He joined the National Speakers Bureau as a salesperson in 1980 and was made president in 1996, succeeding his father, John Palmer.
[1][2] He has also contributed to, and been quoted by, many other publications, including The Wall Street Journal,[3][4] The New York Times,[5] the Chicago Tribune, the Herald Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business,[6] the Orlando Sentinel, Speaker Magazine, and The Meeting Professional.
[7] Palmer is a contributing author of the 5th Edition of Professional Meeting Management.
For the 2013-14 fiscal year Palmer was the President of the International Association of Speakers Bureaus.
[9] Also in 2005, he received the Meeting Partner of the Year Award from the National Speakers Association.