MENU OF SERVICES A menu of services is offered to address your most frequently demanded. The sliding fee schedule is as follows: Keynote [non-profit] - FREE Keynote [small businesses] - $10,000 Keynote Speech [corporate giants] - $60,000 All-inclusive expenses - $10,000 Youth Programs - $10,000 Pre or Post Programs call for quote Panel Moderator - 50 percent of keynote Panel Participant - 25 percent of keynote Add-on Event Ideas: Pictures -10 percent of keynote In-House Seminars and Workshops - Based on complexity Moderator or Facilitator - 50 percent of keynote Private Consultation - 50 percent of keynote On-Going Consultation call for quote One on One Executive Trainer $50,000 retainer Counseling & Mentorship $1,000 per email; $5,000 per telephone hour; $10,000 per videoconference hour Conversations $1,000 per email; $5,000 per telephone hour; $10,000 per videoconference hour Videoconference $10,000 per hour Customized Programs call for quote Create a Hot-Line Service call for quote Company Training Films and Videos call for quote Spokesperson call for quote Seminars to Promote a Client call for quote Pre or Post Tours call for quote
Panel Moderator 50 percent of keynote Recording Rights call for quote Media Publicity Days call for quote Media Distribution $10 per outlet (or $100 per published outlet) Translation - $1000 per speech Photos use price calculator An Evening of Conversation 50 percent of keynote Meet & Greet College $10,000; K-12 $1,000 What is his retainer fee? Based on complexity of project. How were his fees determined? We conducted a survey of speakers bureau of the speaking fees of celebrated scientists with the same Yahoo Hotness Factor, Ebony, New African, and Savoy magazine polls that list Emeagwali in their top 100 most influential people. According to the March 22, 1999, issue of Forbes magazine (forbes.com) and to leading speakers bureaus, the speaker s fee for a well-known technologist is $40,000 plus $10,000 in expenses. The most profound business and technology thinkers receive $100,000. Bill Clinton earned $350,000 for a single appearance. Donald Trump presented three one-hour classes for one million dollars each! That's more than $16,000 a minute. In 1999, speakers fees in the U.S. totaled $120 billion ten times the amount of Nigeria s total petroleum revenue in the same year. What is his speaking fee? Corporate giants pay 100 percent while small businesses pay 20 percent. This fee is reduced to 10 percent or waived for some nonprofits and schools. For example, Youth Programs, African Students Associations and Black History Month lectures are reduced an all-inclusive expense fees.
Note to College Planners Most Student Activity Boards [in U.S. universities] will contribute $6,000 expense because it was prepaid by members of African [or Black] Students Union as tuition and fees. Most speaking engagements on college campuses involve collaborations with offices, departments, and clubs. Co-sponsorships stretch the budget while increasing the pool of people that will attend his lecture. What will a video-conference cost? Lectures delivered by video-conference from the Washington, D.C., office require the sponsor to pay production and rental costs of $6,000. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0610_speakers/index_01.htm BRANDING Who's Getting the Big Speaker's Fees?
Whether they're retired, fired, or in the full flush of their careers, people with a certain kind of fame can earn lots of money making speeches By Avi Salzman The speechmaking circuit can be remarkably lucrative, particularly for luminaries such as former presidents and A-list celebrities. Speakers generally negotiate fees with the clients and generally charge different prices depending on the location, the nature of the organization, and how long the speech is. For example, a high-profile speaker may bill a university less than a corporation. The top speakers don't generally disclose what they charge; amounts are compiled from press reports and industry insiders. Take a look at 10 speakers who earn near the top of the heap. Bill Clinton Claim to Fame: 42nd U.S. President, 1993-2001 Fee: $75,000-$450,000 Bill Clinton made more than $50 million giving speeches between 2001 and 2006. Like many big-name speakers, he has different prices for different audiences. One speech at a Fortune Forum event in London in 2006 netted him $450,000. The Power Within, a Toronto company that hosts motivational conferences, has paid Clinton at least $300,000 multiple times. (He is scheduled to speak to the group again on June 20.) Clinton has given a handful of speeches for as little as $100,000 and one for $75,000 to the BBC in 2001. Much of the money from the speeches goes to the William J. Clinton Foundation. Rudolph Giuliani Claim to Fame: New York City Mayor, 1994-2001 Fee: $75,000-$200,000 Giuliani made millions giving speeches after his term as mayor of New York ended, including $11.4 million in 2006. Shortly after the September 11 terror attacks, he was commanding as much as $200,000 per appearance, but he has since seen his top price fall. Giuliani's pitch on leadership and crisis management became a central theme of his failed bid for the Republican Presidential nomination. His lucrative speeches have caused him political problems. News reports revealed that while his colleagues on the Iraq Study Group were meeting in 2006 to figure out how to go forward in Iraq, he was making as much as $200,000 a shot giving speeches. Giuliani eventually quit the study group, citing "previous time commitments." He requires a private jet for speaking engagements
