Any Speaker.
Any Topic. Any Budget.
Often within minutes!
We specialize in emerging speakers. What's that mean? It means we help you find business professionals, authors, and other subject-matter experts who have knowledge and a message to share — but they don't earn a full time living doing it.

How It Works
With that said, we can give you some pretty good guidelines:
- Although some speakers will speak for free, understand they are spending time preparing their talk for you and traveling to your event, even if it's only a few miles away. Many speakers have books, products or services to offer. If you don't pay a speaking fee or buy materials up front, at least provide a table for the speaker at the back of the room and allow for at least a minor "pitch".
- For any event, it might help to think of a speaker as entertainment. A good rule of thumb is to budget the cost for a speaker (including expenses) at $10-25 per attendee. The smaller your event, the more you should budget per attendee. This range can vary significantly for seasoned professional speakers, celebrities, and in-demand personalities. Only the top 1% or so of speakers make more than $10,000 for an hour speech.
- We recommend finding at least $300 for each hour of a speaker time if at all possible. Maybe charge attendees, get a sponsor, or ask for donations? Note that some speakers already have sponsors that will foot the bill or help to defray your costs.
- Videography services (for the speaker's demo reel)
- Booking multiple events at the same time
- Media exposure (press releases, articles, radio, and tv appearances)
- Buying products and services from the speaker (books, courseware, consulting time)
- Products or services from your organization
- Sponsorship opportunities
- Booking workshops or training with the speaker
- Donations to a speaker's favorite charity
- Travel perks (airfare for spouse, additional hotel days, spa treatments)
The fastest, easiest, most affordable way to find a speaker.
Post and Track
Post and manage your job in your online Member Center. All interaction with speakers takes place through our website unless you prefer otherwise. We organize your correspondence automatically in your online message center!
Get Responses Within Minutes
If speakers believe they are a good fit for your opportunity, they submit their materials so you can find a perfect speaker for your event quickly. Only qualified speakers for your posted topic and who are available at the time, date, and location will respond.
Fine-Tune Your Request
For the best results, you want to be sure speakers know exactly what you're looking for. We have more data points than anyone else to help you find that perfect match. Select areas of expertise, gender, fee range, location, speaker affiliations, and much more.

Selecting The Right Speaker Is An Art
Let Us Help You Find The Perfect Match
We've got more to choose from than anyone else! Find professional and emerging professional speakers, authors, trainers, business leaders, technical gurus, educators, medical professionals, seasoned public speakers, and other subject-matter experts. We've not only got tools to help you narrow your search to the perfect fit, but we've got live help available weekdays from 9am to 5pm Central Time. SpeakerMatch is way more than just website where you submit a request and hope for the best. We have real people you can easily reach to hold your hand along the way.