where you live! If you're
inviting strangers you've never met into your
home, you run the risk that someone may be mentally
unstable and be a crazy stalker or worse!
Restaurant:
Main Benefit: you can usually get the private
banquet room for free because you're paying for
the meal costs of your seminar attendees.
Main
Drawback: it can be noisy and you have little
control over the room set up since people will
be dining.
Country
Club:
Main Benefit: if they're not already a member
of the club, they'll want to check it out! - it
becomes a social event for your attendees and
they've been wanting to see what the club is like
anyway, and now's their chance.
Main
Drawback: cost and availability.
Hotel
Meeting Room:
Main Benefit: the fact that it's a "neutral"
location and the fact that the hotel will be used
to setting up for seminars.
Main
Drawback: cost, but if you look for "business-type"
hotels, you can usually get very good rooms for
very little money!
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