{"id":36829,"date":"2016-12-05T10:47:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/blog\/planning-for-2017"},"modified":"2016-12-05T10:47:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:47:31","slug":"planning-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/blog\/planning-for-2017","title":{"rendered":"Planning for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span>We are sure you have begun to think about your events in 2017 and we would like to highlight a few of our speakers who had great reviews for their 2016 speaking arrangements.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><br \/><a href=\"\/speakers\/gavin-hewitt\/\"><b>Gavin Hewitt<\/b><\/a>, Award-winning former Europe Editor at the BBC<br \/><b><a href=\"\/speakers\/jamil-qureshi\/\">Jamil Qureshi<\/a><\/b>, Performance psychologist to some of the world\u2019s greatest sportsmen<br \/><a href=\"\/speakers\/nick-houghton\/\"><b>Nick Houghton<\/b><\/a>, Former Chief of the Defence 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