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Founding speakers

A great speaker.
A room that
comes alive.

Get found by organizers booking speakers for business events and peer groups. List your profile free by October 31, and you could be one of 25 founding speakers we upgrade to a year of Verified, a $999 value, at no cost.

The free listing stays yours whether or not you are selected.

Get listed free

What you get

Free to list. A head start for everyone. A year of Verified for 25.

Free

A free listing.

Organizers see your topics, session formats, and published fees. We never take a cut.

Early

A head start.

The directory is new, so you're among the first speakers organizers see.

If selected

A year of Verified, on us.

We ask your past organizers for ratings and reviews, and those reviews are what help the next organizer say yes. You show your availability, share more sessions, books, and media, and rank above Listed speakers when organizers browse. After three reviews, you can be featured in The Short List for Organizers and on The Short List Live.

$999 a year$0your first year, if you're one of the 25

Get listed free

Who we're looking for

Anyone can list. Twenty-five get the upgrade.

Listing is free for any speaker who talks to business audiences. The founding 25 are the speakers organizers will see first, and the ones we'll lean on for honest feedback while the directory is young. A free year of Verified is our thank you. We're looking for speakers who can show us:

  • Published fees you hold to, by format if they differ.
  • A video of you speaking.
  • At least five past organizers we can ask for candid feedback.

What happens after you apply

Three things, then you hear from us.

  1. We read it and publish it.

    A person reads every listing before it goes live. Yours goes up as a free Listed profile, and it stays up whether or not you're selected.

  2. You hear from us by November 7.

    Invitations go out as we choose, not all at once. If yours is one, your Verified year starts the day we upgrade you.

  3. If selected, tell us who booked you.

    Within seven days, give us at least five organizations and a contact at each. Your profile shows Verified Pending until three reviews come in, then you earn the badge.

  • No card, and nothing renews on its own. Thirty days before your free year ends, we email you what came in. You can renew at $99 a month or $999 a year, or keep your free Listed profile.

Your listing is your application

Three short steps. In by October 31.

The free listing is yours whether or not you are selected. Step 1 takes about a minute, and steps 2 and 3 take about 15 minutes each. Short on time at step 3? Submit what you have, and you can sign in to your account later to add more.

  1. Your topic About a minute

    Your name, your email, and the topic you speak about most, in a sentence.

  2. Get on the list About 15 minutes

    Your headline, your city, up to five topics, a headshot, and the plan you would like. Choose Listed; if you are one of the 25, we upgrade you.

  3. Finish your profile About 15 minutes

    Your sessions, fees, a short bio, your links, and how you travel. This is what we read when we choose the 25, so finish it by October 31.

Start your listing.
Step 1 of 3. About a minute.
  1. 1. Your topic
  2. 2. Get on the list
  3. 3. Finish your profile
Already sent step 1? Pick up at step 2 with the same email address.
Questions? Email connect@shortlistspeakers.com and a person will answer.