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How to be listed with Gold Stars Speakers Bureau™

For speakers and trainers who wish to work with Gold Stars Speakers Bureau™:

Gold Stars Speakers Bureau™ provides speakers, trainers, celebrities, facilitators, and entertainers for trade associations, government agencies, and corporations worldwide. Our clients expect top-notch service and top quality, experienced speakers and presenters to meet their varied and specific needs. We embrace accomplished speakers who have great platform skills and experience with the ability to communicate information and emotion to move an audience to the next level or to a memorable experience.

So how do I approach Gold Stars Speakers Bureau™?

In order to establish a relationship with Gold Stars Speakers Bureau™, a speaker must already be an established, proven speaker, presenter or trainer, have a video demo and literature demonstrating the speaker’s expertise and services. If you are a beginning speaker or trainer, please approach us after you have substantial professional speaking experience.

The speaking industry has grown at a fast pace. We are constantly approached by a huge number of speakers, both those already working in the industry and by those who aspire to a possible career in public speaking. To ensure that we give each speaker fair, quality and timely attention, we do offer material evaluations and speaker consultations.

We do not accept unsolicited speaker material by email or hard copy. Unsolicited material will be discarded. If you are interested in working with Gold Stars, we invite and accept personal recommendations about your presentation skills from reputable speakers. Or else, we can provide the following speakers bureau evaluation.

Copper Evaluation:

Review of the video demo by entire sales team for up to 30 minutes maximum.
Provide experienced feedback on length, clips, content, layout, and platform skills, etc.
Speaker information will be entered into our database for potential marketing and sales purposes.
A written evaluation will be provided.

Silver Evaluation:

Review of the video demo by entire sales team for up to 30 minutes maximum.
Provide experienced feedback on length, clips, content, layout, and platform skills, etc.
Speaker information will be entered into our database for potential marketing and sales purposes.
Review of press kit and printed materials by entire sales team.
A written evaluation will be provided.

Gold Evaluation:

Review of the video demo by entire sales team for up to 30 minutes maximum.
Provide experienced feedback on length, clips, content, layout, and platform skills, etc.
Speaker information will be entered into our database for potential marketing and sales purposes.
Review of press kit and printed materials by entire sales team.
A written evaluation will be provided.
Suggestions for improvement, if any.
Speaker will receive a complimentary copy of “Working with Speakers Bureaus” by Bryan Townsend. Click here to see description.
15-minute consultation with Andrea Gold, President of Gold Stars Speakers Bureau™. Speaker may submit questions by e-mail in advance, to maximize the 15-minute consultation.

Evaluation Pricing:
To request pricing for the above evaluations or to obtain an evaluation, please email us.

Personal Consultation:
We offer speaker consultations. To inquire about pricing or to request a consultation, please email us.

Materials to send to Gold Stars Speakers Bureau™ for Evaluation or Consultation:

Business card or cover letter with contact information

Demo DVD

DIGITAL Press kit, literature, or One Sheet (bureau-friendly) that includes:

Bio
Photo
Talk titles
Topics
Industry experience
One or two recent references

Fee schedule, noting fees as net or commissionable:

Keynote fee
Half day fee, if applicable
Full day, if applicable
Additional fees
Travel requirements (coach, first class, flat fee, etc.)

Please note that submission of a speaker’s materials for review does not guarantee that Gold Stars will propose or book the speaker. We can guarantee that we will review the materials carefully with the Gold Stars sales team. As an added benefit, we will communicate the speaker’s potential with both Gold Stars and in the professional speaking industry.

Improving Your Career: For speakers who wish to kick up their careers another notch, we highly recommend the following programs offered by Tom Antion:

     Speak and Grow Rich
     Working with Speakers Bureaus
   Wake 'em Up Video Professional Speaking System
     Wake 'em Up Business Presentations
     Click: The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Marketing for Speakers (CD)
     Kick Series of Teleseminar Tapes
     Tom Antion's Mentor Program
     Tom Antion's Consulting Program

If you have any questions that have not been answered from the content of this page, please send an e-mail to us at info@goldstars.com.