Event Planning Resources
The resources below were created to help event and meeting organizers create, measure, and expand the potential of corporate events, university events, and association conferences. These reports, ebooks, videos, case studies, and calculators are all available for download. As your trusted partner in the speaker booking process, AAE is committed to helping create engaging and memorable events.
Guides for Successful Event Planning
With the time that goes into planning and executing a great, engaging event, your free time to learn new skills or improve others might be more limited than you’d like. We’ve assembled a list of great resources that can help you on your event planning journey, whether you are an industry veteran or new to the business.
Event Planning Guides
Customer Success Stories
Organizations across industries like technology, financial services, non-profit, and university, leverage the impact that a keynote speaker can make to engage audiences and convey compelling messages to attendees. Here are some examples of the clients we’ve been fortunate to work with who share their success stories.
From the AAE Speaks Blog
- Show Yourself Some Love: 7 Voices on Self-Care, Strength, and Well-Being
Valentine’s Day usually focuses on how we show love to other people. But taking care of yourself deserves just as much attention. Self-care doesn’t have to be complicated or picture-perfect. It can mean protecting your mental health, moving your body in ways that feel good, eating well, or setting boundaries that support your well-being. Sometimes
- Speaker Spotlight: Top 6 Trending Speakers in February
Booking the perfect speaker often comes down to one thing: timing. We keep track of exciting speaker updates so that you can anticipate the latest trends, topics, and rising stars to bring to your next event. From gravity-defying athletes and championship leaders to cultural icons and trailblazing pioneers, these speakers are making headlines across sports,
- Event Highlight: A Competitive Eating Champion Brings Energy to the Ballpark
This upcoming event puts entertainment front and center, transforming a summer league baseball game into a high-energy experience fans won’t forget. Rather than featuring a traditional in-game appearance, the guest will anchor the night with live fan engagement, media moments, and a headline-making food competition woven directly into the action on the field. The host,
- How to Book Female Motivational Speakers: Costs, Process, and Top Talent
Female motivational speakers are among the most requested voices for conferences, corporate meetings, and leadership programs. Their stories span resilience, leadership, teamwork, and personal growth, shaped by real-world achievement and adversity. If you are researching top female motivational speakers, looking to book women speakers, or trying to understand costs and logistics, this guide outlines what
- Keynote Speakers Across Today’s Most In-Demand Topics
Audiences today are looking for more than inspiration alone. They want context, clarity, and ideas that help them understand change as it happens. From leadership and geopolitics to artificial intelligence and workplace culture, event planners are prioritizing speakers who can address timely topics with credibility and real-world insight. The topics below reflect the conversations organizations
Speaker Spotlight Videos
Video is a very helpful tool in the busy event organizer’s toolbox. Giving us a sense for personality, speaking style, and topic expertise, speakers who can effectively draw you in through video are highly likely to do the same (or better) in person. Below, you’ll find a series of speaker interviews we did, and we also have compiled playlists featuring some of the top talent in a variety of categories. Check them out below.
DEI speaker Deanna Singh shares valuable insight on building an inclusive workplace.
