Each of these meeting themes was carefully crafted to maximize effectiveness and memorability. A well-thought out meeting theme can transform a good event into an engaging and exciting event for both attendees and speaker. We hope this list of successful themes helps spark an idea for your next event, but if you need more help brainstorming, our agents are a great source of meeting theme ideas as well. Contact us to find out how the BigSpeak team can help take your next event from good to great.

The term Emotional Intelligence (EI) may seem like an oxymoron, but it has become an increasingly important issue in business. As a society, we often maintain a strict separation between matters of the heart and matters of the mind. Emotional Intelligence is how we integrate our feelings and our thoughts to manage ourselves, our behavior, and our relationships. In business, successful leaders recognize that to be effective, employees, team leaders and managers need to engage not only their heads, but their hearts, emotions, and reason to build Emotional Intelligence throughout the organization.

Harvard Business Review recently published an article titled "Ignore Emotional Intelligene at Your Own Risk." The author emphasizes the "crucial importance of EI-based competencies for success in leadership roles," as Emotional Intelligence is the basis for many traits, including customer impact, organizational capability, collaboration, results oritentation, and influencing.

BigSpeak's Emotional Intelligence Speakers, such as J.P. Pawliw-Fry and Douglas Conant, can help reveal and facilitate these traits to show you how the 'micro decisions of leadership' silently sabotage or enable leaders, as well as provide new ways of thinking that will enhance your learning capacity, leading your organization to sustained performance and well-being.

BigSpeaker Dr. J.P. Pawliw-Fry Thought Leader on Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Performance and Change A thought leader on the subject of leadership, performance and managing change, Dr. Pawliw-Fry is a highly sought after speaker as well as being one of the highest rated lecturers at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management Executive Education Program. He is the co-author of Performing Under Pressure. Dr. J.P. Pawliw-Fry is the President and Co-founder of the Institute for Health & Human Potential. IHHP is a world leader in developing and delivering unique training programs in Emotional Intelligence to Increase Performance and Leadership. Research indicates that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) - the ability to intelligently manage our emotions and the emotions of others - counts for twice as much as IQ and technical skills combined in determining who will excel. Contact us to have J.P. Pawliw-Fry speak about emotional intelligence, leadership, and peak performance at your next event.

BigSpeak Founder and CEO Jonathan Wygant recently authored an article titled "Using Leadership Development to Unlock Your Team’s Potential," which is featured on Examiner.com. Below is an excerpt from the piece.

Most people are clear about the importance of investing in their personal and family’s financial future, but few understand how vital it is to invest in their own personal development. Doing so is not only valuable on a personal level, but can be the catalyst to your entire organization’s growth and success.

Since continuous learning will lead to continued growth, personal, professional, and leadership development needs to be the focus of everyone within your organization. Top thought leaders and experts agree that for a business to succeed learning should never stop, especially with regard to personal leadership development. Team members who are smart, motivated and purposeful with their careers and lives nourish their mind, body and spirit. This individual nourishment results in benefits to the entire team. An organization that doesn't offer leadership development for its people will soon see their top achievers leaving. But whether or not your organization has programs in place, everyone must start with themselves.

How do you further your own personal leadership development? Successful organizations offer opportunities in the form of workshops, seminars and webinars. Learn about what your organization is offering and ask yourself what you need to do to expand your leadership abilities.

Read the full article on the BigSpeak Blog.

BigSpeaker Douglas Conant Former CEO, Campbell Soup Company; Chairman, Avon Products; Chairman, Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute; New York Times Best Selling Business Author Douglas R. Conant, New York Times bestselling author and keynote speaker is dedicated to improving the quality of leadership in the 21st century. He serves as Chairman of Avon Products as well as Chairman of the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute (KELI) at Northwestern University. The newly formed KELI initiative is designed to help leaders of today enhance their ability to lead in the "here and now." This program combines the best insights of the Kellogg academic curriculum with the best practices of world class leaders across the landscape at the highest levels of the organization. Contact us to have Douglas Conant speak about leadership, organizational development, and change management at your next event.