Avoiding Personal Agendas and Pay-to-Play In The Speaker Review Process July 31, 2014 by Jeff Hurt We’ve seen it happen in almost every organization where we assessed their speaker review process. Someone on the conference committee blackballs a great presentation or speaker. Or someone approves a presentation proposal and speaker that has had poor scores in the past. Why does this happen? Conference committee members put personal agendas and friendships above … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conferences, content, Pay-To-Play, speaker review process, volunteer strategies