Testimonials
Relationships are everything, and we've built our business around knowing the key players in the conference industry - from leading business conference organizers to niche market trade show representatives. They know us, and respect the way we work - no form letters or cookie-cutter strategies found here. We've earned a reputation for delivering the right opportunities to our clients, and the right people to the conferences.
Here is what S3 clients have to say about their services:
"When I start programming a conference, one of my very first calls is always to S3. Not only are Lori and Jeanne top speaker placement professionals, they go out of their way to be helpful. Their knowledge of big-picture issues, what’s happening in the event world, and my specific needs is unrivaled. They always offer invaluable feedback and ideas. And they are an absolute joy to work with! I couldn’t recommend S3 more highly."
Karen Edelman
Forbes Conferences
Program Manager
"S3 delivers! I've seen their clients benefit tremendously as a result of speaking at our conferences. This is a company that knows how to gain and then leverage exposure for their clients, allowing a big payoff for a minimal investment."
Anne Moffat
Fortune Conferences
Program Manager
"S3 continues to be a valuable resource for finding and evaluating the right speaking opportunities for our management. Their industry depth and networking relationships are outstanding."
Kim Oakley
FedEx
Speaker Series
""We started working with S3 after reading an article they wrote about the value of a corporate speaking program. They were right!
S3's knowledge, insights, counsel and contacts have enabled GoGrid as a company and me as co-founder and CEO to present our key messages to our targeted audiences. We've been able to meet with industry influencers and renew and develop relationships with potential customers, press and analysts. Our experience with S3 has demonstrated that a speaking program is a vital part of our overall communications efforts."
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John Keagy
ServePath/GoGrid
CEO and Co-Founder
"When I program a conference, I am always looking for speakers who are of high caliber from well-respected organizations and are well-spoken experts in their field. Lori and Jeanne consistently offer up great candidates who are high-level, appropriate and excellent speakers. Their willingness to work with me to find just the right person has resulted in great reviews for their speakers and my conferences. They work with me both pro-actively and when I need someone yesterday. I couldn't ask for more professional, willing collaborators with whom it is a delight to work."
Mary Wright Benner
The Conference Board
Program Director
"Lori and Jeanne have been great partners. The extensive knowledge they have of the conference and trade show industry coupled with their professional contacts has proven invaluable to the success of IBM's executive visibility program. Without them we would have needed an in-house department to do what they do so well. S3 delivers tangible results, fully integrated with my marketing-communications program, with minimal project management."
Elizabeth Thailkill
IBM Global Business Services
U.S. Marketing Manager
"We're a new company, but our executive team has decades of management experience in information security, fraud examination, business intelligence and financial systems integration. S3 is helping us to increase executive visibility, showcase our expertise, and reach potential customers."
Patrick Taylor
Oversight Systems
Chief Executive Officer
"Jeanne and Lori are the two most experienced Speakers Bureau pros I've ever worked with in my 20+ years of marketing. They know the events, they have the contacts, and they get the results. S3 far exceeded our expectations. I would recommend them anytime!"
Kathy Maag
BEA Systems
(Former) Director of Corporate Public Relations
"From the beginning S3 understood the business and communication needs the Risk Consulting Practice of Marsh had as it repositioned itself within the marketplace. One facet of this repositioning was the reconization of the importance of promoting the Risk Consulting's thought leadership and risk management expertise to a new audience. We were pleased with the quality and quantity of speaking opportunities S3 obtained on behalf of all of our executives. S3's professionalism, flexibility and efficiency provide us and our executives with a cost effective communications marketing tool that has far exceeded our expectations."
Ruth Erickson
Risk Consulting Practice of Marsh
Managing Director
"S3 gets results! This firm's exclusive focus on executive speaker placement differentiates them from any PR agency. They have the relationships with the conference coordinators and they help cut through the red tape of the process. They streamlined the speaker placement process for us, and made me look like a shining star."
Veronica Kido
Kido Communications
President
"Executive visibility at key industry and business gatherings is incredibly valuable to Network Appliance. Partnering with S3 increased that visibility significantly, and is one of the most impactful and cost-effective public relations decisions we have made. The entire S3 team understands our target audiences and how to get in front of them, and is focused on helping us achieve our business goals."
Eric Brown
Network Appliance, Inc.
(former) Vice President, Worldwide Public Relations
"Jeanne and Lori are among the most professional marketing executives I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I am delighted at the caliber of speakers they always provide me and impressed with the care and personal interest they show on behalf of their clients. They have consistently delivered the level of speaker I require to maintain the high standards of my conferences. Many companies could learn alot about customer service based on the successful business model Jeanne Tee and Lori Zetlin created when they launched S3- Strategic Speaker Services, Inc."
Victor Harwood
Digital Hollywood Productions
President
"S3 recognizes the fact that my time is valuable. They have secured a variety of executive-level speaking opportunities for me which have produced real results for my business. These speaking opportunities have also provided me the opportunity to network with my peers, build alliances and conduct "face-to-face" meetings with our customers. It would have taken me weeks to get in front of the audiences they’ve been able to bring to me via my speaking."
Alan W. Dunton M.D.
Panacos Pharmaceutical
Chief Executive Officer
"When it comes to raising WaveCrest's visibility in the marketplace, S3 speaks our language. S3 has the experience and connections for getting WaveCrest in front of industry influencers and opinion leaders to promote its leading-edge electric propulsion system technology. These opportunities help us establish key relationships, develop new business and spread the word about how WaveCrest is "changing the way the world moves."
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Tom McMahon
WaveCrest Laboratories
Vice President, Communications and Government Affairs