A face-to-face meeting with the speaker can provide more engaging and vivid material than a search of records. Such a meeting may yield, for example, insights into the speaker’s mood and style.

Double-check the pronunciation of the speaker’s name and company. If you think this step is a no-brainer, just ask John Travolta, who mangled the name of singer Idina Menzel before she sang ...

Too often, a speaker’s introduction is their biography, ripped from LinkedIn or their speaker website. Sometimes that information is old, outdated or just plain wrong.

If you are introducing a series of speakers in a symposium, use the same level of formality for each as you introduce them by name. For example, don’t call one speaker “Dr. Thomas Baker” and ...

In a professional setting, the introduction of female speakers without their professional title may have an impact on the public’s perception of the female speaker. We examined how professional titles ...