For speakers
The date is the one thing you sell that you can’t make more of. Hold it with a deposit, invoice the rest, and put one link on your last slide for the people who want more.
What’s different for speakers
The booking as one offer
Send the fee, the deposit and your terms as one offer. The organizer accepts and pays the deposit in three taps, and the balance goes on an invoice.
Somewhere for the room to go
Put your link on the last slide. Your workshop, your toolkit and your sessions are on it, and anybody who wants to hear from you again can ask for your notes.
Questions speakers ask
How much deposit should a speaker take?
Half when the date is booked, the rest before the event. The deposit is what holds the date; without one, a date is a maybe.
Should a speaker’s fee include travel?
Quote the fee and travel separately, and say which travel the organizer books. A fee that includes travel shrinks every time a flight goes up.
What should a speaking agreement cover?
The date, the fee, the deposit, travel, recording rights and what happens if either side cancels. Organizers read the cancellation clause first.
How do speakers sell to the audience after a talk?
With one link on the last slide and one thing on the other end of it. A room of three hundred people needs one next step, not five.
Should a new speaker speak for free?
Sometimes, when the room holds the people who would hire you. Ask for a recording and an introduction in return, and count it as marketing with a cost.
Can an event organizer pay a speaker by invoice?
Yes, by card. The balance goes on an invoice from their row, with reminders from your name after the due date.
Your page on the first day
This is the consulting setup, and it’s what your page starts with. Change any of it where it appears.
- Clients can book from tomorrow onward.
- Moving or canceling is free up to 24 hours before.
- There are 15 minutes clear after every session.
- Before booking, your page asks: “What should I read before we talk?”
Your engagement letter opens with this: Advice is given in good faith on the information you share; decisions and outcomes stay yours.
What gets in the way
A keynote is booked months ahead, and the date is the one thing you sell that you can’t make more of.
Organizers want a fee, a travel policy and terms their finance team accepts before they’ll confirm.
The talk ends, the room empties, and the people who wanted more have nowhere to go.
What it doesn’t do for you
There’s no speaker one-sheet, no event listing and no ticket sales. Organizers pay by card.
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