Stuart believes that it is his job to make your job easy! Stuart looks forward to working with you and upon request we will be pleased to email you an overwhelming number of current meeting planner client references that support the fact that Stuart is very easy to work with, totally professional and completely teams up with you to support and ensure that your event is executed smoothly!

 

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Fee

 

If you would like to hire Stuart and have questions regarding his speaking fees, please call him directly at 604-709-4446.

 

A 50% deposit and a signed agreement will secure the date you require The balance of your professional investment is due on or directly before the date of presentation

 

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Expenses

 

We will require airfare to your location and are willing to accept economy class anywhere within a four hour flight. Local presentations only require a .40c per kilometer travel charge. Incidental charges such as meals in transit & cab fares from the airport to your conference location can be pre billed at an agreed to daily rate or the actual amounts can be billed within 30 days of the presentation. We pride ourselves on keeping incidental charges to a minimum.

 

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Travel

 

In most cases the client prefers to pre arranged Stuart's flight itinerary & send through airline tickets. We require and request aisle seats on all flights and need to first sign off on any flight arrangements as our schedule changes rapidly. For hotel rooms we request a non smoking higher end category that includes pre paid ADSL internet access if available in the hotel.

 

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Room Set Up & Audio Visual Equipment

 

Our Standard Audio Visual Equipment Needs are as follows:

  • Wireless lapel/lavaliere microphone for Stuart with extra batteries

  • Wireless handheld microphone for presenter and audience work

  • Lectern for session presenter

  • LCD projector with laptop connection cables

  • Please supply extended length laptop connection cables so we can move our laptop forward to act as a slave monitor

  • DVD Player connected to the LCD Projector and an audio feed to the meeting room's P.A. system

  • Please note that as we play video we definitely need an audio line cable connection form our laptop to the meeting room's p.a. system. Please double check this point with your a/v supplier.

  • Large screen with at least fifteen feet behind stage space

  • A black draped a/v cart to house the projector and our laptop

  • A back up laptop is a requested option redundancy measure as we always carry a data stick or CD copy of our presentation slides

  • Two flipcharts with oversized 'magnum' felt pens

Microphone(s)  We require a mandatory wireless lapel or lavaliere type microphone. A wired microphone is not acceptable and defers from our presentation.

 

Lectern  A lectern is normally required for the session presenter. Please place either stage right or left.

 

Stage Stairs  If you are using a raised stage we request a set of front and centre placed stairs so we can readily access the audience.

 

LCD Projector & Lighting  Fifteen feet between the screen and LCD Projector is optimum for ensuring that your audience can view our presentation slides 'full screen'. Please also note that we request and prefer to have an additional 8 feet between the LCD projector and the audience. This is Stuart's primary performing stage area. We would appreciate your assistance in pre checking with the conference coordinator if it would be possible to remove any light that shines directly on the screen if it washes the images. We also prefer a well lit room.

 

A/V Cart  We prefer a black draped A/V cart where we can place our laptop directly next to your LCD projector.

 

Back Up Laptop Redundancy  We always bring along a data stick that carries an additional back up copy of our presentations. We refresh our laptops every 18 months to keep them in top condition and reliability and only use tier one products. Please ensure that you have a back up laptop that can instantly play PowerPoint and Windows Media Player for purely back up redundancy.

 

Flipcharts  Dependant on the session we go through at least twenty pages of flipchart paper. Please request fresh flipcharts for our presentation.

 

Flipchart Pens  We request Magnum 44 permanent marker pens made by Sanford as they ensure that the back of your audience can see the flipchart work.

 

Product Table  If you grant us permission for products to be sold a 6-8 foot table is required directly inside the meeting room. It would be greatly appreciated if you would inform your MC to advise the audience that learning resources are available at the back of the meeting room

 

Introduction  We will be pleased to customize an introduction and email you a copy at least 30 days prior to the start of your event. The introduction is designed to pre-engage your audience and is preferably read by someone who is naturally enthusiastic. Therefore, please assign someone who is comfortable in front of audiences to introduce Stuart. It is also helpful for us to spend a moment with the person introducing us.

 

Set Up  Whenever possible we request entry to the meeting room 120 minutes prior to presentation. This allows us ample time to double check all details and correctly set up. If the agenda calls for us to immediately follow another speaker we will need at least twenty minutes to adequately set up our audio visual needs. We are also pleased to preset our needs the night prior to the actual presentation with your audio visual supplier.

 

Props  With experiential learning comes the use of visual props. Would you please arrange for a small cocktail round table or 6-8 foot table to be placed at the back of the stage or presentation area.