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Bill Geist

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Bill Geist brings the Zeitgeist (“spirit of the times,” “essence of the moment”) to today’s audiences across North America. Starting his post collegiate career as a radio rock jock and program director (to the shame of his loving parents that had been counting on medicine or law), Bill learned the principles of marketing cause and effect first hand. When he spun love songs at night, girls would come to his in-store appearances. When he played AC/DC, the guys would show up. After breaking all the rules (and the ratings), Bill migrated to the marketing of destinations, eventually being named the President of the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau. During his tenure, he was the lead spokesperson and co-strategist for the successful public referendum fight to build the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona Terrace Convention Center. He also succeeded in doubling the Bureau's sales and marketing budget and oversaw the launch of one of the Top 25 Marathons in the nation. For the past decade, he has headed up his own consulting firm called, appropriately, Zeitgeist…which specializes in strategic planning, governance, marketing and legislative issues for destination marketing organizations, tourism-focused chambers of commerce, economic development organizations and communities.

You need a speaker that can inform, entertain and create a sense of purpose in your audiences. A speaker that can combine real-life success stories with compelling trend indicators to suggest winning strategies for the future. With a background in marketing, media, political advocacy and community development, Bill exhorts his audiences to break out of the same ol’ same old and grab for the next big thing. Fun, fast-paced and slightly irreverent presentations designed to keep the audience talking and thinking throughout the conference, Bill mixes laughs with high-end content to create a lasting impression.

Areas of Expertise:

Computers/Technology
Customer Service
Management
Marketing

Target Audience:

Sales & Marketing Executives
Business Owners & Managers
Community Leaders

Top 3 reasons to have Bill Geist as your next speaker:

1-Bill will make you look good!

2-Customized Presentations

3-Easy to work with - Bill used to be a meeting planner so he knows what a pain prima donna speakers can be.

Fees:

$3000 for instate (or anything less than a 3 hour drive)
$4000 for up to 2 hours
$4500 for 2-4 hours (1/2 day rate)
$6000 for 4-8 hours (full day rate)

Bills Most Requested Programs:

Capitalizing on Trends
Bill monitors the ever-changing lifestyle and consumer trends that swirl though our world…and then connects the dots to offer audiences suggestions for how to maximize the opportunities that the shifts provide for smart marketers.

Internet & e-Marketing
As competition for the attention of today’s consumer heats up, so do the opportunities to emerge from the clutter through smart utilization of your website and customer database. Bill showcases the latest tactics for winning the hearts and minds of your customer.

Customer Service
As Customer Appreciation levels plummet, smart businesses know that providing exceptional Customer Service can be the difference between profit and loss. Bill shares tips and tactics to help turn your staff into your secret weapon.

Board Governance & Excellence
Based on his book, Destination Leadership for Boards, Bill paints a compelling picture for how non-profit Boards can and should upgrade their processes and policies to produce breakthrough results for the publics they serve.

Political Advocacy
As the divide between the reds and the blues deepens, it’s harder to get your message heard and your initiatives realized. Bill shares tactics that can turn even a political novice into an accomplished influence merchant.

Testimonials:

“You hit the mark with everything we wanted to have happen and you were so easy to work with!”   - Harry Sladich, Spokane(WA) Regional CVB

“Your presentation was a perfect blend of how ideas and technology have, and will influence us. You cleverly wrapped together the “futuristic” tools we are already using with the possibilities for tomorrow. Most of all, you opened minds with humor and insight.”   -Karen Justice, Maryland Governor’s Tourism Industry Conference

“Bill Geist’s presentation was engaging and informative. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Bill Geist was great with tremendous insight and knowledge.”    - post CSEE Conference Survey, National Association of Sports Commissions

“You really knocked their socks off in the “Are You Nuts” seminar, which received the highest evaluation of all the seminars offered. Comments included, “best presentation ever” and “great info”.   -Cheryl Lytle, Wisconsin Grocers Association

“The feedback I received from my members was excellent. Comments - entertaining, fun, lots of great ideas, engaged his audience, personable, helped us to think out of the box, interesting, informative, awakening, unique, from a different perspective, refreshing, held my attention, timely and relevant information, best speaker of the weekend.”    - John Werner, Midwest Agents Selling Travel

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