Speaker Resources
Explore expert advice on finding speaking engagements, building your professional brand, and mastering public speaking. Our ‘Speaker Resources’ series is the ultimate resource for pro bono and professional speakers, in our seven cities and online.
Learn public speaking tips and how to be a better presenter to maximize your public speaking experience. Content is written by Free Speakers staff, experts in public speaking, professional speakers, and speakers from all of our bureaus.
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Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Washington D.C. (opens in a new tab)
Looking for speaking engagements in Washington D.C.? Free Speakers Washington D.C. connects vetted speakers with Rotary clubs, associations, libraries, and community groups across D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, in person or online.
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Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Indianapolis (opens in a new tab)
Looking for speaking engagements in Indianapolis? Free Speakers Indianapolis connects vetted speakers with Rotary clubs, libraries, and community groups across Central Indiana, so you can grow your network and become known as an expert.
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Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Dallas-Fort Worth (opens in a new tab)
Looking for speaking engagements in Dallas-Fort Worth? Free Speakers Dallas-Fort Worth connects vetted speakers with Rotary clubs, libraries, chambers of commerce, and community groups across the Metroplex, so you can build your brand and become known as an expert.
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Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Milwaukee (opens in a new tab)
Want to find speaking engagements in Milwaukee? Free Speakers Milwaukee connects vetted speakers with libraries, Rotary clubs, chambers of commerce, and community groups across the greater Milwaukee area, so you can build your brand and become known as an expert.
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Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Los Angeles and Orange County (opens in a new tab)
Looking for speaking engagements in Los Angeles or Orange County? Free Speakers connects vetted speakers with Rotary clubs, libraries, chambers of commerce, and community groups across both counties, in person or online.
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Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Phoenix (opens in a new tab)
Looking for speaking engagements in Phoenix? Free Speakers Phoenix connects vetted speakers with Rotary clubs, libraries, companies, and active adult communities across the Valley, so you can build your brand and become known as an expert.
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Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Chicago (opens in a new tab)
Want to find speaking engagements in Chicago? Free Speakers Chicago connects vetted speakers with Rotary clubs, chambers of commerce, libraries and other groups, so you can build your brand, sharpen your skills and become known as an expert.
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Beyond Business Cards: Why Speaking Engagements are Your Secret Marketing Weapon (Even for Free!) (opens in a new tab)
Public speaking is an overlooked marketing tool, even when the talk is free. Free Speakers Dallas-Fort Worth explains how speaking engagements make you the go-to expert, build a more genuine network than business cards, and carry your message further than an ad.
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Speaking with Confidence: It’s not a Presentation, It’s a Conversation (opens in a new tab)
Forget picturing the audience in their underwear. Treat public speaking as a conversation instead. Practical tips for speaking with confidence, from choosing what your audience cares about to dropping hedges like "I think" that undercut you.
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How to Turn Speaking Opportunities into Massive Amounts of New Business (opens in a new tab)
Business coach Tom Kelly explains why he speaks for free to groups that cannot pay his fee. Speaking puts you in front of a whole room as the expert, and the new business it brings in far exceeds his normal speaking fees.
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Free to Fee: How FreeSpeakers.org launched my professional speaking career (opens in a new tab)
Motivational speaker Doug Dvorak joined FreeSpeakers.org to gain experience and spoke more than 35 times for free in his first year. The paid requests that followed launched his professional speaking career. Here is how he made the move from free to fee.
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Speak More and Sell More with Confidence (opens in a new tab)
Former IndyCar trackside engineer Nadine Haupt found that her free talks as a new business coach drew applause but no clients. She explains what she changed so that speaking brought in leads and sales.
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No-Fee Public Speaking Yields Wonderful Advantages (opens in a new tab)
Speaking for free is terrific public relations, networking at its finest and community service, writes Ginny Richardson. She shares how her free talks on getting publicity turned audience members into clients for her PR firm, and how to pick and polish your own topic.