Ken Burns Claim to Fame: Noted Documentarian Fee: About $50,000 The terms "celebrity" and "documentary filmmaker" don't often appear in the same sentence, but Ken Burns has come about as close as anyone. Burns' epic dramas on the Civil War, jazz, and baseball and his ubiquitous panning technique, now called simply the "Ken Burns effect," have given him ample cachet to hit the lecture circuit. He is a familiar fixture on college campuses. In recent years he has addressed graduations at Yale and Lehigh. Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger Claim to Fame: Notre Dame Football Walk-on in 1975 Fee: $15,000 for colleges, $20,000 for corporate groups The phrase "15 minutes of fame" was invented for guys like Rudy Ruettiger. The diminutive (165 pounds, 5'6") walk-on for the Notre Dame football team got into a game for one play in the 1975 season and sacked the opposing quarterback. After Tristar Pictures made a movie about him in 1993, Ruettiger began to cash in on his fame. Like most other speakers, he asks clients to pay his airfare, but he has different requirements for different clients. For schools, he'll fly coach, but corporations must pay first-class. Arianna Huffington Claim to Fame: Political Pundit and Online News Publisher Fee: $25,000-$40,000 Arianna Huffington has spun her success as a founder of the Huffington Post into a lucrative side gig as a speaker. A former right-wing political commentator, Huffington has become a force in liberal politics and a household name in the blogosphere. In 2006, Huffington published On Becoming Fearless, which dovetails nicely with her speaking career. The Washington Speakers Bureau says Huffington "shows you how to become fearless in love, work, and life." Her new book generated headlines recently when, as part of the promotions for it, Huffington claimed Senator John McCain told her he had not voted for President Bush in 2000. Al Gore Claim to Fame: Vice-President, 1993-2001; former U.S. Senator Fee: $100,000
With an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize under his belt, Al Gore has become a kind of Renaissance celebrity. Not surprisingly, Gore's global warming lecture is a big seller. The Smoking Gun, a Web site, nabbed a copy of the speaker's contract for a 2007 "Environmental Media Lecture," which revealed some interesting tidbits. Any vehicle used to drive Gore, for instance, "will be a sedan, NOT an SUV" and, if possible, should be a hybrid. The sponsor needs written permission from Gore to distribute photos from the event and no media are allowed without his permission. Ed Koch Claim to Fame: New York City Mayor, 1978-1989 Fee: $10,000-$20,000 Ed Koch, the three-term former Democratic mayor of New York, has stayed in the public eye despite leaving public office decades ago. He supported President Bush's reelection campaign in 2004 and has written and spoken in defense of Israel. Koch is a popular speaker in the New York area, according to a representative of a speakers' bureau. Mark Spitz Claim to Fame: Nine-time Olympics Gold Medal Winner Fee: $20,000 The Olympic swimmer won seven gold medals and set seven world records at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, four years after he picked up his first two golds at the 1968 Mexico City games. After the Olympics, Spitz tried to make it in Hollywood but his acting career was not so buoyant. Nonetheless, his achievement remains a record and his fame revives every four years. Sean Hannity Claim to Fame: Fox News Pundit Fee: $100,000 The TV and talk-radio star went on a "Hannitization of America" tour a few years back, speaking to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the country. Anyone who missed the tour could attend the Freedom Concerts that Hannity hosted with country music stars. There is also Hannity's "Hannidate," a dating service matching like-minded conservatives. Hannity requires a private jet for his speaking dates, though he lampoons Al Gore for sometimes using one.
Colin Powell Claim to Fame: Former Secretary of State Fee: $100,000-$200,000 Powell, a 35-year veteran of military service, was the first African-American Secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He became famous during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Powell's reputation was tarnished in the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq when he delivered information to the U.N. that turned out to be false. He also has served on various corporate boards, including AOL's.
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