Invitations- Extending invitation to Speak - 1

Dear Felix,

We are hoping you can help make our upcoming June 6 International Community Dinner a great success. We’d like to ask you to address our distinguished group, including well-known political figures in both state and federal government and high-ranking executives from major corporations around the state.

Specifically, we want you to address the international monetary situation, zeroing in on the roles that politics and economics play. We will have one other speaker, Vijay Asthani, founder and chairman of Indian Surety Corporation. Mr. Asthani epitomizes, just as you do, the ideals of business success and public responsibility on which our annual service award has been based.

In short, we want the evening to be both enlightening and enjoyable. Your speech, I’m sure, will accomplish both purposes.

We expect about 90 guests to join us for a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. in the Princess Room of the Republic Hotel. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. Your speech will begin at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Asthani will speak at 9:15 p.m. Then we will ask you both to make yourselves available for a brief question-answer session with the audience. We hope to conclude the evening by 10:30 p.m.

Because of the importance of the international business meeting, we hope your own company can underwrite the cost of your time and travel to the meeting. If that is not possible, please let us know.

If you need any special room arrangement or equipment for your presentation, we will be happy to take care of those details for you.

We will be delighted if you can give us an answer by March 31.

We know our audience will be eager to hear your views and hope you–and any of your associates who wish to join you for the evening–can take away important ideas for your own future business efforts.

Regards,
Lydia