Here is the picture... the Amsterdam, Netherlands motivational speaker is extremely anxious! You are at your annual international conference (it can beLondon, Dubai or elsewhere as well). You assume everything will be fine and everything is under control. Somebody confirmed that the professional motivational speaker is first-class and will bring inspiration and motivation that is much needed. Suddenly you feel slightly anxious as you see the delegates taking up their places. Your step onto the stage and seeing the face of the events's motivational speaker that looks as upset as can be, all your confidence vanishes. You feel nervous and want to run away, but you can't because the frustrated speaker has seen you and are coming straight towards you. What can the dilemma be? There is no screen and he has a keynote presentation with visuals. All of a sudden the friendly face of this top motivational speaker from the website looks a lot different. You run around and phoning frantically for a white screen. You grab your handbag and gulp down some stress tablets. By now the room is filled to its capacity and time according to your schedule for the motivational speaker to start... Does this sound familiar? Have you been in similar situations with different problems? Not all event organisers always realise the important role that she can play towards the success of events. To everybody in this trade and seeing themselves in this role - don't set yourself, your organization and the chosen motivational speaker up for embarrassment and failure. It's all about teamwork between you and the after dinner speaker or professional speaker that delivers the motivational speech.

Here are a few tips:

• Bad planning - all should be planned well in advance.
• Double check all detail.
• Have a list of needed equipment and verify if this is adequate for the conference or event.
• Everything must me settled and confirmed a day before the event.
• Don't have any last minute detail to sort out before the event start. You want to be able to greet and welcome everybody without stress.
• Everybody involved rely on you to be in control and to know what is happening.
• Take responsibility and if a problem arises, handle it swiftly.

Learn from the well-known motivational quote: "If you fail to plan you plan to fail."