We are so pleased with the response by our Speakers Bureau this year. At this point, 75 of you have spoken or are scheduled to speak by the end of October! We’re well on the way to a record-breaking number of presentations for 2006.

We’re also excited by the responses to the presentations you’ve been giving at companies around the area. Many of our Employee Campaign Coordinators have told us that our presentations this year are better than ever and that you’re doing a great job engaging audiences. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

We are particularly grateful to several of you who have gone above and beyond. Thanks to:

• Nancy Kronen, Amy LoConte, Linda McNally, Nolasco Mercado, Tom Slater and Oscar Vergara, who have already spoken five or more times.
• Kathy Pierson, who stepped in on less than two hours notice for a speaker who was ill, and on another day, stayed after her commitment to fill in when an event time was changed at the last moment.

It is not too late!
If you haven't had a chance to speak, it is not too late! We've tried to contact every registered speaker, but if you haven't yet been able to tell people about the incredible programs at your fine agency, don't get left out! Contact Rosey Oaks-Lee at sbureau@unitedway-cny.org or 428-2210 to get on the schedule.

Tip of the week—get the facts
We do our best to give you all the information you’ll need before every speaking engagement. But please, don’t be afraid to ask for more—help us help you! If you have multiple presentations prepared and aren’t sure which would be right for a particular audience, or if you’re wondering what the speaker order is, contact us and we’ll find out what you need to know.

Follow-up surveys
Requests to complete our on-line survey are being sent to you following your speaking events. Please take a moment to let us know about any problems you had, or ideas for how to improve—or just to let us know everything went smoothly. Thanks to everyone who has already completed these.

Thank you
Thanks to everyone who spoke this week.