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Dear Ms. Grant:
We’ve heard you’re an outstanding motivational speaker, both because you’ve “been there” and because your technical expertise matches your enthusiasm. That’s why we want to extend to you an invitation to make a 20-minute presentation at our upcoming ICGGB meeting, May 3-7, in Las Vegas. Your presentation would be part of a panel response to the topic “Making the Media a Repeat Customer.”
To give you a little more detail about our audience: We are a national service organization of approximately 700 local chapters, providing public relations services to non-profit organizations. We serve the very large and the very small agencies—those who employ thousands to those who employ only two. In order to acquaint you with our organizations and some of the current issues faced by our members, I am enclosing a fact sheet and the latest issues of our trade magazines.
Because our members’ organizations are non-profit and because, consequently, we try to present our programs at a minimal cost, we cannot offer you an honorarium. In the past, we also have had panelists arrange for their employer to pay expenses. If your company will not agree to do that, we can reimburse for limited travel expenses ($300) and handout reproduction ($50).
We hope the no-pay predicament we always find ourselves in will not deter your participation. The networking opportunities have certainly been a bonus to the presenters in past years, and we think that will be the case again for you at this conference.
As you probably understand, the logistics of putting together such a meeting take time. Would you please let us know by January 4 if you can participate on our panel?
We would be so pleased to add your name to our distinguished guest list.
Sincerely,
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