General Questions
Can I get coaching from Marnie?
How can I contact her?

Pinch Hit Questions
What exactly is a Pinch Hitter?
Does Marnie ever prebook?
How much does she charge?
How does one introduce her?

Pinch Hit Keynote & Retreat Themes
What is "Dealing with Disappointment"?
What topics does Marnie speak on?

Media Questions
Media Kit HERE

Coaching the GroupTM
How can I schedule a Time Management Seminar?

General Questions

Event planners and program coordinators sometimes find themselves without a guest, at the last minute, due to some emergency. While most speakers are prebooked months in advance, Marnie has chosen to remain available to "pinch hit" for your next crises by rarely pre-booking. She is typically able to be in your studio or auditorium within twenty-four hours of your call, or live on radio, via telephone, within minutes of your call.

Does Marnie ever prebook?
Technically speaking, no. However, she accepts engagements for program planners whose originally scheduled guest has cancelled and, under these conditions, she does prebook up to three weeks in advance.

How much does she charge?
As a Pinch Hitter, she requests that you cover all travel expenses. She then accepts the fee originally agreed upon by the cancelling guest, whether pro bona, five digit or anywhere in between. If travel expenses were included in the original agreement, simply retain that wording. [Note: A confirmation agreement must be submitted prior to Marnie's departure. Here....]

How can I submit a question or inquiry?
Via Email
info@marnie.com
Via US Mail
306 Elk Street
Warroad, MN 56763
Via Voice Mail
877-77-HOW-TO, ext. 4

Pinch Hit Keynote & Retreat Themes

What is "Dealing with Disappointment?
While all of Marnie's engagements surround the scenario of a missing-in-action guest, most do not create an atmosphere of extreme disappointment for anyone except the event/program coordinators and team. Dealing with Disappointment is Marnie's keynote address for groups whose hopes of hearing a specific guest have been dashed, due to a last minute cancellation. What she lacks in audience anticipation, she overcomes using humor, visuals and personal stories.

What topics does Marnie speak on?
Marnie speaks on YOUR topic – whatever it is. If you need a motivating, encouraging, impromptu speaker, call Marnie. Marnie’s speaking experience resembles her life – varied, interesting and somewhat unexpected. As a pinch hitter, speeches fall into a wide range of categories. Here is a sampling of themes within which she has worked: Service with a Smile, Raising Responsible Adults, Writing for Publication, Entertaining on a Shoestring, Pamper Yourself, Faith - Golden Key to God's Riches, The Love You've Been Dreamin' Of....

Marnie synergizes her material with your theme by pulling humor, illustrations, personal anecdotes and paradigm-shifting content from one of the following general topic categories:

Life & Time Management
Personality Power
Managing To Succeed
Parenting with a Purpose
Beauty from the Inside Out
Creating Joy
The Friendship Factor
Gaining Spiritual Depth
Dealing with Disappointment

Coaching The GroupTM

How can I get coaching from Marnie?

Marnie is no longer able to provide personal coaching. However, we encourage you to join her upcoming teleconference (details here) and to take advantage of her advice in print, available through her many published works.

Can I schedule a live Time Management Seminar?

That depends. If you have been contacted by our office, inviting you to host a seminar on a certain day at a certain time, then please fill out the confirmation agreement HERE and call us a.s.a.p. to confirm.

If you have not been contacted by us, there is no way to pre-book a seminar at this time.

Marnie fits these seminars into other trips whenever possible. In other words, when she needs to travel for non-speaking-related business or pleasure, and sees a few open hours, our staff contacts churches in that area to see if one can host a seminar. In this way, Marnie remains available as a Pinch Hit Speaker as often as possible, while still teaching seminars during otherwise "unavailable" times.

Other Questions

How does one introduce her?

We know that you were all expecting _____________ to be our speaker, but, as many of you already know, s/he had to cancel due to a last minute emergency.

Since 2001, Marnie Swedberg has only been available to us in this capacity, as a fill-in speaker, and we are absolutely delighted to have her with us!

Marnie is a popular speaker and media guest having done dozens of radio talk shows, sound bites, commercials and interviews, television home shows, news clips, plus keynotes and weekend retreats. She has been featured in magazines, newspapers and ezines and has personally written over 40 songs plus thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics related to family, faith and friends.

She started her first business at the age of 18 and currently manages the Swedberg family restaurant while lending extensive assistance at the family’s retail store and espresso café.

She homeschooled her three children while routinely entertaining over 100 guests per month. She has written and published 9 books and is webhostess of the largest online Christian Women’s Directory in the world.

In addition, Marnie is the friend and mentor to over 14,000 Christian Women’s Ministry leaders from every denomination and continent, and her websites receive over one-half million hits per month.

As a Pinch Hit Speaker, she only travels to events where the original speaker had to cancel due to a last minute emergency. She has come to us, with just ___ hours/days notice, because our speaker, _________________, couldn't make it.

Please help me welcome, Marnie Swedberg!