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It's okay to think about the things you want to do,
Until it's time to do the things you were meant to do."
- From the movie: The Rookie
Want to be Recommended to
The Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau Client's?
The Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau (TBWSB) prides itself on helping meeting planners, event planners, corporations, businesses, associations, government agencies, colleges, universities, schools, non-profits, conferences, conventions, and specialty groups find the right speaker at the right price. Our Online Speaker - Trainer Roster only lists 50 quality, reliable presenters annually; however, we are constantly looking for new speakers and trainers to recommend to our clients.
TBWSB is a full-service speakers bureau, meaning that we provide a full range of speakers to our clients and prospects. We work with clients from over 60 industries who are looking to hire speakers and trainers. We do not represent speakers in the sense of helping them find business on an exclusive basis. We do not create a profile for you on our site and electronically link it to your site. We do not swap or exchange links with speakers or professional businesses. We do not market speakers "individually" except through our website and those we choose to include in newsletters, marketing materials, and other communications to our clientele.
Now that you know what we don't do, here's what we do, do:
We do represent speakers and trainers on a non-exclusive basis, meaning that many of our speakers also work with other speakers bureaus. We do promote the speakers that match our clients' needs to the degree that we know them, have confidence in their speaking abilities, can count on them for generating spin-off business, and trust them in working with our clients.
For professional speakers, we offer a money back guarantee to our clients that we expect our speakers to honor. If the customer feels that the speaker's performance was so bad that they did not get their money's worth, we will investigate the reason and could possibly give them a refund. We've been very fortunate, to date, not to have an isolated incident like this to happen in our business.
Professional Speakers
- You must be an experienced speaker or trainer who has a proven track record for being hired for your speaking and training services; on a part-time or full-time basis.
- You must have a demo video or dvd that gives us confidence that our clients will view it as professional (please prepare your video with a label with just your name in bold letters and the title of your presentation. No other personal or contact information other than that of our bureau, if you choose, should be found on your label (that's what bureau friendly means).
- You must have materials that represent you well for the topics you speak about.
- Your speaker press kit materials must be "Bureau Friendly".
- Your typical commissionable fee must be $2,000 or more.
Sports and Celebrity Speakers
- We do not regularly promote tours or public appearances.
- We do expect that you will have a speech that is of interest to a general audience.
- If you do not have a demo video, you should endeavor to record your speeches so you can have a demo made from the recordings.
- You or your agent needs to supply us with press materials, including your net fee schedule (no commissions added), contracts and riders, bio, photos and something about your speech and a web address to get these things electronically to copy to our web site.
Industry Experts, Corporate CEOs and Political Speakers
We need a press kit that includes your bio, your speech subjects, photos, fee schedule (net or commissionable), and a demo video (please prepare your video with a bureau friendly label).
Membership Benefits
- You'll be a part of a speakers bureau that gets several Media Mentions annually
- You'll be a part of a speakers bureau that sends out several Media Articles monthly
- You'll be included in our National and International Promotional Marketing Campaign
- You'll receive a Speaker Profile Web Page
- You'll be able to learn of and take advantage of new updated Industry Resources
- You'll also be able to register for continuous learning and speaker development seminars
- You'll have experts who know how to conduct and confirm fee negotiations
- You'll receive more exposure to help you to get more paid speaking engagements
- You'll receive speaking and celebrity opportunities
The TBWSB F.Y.I. Bulletin
The TBWSB Commission Rate is currently set at 25% of the speaker's final confirmed contract fee, per booked speaking engagement.
TBWSB adds newly accepted speakers and trainers to its online website roster and database once a year:
1) January 2009 (Speakers screened and accepted in Fall 2008)
TBWSB does have a 1% to 10% speaker turnover (cutbacks) at the end of each year. Sometimes its discovered that a speaker is not a good fit for TBWSB or a speaker may feel that he or she is not a good fit with TBWSB. Which in turns means the removal of the speaker from all TBWSB Speaker - Trainer rosters, databases and directories.
We have fine-tuned our online speaker – trainer roster operations to produce and maintain a consistent systematic list of 50 quality professional speakers and trainers annually. TBWSB does not accept "every" speaker who has a desire to talk—we have made it the new TBWSB Standards Criteria to screen, recruit and accept only the BEST of the BEST. The new TBWSB Standards Criteria focuses on quality—not quantity.
The TBWSB Speaker Review and Submission Process
If you are a successful professional speaker, sports icon, celebrity, author or trainer and are ready to take the next step by working with a speaker bureau, the Baltimore Worldwide
Speakers Bureau would be pleased to consider you. In order to evaluate you as a potential addition to our speaker roster, please send
ALL of the following materials to:
TBWSB, Inc.
