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EVENT PLANNER TOOLKIT

A clear plan.
A confident event.

Your practical guide to preparing for an engagement with Chris.

Find the speaker materials, planning steps, and production questions that help your team bring the details together.

READY FOR YOUR EVENT TEAM

The materials
you need most.

Share these with the people preparing your event website, program, speaker introduction, and production plan.

Need another photo format or material for a specific use? Contact Nick. View Chris on stage .

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Chris McChesney is the lead-author of the best-selling book in the world on strategy execution. For over 25 years Chris has been the Global Practice Leader of Execution for FranklinCovey, and has led FranklinCovey’s ongoing design and development of these principles, as well as the consulting organization that has achieved extraordinary growth in many countries around the globe and impacted thousands of organizations.

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FROM CONFIRMATION TO FOLLOW-THROUGH

Bring the details
together.

Use these milestones as a working guide. Nick will confirm the schedule and arrangements for your engagement.

  1. 01

    Once your engagement is confirmed

    Give everyone a shared brief.

    Bring your event team and Nick together around the purpose, audience, and practical details.

    • Name the main event contact and the person responsible for production.
    • Share the date, location or online platform, audience, and expected attendance.
    • Describe the strategic priorities or execution challenges the event should address.
    • Confirm the agreed session format, timing, and planning milestones with Nick.
  2. 02

    Before you promote the event

    Prepare the message and materials.

    Use the biography and photography below to keep your event communications consistent.

    • Confirm the session title and description with Nick.
    • Choose a speaker photo and the bio length that fits your event website or program.
    • Share the Conference Overview with your internal stakeholders.
    • Discuss any book orders, recording, livestreaming, or promotional video requests with Nick.
  3. 03

    As the event approaches

    Connect the content to your audience.

    Help Chris understand the room and help your production team prepare for the session.

    • Provide the current agenda, event theme, audience context, and desired outcomes.
    • Coordinate a pre-event conversation and share relevant organizational background.
    • Confirm audiovisual needs, presentation-file arrangements, and a technical check with Nick and your production lead.
    • Finalize travel, arrival, venue access, and onsite contacts through Nick.
  4. 04

    On the day

    Make the handoff easy.

    Keep the host, production team, and event lead working from the same plan.

    • Give the emcee the supplied Stage Intro.
    • Confirm the session start, finish, introduction, and any agreed audience Q&A.
    • Complete the agreed sound, screen, and video checks.
    • Make sure Nick and the event lead can reach the onsite production contact.
  5. 05

    After the session

    Carry the conversation forward.

    Make space for reflection and decide what your team wants to put into practice.

    • Collect audience feedback and share it with Nick.
    • Ask leaders which priority, behavior, or commitment deserves follow-up.
    • Agree who will own the next conversation and when it will happen.
    • Discuss further work with Chris or broader 4DX implementation if it fits your goals.

EVENT WEBSITE & COMMUNICATIONS

Make the introduction
easy.

Start with this speaker copy. Confirm the final session title and description with Nick so your promotion reflects the engagement you have planned.

SPEAKER HEADLINE

Chris McChesney | Keynote Speaker and Execution Expert

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Short speaker bio

Chris McChesney is the lead architect and co-author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution®, a Wall Street Journal bestseller, and FranklinCovey’s Global Practice Leader of Execution. For more than 25 years, he has helped organizations turn their most important priorities into action. His engaging keynotes connect practical execution principles with the challenges leaders face every day.

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SESSION DESCRIPTION

The 4 Disciplines of Execution®

How do leaders make progress on their most important goals while daily demands compete for attention? Chris McChesney introduces the principles of 4DX and explores how focused goals, meaningful measures, visible progress, and regular commitments help teams put strategy into practice.

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For more bio lengths, proposal materials, and original photos, visit the Speaker Bureaus page.

4DX Conference Overview with Chris McChesney4DX Conference Overview 7:42

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Bring your stakeholders into the conversation.

An introduction to the 4 Disciplines of Execution, with graphics and clips from Chris’s keynotes. See the ideas and speaking style he brings to an event.

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PRODUCTION & LOGISTICS

One conversation.
The right details.

Connect your production lead with Nick to confirm what your event requires. These are useful items to cover during planning.

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Room, audio, and presentation

Confirm microphone and sound arrangements, screens, presentation files, video playback, room layout, stage access, and technical-check timing with Nick and your production team.

Virtual delivery

Confirm the online platform, presenter access, audience interaction, support contact, and technical rehearsal arrangements for the session.

Recording and livestreaming

Discuss the intended recording, livestream, distribution, or edited-video use with Nick so the arrangements are agreed before the event.

Travel, schedule, and arrival

Coordinate travel and arrival details through Nick. Share the venue address, access instructions, onsite contact, and current run of show.

Books and additional materials

If you are interested in books for attendees, share the quantity and event timing with Nick. He can help confirm the available options and arrangements.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Let’s find the right fit.

Tell us about your event, your team, or the challenge you’re working through.

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