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Collaborate with other organizations in
your area to conduct a community-wide series of presentations,
with each organization requesting a separate speaker
on a related theme. |
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Plan your Speakers Bureau presentation
in conjunction with annual events, such as Black History
Month (February), Women’s History Month (March),
book festivals, or local celebrations. |
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Connect your program to current events
that are receiving widespread national attention in
the media, such as international conflict, environmental
issues, and elections. |
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Develop a relationship with local media
to plan a series to coincide with special feature coverage
in the newspaper or on radio and television. |
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Design a program around a major exhibition
or event being offered in your community by a local
museum or cultural institution. |
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Expand your public programming by applying
for an Opportunity
Grant to support a special project that features
a Speakers Bureau presentation. |
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Incorporate a Speakers Bureau presentation
into a library reading and discussion series. |
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Plan a Speakers Bureau presentation around
programming offered by the Maryland Humanities Council,
such as our summer Chautauqua or the Council’s
special initiative on Democracy. |
