New speaker programme management service launched in Europe

1 November 2002: EMGtech, the Dutch-UK PR partner firm in the Eurocom PR Network has formed a strategic alliance with The Catchpole Corporation, the leading US based speaker management specialists. Under the agreement EMGtech will actively market Catchpole’s consulting services and event reports in Europe, use Catchpole’s huge events information source to offer an enhanced speaker management resources to European clients, and also supply Catchpole with the latest data on European-based events and speaking opportunities.

Terry Catchpole, President of Catchpole Corporation said “While we have excellent European data, nothing beats having a team on the ground in Europe. The alliance with EMGtech and the Eurocom PR Network strengthens the service to Catchpole clients in Europe as well as our US clients looking to raise their profile in European markets.”

Catchpole works closely with public relations agencies to help manage speaker program activities for their client companies. The goal is to help place client companies' senior executives and other speakers in highly-leveraged speaking engagements, resulting in greater visibility for their executives and heightened stature for the companies. Catchpole can work directly with the client, or through the agency. Either way, high-impact results can be produced, while freeing agencies to focus on other areas of account activity.

Tom Burgess, CEO of EMGtech said: “Catchpole are the acknowledged leaders in speaker management resources in the USA. We need to enhance our capability and offer the very best service in Europe. Catchpole can provide us and our clients with years of experience in this, at the same time we can provide Catchpole with a European presence and resource.”

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