What is the Markedu score, speaker score and a bit about our pledge to quality

Markedu’s pledge to quality
Markedu will do our very best to attract the best speakers/trainers with the best content. We want to be known for a quality provider of marketing training and inspirational products. This means we will not invite back speakers whom do not live up to our standards. We aim to present to you speakers whom – aside from being top-experts in their subject-field – also are good-to-great presenters. We have boring presentations ourselves. So we prioritize speakers or trainer who can give the audience a bit of an experience while delivering great content.
We do realize that speaking online is a challenge. Therefore we actively work with our regular speakers so that they may improve their virtual speaking skills. Our speaker trainer is a top professional trainer with more than 20 years of experience in the field.

The Markedu score
The Markedu score is a calculated score, which indicates the quality of an event based on the attendees evaluation. The score takes into account the speakers performance, the recommendability of the event and other factors such as number of attendees and the relevance score. Maximum attainable score is 31. Translating the numbers you see posted after each event, this guide may be helpful.

Score     Translates to
30-31      Out of this world – unbelieavable and every single attendee will recommend the event
26-29      Awesome event – great speaker, highly recommendable
24-25      Great event – most attendees very highly satisfied and will recommend the event
21-23      Good event
20           Room for improvement
19            Below standard, this event needs improvement to be repeated

What about sponsored events?
We encourage our sponsors to hire professional speakers if they do not have experienced speakers in their employ. And we also encourage our sponsors to spend less time on the company presentation and self-promotion, and more time on providing useful knowledge to their audience. So far it has worked like a charm.

Speaker Score
After each event, speakers are evaluated based on presentation skills, their content and overall impression. These three numbers are added up and represents the speaker score. The maximum score is 21. We are using a 7-scale, however we do consider a speaker score less than 13,50 to be below our standard – even if other event organizers consider that to be above average. Speakers whom do not fulfill our requirements, will be offered speaker training. If they decline, we will not invite that speaker back. Simple as that.

Ranking the speaker score
20-21   Out of this world speaker
18-19   Worldclass speaker – I want to listen to this one again sooon
16-17   Excellent speaker – I want more
14-15   Good speaker – I was happy with the speaker
12-13   This speaker needs training
< 12     Find another job

If you have any suggestions for great speakers/presenters, please do get in touch