Solutions One Source is an online speakers bureau for keynote and motivational speakers, workshop and seminar trainers, and consultants. It provides one source for corporations, nonprofits, associations, and event planners to search for and evaluate candidates for speaking, training and consulting engagements.

The site was developed as a service of Gibbs Solutions Group, LLC. The design is based on an understanding of the challenges faced by individual practitioners and small firms in marketing their services as consultants, trainers and speakers, as well as an understanding of the difficulty users encounter in identifying and selecting the best talent for consulting, training and speaking engagements.

Many of the traditional marketing and promotional methods, such as advertising, are simply too expensive for individual practitioners and small firms. National speakers bureaus are one solution, but most are limited to top tier keynote speakers and involve large commissions or booking fees. While the service is supposedly “free” to corporations and associations, they ultimately pay in the form of higher fees to compensate for the booking fees and commissions.

As with many industries, the Internet offers an efficient and inexpensive alternative. Almost everyone makes his or her own travel reservations, with only a limited role left for travel agents. Travel Web sites provide one source that links travelers with multiple airline, hotel and rental car options.

While some would consider airlines, hotels and rental cars as commodities, most would agree that speakers, trainers and consultants must be individually evaluated before a purchase decision is made. Advances in technology and especially the ease with which videos can be made and posted online provide a new option for making the purchase decision. Executives and meeting planners are able to directly evaluate and contact candidates, rather than relying on third parties at traditional speakers bureaus.

If you are a corporate executive, nonprofit or association executive, human resource manager, event or meeting planner, SolutionsOneSource.com provides one, convenient, easy to use source for finding and evaluating speakers, trainers and consultants.

If you are a speaker, trainer or consultant, SolutionsOneSource.com provides a convenient, easy to use, and inexpensive means of promoting your services. For a limited time, the first year monthly listing fees are complimentary.