Bernie Swain – Washington Speakers Bureau a Handshake Deal
Bernie Swain – Washington Speakers Bureau a Handshake Deal
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.
Fred Ryan, President Reagan's Chief of Staff from 1989 to 1995 called Bernie. Braced for bad news, Ryan let Swain know, President Reagan selected the Washington Speakers Bureau to represent him. In this moment, his company graduated to the top of the industry.
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