![]() In this sense ‘keynotes’ are largely one way presentations, as opposed to ‘workshops’ where the emphasis is on audience participation and interaction.Ī ‘public speaker’, ‘guest speaker’, ‘conference speaker’ or ‘plenary speaker are just more generic terms for people who are speaking at events.Ī public speaker is the broadest term, as it applies to anyone who presents to anything other than a mirror. Professional speakers often talk about giving keynotes or workshops to refer to the type of engagement with the audience, regardless of where their presentation sits in the conference. This is a conference keynote speaker – however, you do also hear of people referring to any important or significant presentation at an event as a ‘keynote’ ie ‘I walked passed several rooms where speakers were giving motivational keynotes.’ ![]() ![]() Normally there is only one keynote address at an event and this keynote presentation is given in the largest room to all participants of the conference – the plenary session. Normally, the keynote speech is delivered at the opening session of a conference. The ‘keynote speaker’ sets the tone for an entire event through their keynote presentation. A ‘keynote’, whether in music, writing or public speaking is the principle underlying theme of a larger idea. It’s perhaps clearest to see in music where the ‘key note’ is the first note of a scale, and everything else, all harmonies and modulations, are referenced off that.
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