--- title: The Top 9 Ways Meeting Planners Find Keynote Speakers description: Locating the best talent for the job is mission critical to a successful event. Find out how meeting planners source keynote speakers for their events. image: https://blog.speakinc.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-02-19%20at%209.54.45%20PM.png --- [1-858-228-3771](tel:1-858-228-3771) [![SpeakInc](https://blog.speakinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speakinc-logo.png?width=197&height=48&name=speakinc-logo.png "SpeakInc")](http://speakinc.com/) - [Speakers](http://speakinc.com/speaker) - [Individual Speakers](http://speakinc.com/speaker) - [Speaker News](http://speakinc.com/speaker-news/) - [About](http://speakinc.com/about) - [Our Team](http://speakinc.com/our-team) - [Careers](http://speakinc.com/about/careers) - [Blog](https://blog.speakinc.com/our-blog) - [FAQ](http://speakinc.com/faq) - [Contact Us](http://speakinc.com/contact-us) - [Request Consultation](http://speakinc.com/contact/request-consultation) - [Become a SpeakInc Speaker](http://speakinc.com/contact-us/become-a-speakinc-speaker/) # SpeakInc Blog # The Top 9 Ways Meeting Planners Find Keynote Speakers by [Leah Doyle](https://blog.speakinc.com/author/leah-doyle) | February 19, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **Find out how meeting planners are sourcing their keynote speakers in 2020.** Meeting planners take great pride in the quality and selection of the speakers they hire for their events. Every planner has their own system; their preferred way of scouting and sourcing the best talent for the audience they are dazzling. Locating the best talent for the job is mission critical to a successful event. Connecting with their ideal speaker is a priority for meeting planners, and we wanted to understand how they do it, so we surveyed 150 meeting planners to determine [how they are sourcing keynote speakers in 2020](https://offers.speakinc.com/how-meeting-planners-find-speakers). We recently partnered with top marketing author/speaker [Jay Baer](https://www.jaybaer.com/) and our industry friends at [Michelle Joyce Speaker Management](https://www.michellejoyce.com/) to collect the research and analyze the results in this detailed report,** "The Top 9 Ways Meeting Planners Find Speakers."** [Get your free copy now](https://offers.speakinc.com/how-meeting-planners-find-speakers), and you will learn: - The** top 9 ways meeting planners find speakers**, in order of popularity. - The percent of planners who **find speakers through other speaker recommendations.** - The percent of planners who find **speakers through YouTube.** [![Screen Shot 2020-02-19 at 9.54.45 PM](https://blog.speakinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-02-19%20at%209.54.45%20PM.png?width=600&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-02-19%20at%209.54.45%20PM.png)](https://offers.speakinc.com/how-meeting-planners-find-speakers)   Topics: [Blog](https://blog.speakinc.com/topic/blog) ### Written by [Leah Doyle](https://blog.speakinc.com/author/leah-doyle) Leah originally joined SpeakInc in 2006 and currently serves as their Digital Marketer and Analyst. 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