Attn: Director of Speaker Reviews
6400 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 134
Baltimore, Maryland 21228
Or email us: SpeakerReview at tbwsb.com
Disclaimer: TBWSB does not and will not mail back to you or anyone else the voluntarily submitted speaker information, products, and dvd you submit to us for review and consideration.
We are always evaluating exciting new speakers to offer our customers, but because of the high volume of materials we receive from potential speakers, we are unable to acknowledge the receipt of your material. We will contact you if we feel we are a good fit for one another. Please do not telephone our offices.
Thank you for your interest in becoming a speaker represented by the Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau.
- Speeches: How many you gave in the previous year, how many were you paid for, what were you paid for each presentation, and how many you would like to give this year.
- Press Kit: To include your current bio, topic list, titled speech list with single-page program descriptions for each speech, articles that have been published about you, a copy of your published book or dust cover, and 3 testimonials from groups you
have spoken to within the past year. A "one-sheet" containing all of the above information is also acceptable ("Bureau Friendly" recommended).
- Demo Video: A full-length DVD or videotape of a speech given within the past year, in front of a live audience, is required (media interview clips or studio tapes are not recommended).
- Fee Schedule: Keynote fee, travel requirements, etc.
- Products: If you have any speaker products that you currently sell before or after your speaking presentations, please include one sample of your top four (4) selling products with your most current products price list. If you
currently have no products or less than four, you may still submit your speaker packet for review. Having products to sell is not a prerequisite for the submission of your materials.
We primarily represent professional speakers who have national and international appeal, and spend the bulk of our time managing our online 50 person speaker roster year-round. We are always evaluating exciting
new speakers to offer our customers, but because of the high volume of materials we receive from potential speakers, we are unable to acknowledge the receipt of your material. We do not mail back speaker
materials that are submitted to us for review and possible consideration. We will contact you if TBWSB feels we are a good fit for one another. Please do not telephone.
TBWSB has put in-place a newly revised criteria (standard) for how it now screens, interviews, denies, and accepts professional speakers to our TBWSB Speaker – Trainer database and roster. We are now looking
for the BEST of the BEST—without hesitation or exception. If you’re a consummate professional who is easy to work with, follows instructions and knows how to do business on all levels, then you may be
the professional speaker that fits and works well with the new TBWSB Standard.
Do not waste your or the bureau’s time mailing us your speaker submission packet without a quality DVD or demo video tape of you presenting in front of a live audience. If this “required” item is not included, TBWSB will not screen or
review any of your submitted materials. There will be no exceptions. Again, please refrain from calling.
Thank you for your interest in becoming a speaker represented by the Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau.
Consultation Services
Consultation with Ty Howard, Chairman and CEO of TBWSB on:
- How the speaking industry works
- Tips on getting bookings
- How to create a winning demo video
- How to package your speaker or trainer expertise
- Branding
- What the term "Bureau Friendly" means
- What's a speaker press kit, and what should be in it
- Different types of speaker representation
- Do's and Dont's of working with speakers bureaus
- Mail, phone and e-mail list of other speakers bureaus
- and lots more information is available as follows:
Special Note: All consultations are prepaid before taking place.
A scheduled, telephone consultation, up-to 1 hour: $125.00
Click Here to Schedule Your Telephone Consultation
A scheduled, face-to-face, consultation up-to 2 hours: $300.00
(in Baltimore, Maryland)
Click Here to Schedule Your Face-to-Face Consultation
Or call TODAY to schedule your consultation appointment over the phone.
Phone: (410) 737-6839
Development Services & Clinics for Speakers & Trainers Click Here
Promotional Release
"I hereby grant The Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau of 6400 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 134, Baltimore, MD 21228 unrestricted use and permission to use my name, marketing materials, demo video, printed or electronic materials, photos, electronic information and pictures from my web site http://____________________ and any other information, that I now or in the future make available for marketing purposes, in their promotion of my services on the Internet, World Wide Web, fax, e-mail or printed communications or other uses as a speaker/entertainer/performer. Further, I release from liability and hold harmless, The Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau, from any action by any person, entity or third party against me and/or said materials."
Your authorizing signature here: ______________________________ Date: __________
If you have questions please e-mail Ty at:
info at baltimorespeakersbureau.com
NOTE: If you are just getting started in your career as a professional speaker or trainer, The Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau has seminar courses and services that can assist you in getting to speaker bureau standards.
All speaker / trainer development and review services will require a financial investment on your part. To be successfully represented by The Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau, you must have the tools and systems in place that are required throughout the speaking profession. That's what separates the professional speaker and trainer from the freelance public speaker or trainer!
The Baltimore Worldwide Speakers Bureau
6400 Baltimore National Pike
Suite 134
Baltimore, MD 21228
USA
Toll Free Phone: 1-800-385-3177 Ext 1
Fax: 410-510-1578
Email: info at baltimorespeakersbureau.com
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