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By: Tony D'Amelio on October 1st, 2015

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DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT ROCKS THE HOUSE

Few challenges are greater for a keynote speaker than kicking off the program on a Sunday morning. The audience would just rather be back in bed or easing into the day some other way.  Yet that’s the role DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT played last weekend for the annual convention of the Financial Planning Association in Boston. David’s energy, unique style, and captivating content helped folks shake the cobwebs and start taking notes — at 8:00 AM!

“I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the phrase “knocked it out of the park” in reference to your keynote session – and from a group of 1000+ sleepy financial planners at 8:00am on a Sunday morning. Impressive!“
Director, Professional Development,
Financial Planning Association

David was there to show these independent financial planners how to build stronger bonds and grow their businesses using real-time content marketing strategies.  By all accounts he was enormously successful.

That’s just one reaction to DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT’s four keynote speaker talks in the past six days. He also spoke in Europe twice last week (Madrid and Stockholm) which spawned these reactions:

“It was so great to have you in the Omnicom Trends Seminar in Spain.  Clients and Omnicom agencies valued your conference on real time marketing very highly. The feedback is very positive and more than that, you made all of us to think in a different way and to make us aware that we have to communicate more transparently and proactively. ‘No fear!’”
 – VP Omnicom Spain/CEO of Ketchum Spain, Madrid, Spain                                                                                                            

“We are pleased that David was part of our event and helped create such a successful event. Everybody enjoyed his enthusiastic and interesting keynote. He received among the highest ratings by the audience …”
– Marketing Manager, APSIS International, Stockholm, Sweden

David helps audiences think in totally new ways about creating and strengthening their business relationships.   His low-cost/no-cost strategies work – and audiences walk away with tangible tools they can put to use right away.  Here is a commentary of David’s that’s worth reading  – The Value of Personal Communications.  It’s a reminder that it’s the little things that help us stand out in a crowded field.

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About Tony D'Amelio

Tony has spent his career putting talented people and audiences together, first in the music business and later representing the world's leading speakers. After concluding 27 years as Executive Vice President of the Washington Speakers Bureau, Tony launched D'Amelio Network, a boutique firm that manages the speaking activities of a select group of experts on business, management, politics and current events. Clients include: Mike Abrashoff, Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour, Mariana Atencio, Chris Barton, Geoff Colvin, Daryl Davis, Suneel Gupta, Ron Insana, Katty Kay, Polly LaBarre, Nicole Malachowski, Ken Schmidt, Bill Walton, and Bob Woodward.

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