Landing The GIG

The fastest way to become a better, more bookable speaker may be to stop waiting for the perfect paid gig and start getting on more stages. After four decades of speaking, hosting events, selling from stage, and coaching entrepreneurs like Kelly, Ken Krell has experienced the wins, failures, technic...

Great content doesn't make you the obvious choice for a speaking gig. It's simply the minimum an event organizer expects you to bring. After speaking on roughly 2,000 live and virtual stages while also organizing events himself, Iman Aghay has seen the booking process from both sides. He explains wh...

Landing the speaking gig isn't the finish line. What you do with the opportunity can determine whether you're ever invited back. As an event host who regularly hires speakers, Christine Campbell Rapin pays close attention to far more than what happens during the presentation. She looks for speakers ...

Being visible as a speaker and getting paid as a speaker are not the same thing. Orly Amor discovered that firsthand when she learned she was the only speaker at a major business conference receiving both a speaking fee and expenses. The reason was surprisingly simple: the other speakers hadn't aske...

Your personal story can make people listen, but that doesn't necessarily give an event planner a reason to book you. Anthony Trucks discovered that distinction early in his speaking career when feedback from his bureau forced him to rethink how he was using his story on stage. Instead of simply shar...