EPISODE · Feb 1, 2019 · 47 MIN
Bernie Swain – Washington Speakers Bureau a Handshake Deal
from Finding Your Summit · host Mark Pattison
Bernie Swain, his wife and Harry Rhodes Jr co-founded the Washington Speakers Bureau. It took 8 years of working, gathering speakers, building their business to get to the moment when they truly arrived. They'd met with a speaker they wanted to sign. Everyone in DC wanted him, Swain's company wasn't a front-runner; there were bigger more established firms. President Reagan's Chief of Staff called Bernie. President Reagan selected the Washington Speakers Bureau to represent him. Bernie had done it.
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Bernie Swain, his wife and Harry Rhodes Jr co-founded the Washington Speakers Bureau. It took 8 years of working, gathering speakers, building their business to get to the moment when they truly arrived. They'd met with a speaker they wanted to sign. Everyone in DC wanted him, Swain's company wasn't a front-runner; there were bigger more established firms. President Reagan's Chief of Staff called Bernie. President Reagan selected the Washington Speakers Bureau to represent him. Bernie had done it.
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