On October 22, 2003, the Roundtable welcomed Edie Fraser for a talk on how to place speakers at some of the nation's high-profile speaking venues.  Edie compiles the annual listing of top U.S.  speaking forums for executives.  She is the founder and CEO of The Public Affairs Group, a public relations and strategic communications firm  with three divisions -- Diversity Best Practices, the Business Women's Network, and Best practices in Corporate Communications, which produces the top forums list.  A nationally recognized speaker herself, she advises more than 100 Fortune 500 firms on communications strategy.Special thanks to the National Geographic for hosting our meeting.