Pitching Your Speaker

You've sat through calls and calls, and now you think you've found your speaker!

Awesome! I (and the rest of exec) are super excited to hear about your speaker. Before we can finalize on your speaker, you will have to fill out this speaker pitch document. Be as comprehensive as you can -- thoughts, assumptions, helpful links/videos/documents, reservations.

You should have met this speaker at least twice before you begin filling out the pitch document.

Exec Approved:

Congratulations, we are so excited for you to get started with talk development. Before that, send them an official invitation email using this template.

The Director of Curation will handle official communications following this approval, including the delivery of speaker info packet, logistics forms, content agreement forms, pre-conference brief documents, etc. Your Director will CC you on all official emails as well.

However, once these forms have been sent out to your speaker, it is your responsibility to ensure that you're following up on them to ensure that they send all packets back to us by December 15, 11:59 PM.

Exec Denied:

Don't worry. We have a buffer period so that you can either look for another speaker or for you to get to know another amazing speaker that your curator friends have found. Continue the outreach process until you find your speaker and once you've found them, pitch them to us again!