Case Study

From Guesswork to Confidence: How a Dental Conference Booked the Right Speaker, Fast

Suresh Goel
Meet Suresh Goel

If you know the pain of spending weeks (or months) searching to find the right speaker, you are not alone. There is a better way now, and here’s how Suresh Goel, planning a major event for dental professionals, stopped the tab-hopping, got clarity on his theme, and booked the perfect speaker with full confidence in almost no time flat.

The Challenge:

Wow, these are all really great choices! I never would have found them on my own. And I would have wasted weeks trying! With my event fast approaching, this saved me so much time and energy. Talkadot is an absolute game changer!

Suresh knew he needed a credible, relevant speaker for today’s challenges in dentistry. He had a general direction, leadership in a changing world and staffing pressures, and a strong preference for a storyteller who could land with a clinical audience. To manage costs, he hoped to find someone within driving distance. He also knew what hadn’t worked in the past.

What wasn’t working:

  • Fragmented search: Dozens of tabs, bios and reels that all sounded good, but weren’t tailored to dental practitioners.
  • Unreliable signals: Curated testimonials and polished websites didn’t answer, “Will this resonate with my audience right now?”‍
  • Availability & fituncertainty: Even promising speakers ultimately turned into guesswork.
Created Clarity
How Talkadot Created Clarity

Suresh shared his criteria with Talkadot. Behind the scenes, we matched against data from 10,000+ speakers… not just keywords, but who they’ve spoken to, how audiences rated them, what outcomes those audiences reported in their own words, and where the speaker is based.

Within one session, Suresh had three verified, on-topic candidates, each with a single, comprehensive Talkadot profile instead of scattered links and hard to navigate websites.\

“I never would have found these particular speakers on my own.” — Suresh

What Suresh saw (all in one place):

  • Real audience feedback (not curated blurbs): ratings, themes, and outcome statements pulled directly from post-event surveys.
  • Proof of fit: examples of how similar professional audiences responded.
  • Recent talk topics & video clips: easy to gauge storytelling ability and stage presence.
  • Logistics at a glance: location of where the speakers were traveling from.

Suresh quickly gravitated to Tim David and his talk, Super HUMAN: Radical Humanity for an Artificially-Intelligent, Trust-Starved World—timely, human, and built for professionals navigating change.

Because Tim’s public profile was fully complete, Suresh could instantly see:

  • 99% of 864 attendees rated Tim’s content as valuable and verbatim outcomes from Tim’s audience such as “Attendees gained practical tips and strategies to foster human connection in the workplace, especially in hybrid environments.”
  • Video clips and photos that showed Tim’s presence with professional audiences
  • Topics and takeaways clearly framed for practical relevance
The Results:

Efficient, confident booking. Suresh locked in a speaker aligned to his theme, audience, and budget considerations without weeks of open-ended searching. The verified profile and third-party audience feedback eliminated guesswork so he could focus on delivering an impactful dental conference.

With everything verified in one place, I could make a confident decision and get back to running the event.

Key Takeaways: Why This Works

  • One verified profile with EVERYTHING you need in one place to make a decision, (zero search overload)
  • Authentic, third-party audience feedback before you book (think of us like the Yelp for Speakers)
  • Confidence in availability and fit from theme to budget to travel

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