Alternative to this class #1: Speaker
Contract Template and Tutorial Package with Andrea Reynolds
($350)
Alternative to this class #2: Speaker Trilogy : 3
of Andrea's publications for speakers and 15 minute consult
with Andrea Reynolds ($199)
Alternative to this class #3: Book a private critique
of your current speaker contract with Andrea Reynolds
Brilliant
Speaking Contracts for Un-Represented Speakers
Why this
class?
1. Without a speaker agent you likely
do not have someone advocating for your interests.
2. Publicists usually do not have the
experience to construct a speaking contract that covers all the
circumstances you may encounter.
3. Speaker bureaus don't work on behalf
of speakers' interests. Their contract is likely slanted in favor
of their client, the hiring organization.
4. Most contract templates that are free
on the Internet do not address your own specific needs.
5. You will learn to increase your fees
by 50% and in some cases even double or triple what you've been
getting.
6. You'll have the advantage of feedback
from other unagented speakers.
Why you
should participate:
1. As an unagented speaker you'll develop
the type of agreement and receive the kind of advice to which
only agented speakers have access.
2. This class is more affordable than
having an agent negotiate your contracts each time for a 15-30%
commission.
3. This class answers the question: What
happens if they cancel the event?
4. This class answers the question: How
can I find out if they can afford to pay me more than they offered?
5. This class answers the question: Am
I leaving money on the table?
6. This class answers the question: What
kinds of benefits can I insert into the agreement that I'd enjoy
without sounding like a prima donna?
7. This class answers the question: What
creative solutions are there to get paid (better) when they say
they don't pay speakers?
8. This class answers the question: What
can I do when the group won't let me sell my book or promote
my services at the event?
9. This class answers the question: Am
I asking for too much or too little?
10. This class answers the question:
How do I know a caller isn't just fishing for my fee information?
11. This class answers the question:
How do I know a what sequence to follow?
12. This class answers the question:
What if they ask me to write a proposal?
13. You can bring your own questions
to the class and have them answered.
14. You can use an actual upcoming event
to develop a speaking agreement that works in your best interests...
or you can use samples to practice on.
Content: Over
the course of seven days - January 29- Feb. 4, 2007 -
you will create your own speaking contract with my support so
you'll have a personalized contract just like the one I use with
my clients. I've negotiated speaker contracts on behalf of such
noted speakers as Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood.
We'll construct a contract like the one I wrote for her... but
without her fees, terms and conditions which, necessarily, must
remain confidential.
We will
cover these elements in detail:
1. The Agreement
2. The Program
3. Time and Place
4. Fees
5. Payment
6. Expenses
7. Inability to Appear
8. Cancellation
9. Facilities
10. Equipment
11. Additional Activities
12. Modification
13. Governing Law
14. Signing and Distribution
Question and Answer
period follows
for 2 additional days (Feb. 5 and 6, 2007).
Who should
participate:
- Un-represented speakers.
- Unpaid speakers.
- Authors inexperienced
as speakers who earn only a $25 honorarium or have only their
expenses paid.
- Experienced, but un-agented
speakers who already earn as much as $500 to 5 figure speaking
fees.
Please note: There is a different class
offered for speaker agents, publicists and speaker bureau employees
and owners. A licensing arrangement is necessary for these professionals.
How the
class is conducted:
1. You will be invited
to join a discussion group so you can interact with Andrea and
your classmates.
2. Two email "lessons"
are sent to you each day, for 7 weeks. (This is not an auto-responder.)
3. Go at your own pace.
You don't need to be at your computer at any particular time.
4. Work alone or with
a buddy in the class. (If you have a working partner, ask about
a multiple person discount so they can be added to the discussion.)
5. Ask Andrea questions
at any time through/on our private discussion list. You'll receive
all communication between students and Andrea (instructor) and
will be subscribed only for the duration of the class.
6. Get support and inspiration
from your classmates.
7. Through hands-on assignments you should
reach your goal of developing a customized speaking contract
which allows you to negotiate your own contracts without an agent.
Instructor:
Andrea Reynolds
Andrea Reynolds has been
speaking professionally (i.e. paid) for over 35 years and has
been a speaker agent-advocate since 1990. Her clients (speakers)
have included lawyers, literary luminaries, lateral thinkers,
and linguists; and she consistently gets fees for speakers that
are 50% to 100% higher than their last contract and sometimes
as much as 500% more.
Comments
from participants in other classes taught by Andrea Reynolds
"I do want to take
this opportunity to thank you, Andrea, and to thank everyone
else who has been in the class. You have all given me a lot of
food for thought, and that is worth gold."
"The class helped
me see more positive viewpoints and possibilities."
"I've really enjoyed
this class and learning about all of the experts involved here
I look forward to seeing you all succeed. I want to thank Andrea
for her knowledge and wisdom. I also want to thank everyone who
helped me - your advice was appreciated!"
"Great value and
I received greater clarity in the planning of my new business."
"I'd like to thank
Andrea and all of you for this class; it's been very stimulating
and helpful."
"You do a fine job
of teaching and provoking the right kind of responses from your
students."
"This discussion
also introduced a couple of new ideas that I find will help me
further."
"You gave us such
positive feelings. I came away feeling as though anything is
possible if we make up our minds to make it happen."
"I liked your personal
examples, especially selling that $10,000 fur coat. My teenage
children thought that was terrific."
"More. Honest! Her
course was invaluable, practical, down to earth."
"Andrea is an excellent
teacher. Keep her teaching."
"I needed to hear/know
this message at least 20 years ago. I'm considering re-taking
the Consulting Seminar in the future."
ADVANCE REGISTRATION
FEE: $259.00 per
person. (There
is a different class offered for speaker agents, publicists and
speaker bureau employees and owners. A licensing arrangement
is necessary for these professionals.) Use the PayPal button
or call Andrea with your credit or debit card in hand.
AFTER JAN. 25, FEE IS
$299 PER PERSON.
WITH PAYMENT, PLEASE
PROVIDE: Your
name, expertise, book title, web site address and email address
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Make checks or money
orders payable to: Andrea Reynolds, 359 Geneva Street, Ste.
401, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2N 2G5 Canada
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Box 1106, Lewiston NY 14092 USA
Please contact Andrea with any questions you
have about the class