Speaking, Media and Meeting Industry Resources
There are thousands of speaking opportunites every day and the question always is how do I find them?
There are many opportunites to submit articles to magazines or newspapers or be interviewed as the expert and the question is how do i find them?
Today I am sharing a handful of resources with you.
Before you reach out to any association or media contact, make sure you have a presentation packet. This could be on your website under the speaking/keynote button and the meeting planner button too. You need to have a one sheet for each topic that you speak about along with benefits for the audience, a 3 camera video demo in front of a live audience is also helpful especially if you have it streamed on your website.
Be professional, be prepared to be able to tell the media what you do in 2 sentences so they can say, tell me more.
At the MediaSpeak Symposium in Ocober we’ll be teaching you how to talk to the media-you know how to get to the point and then you have an opportunity to pitch live to radio, TV and print media folks at the Pitch Fest.
Here’s some photos from the last Symposium
Jaquie Jordan and me 
Ron from People Magazine 
The Learning Annex
Here I am with our master media, branding presentation coach Jack Barnard
BTW: Speaker Services is a paid listing service that brings speakers and audiences together. We connect you with audiences who you may not find on your own. You can e-mail me at susan@speakerservices.com for the speakers’ guidelines to get listed and take a look around the website. I have had the website since 1994.
Here’s the list of industry resources:
Libraries Want Author Appearances
See for a list of more than 700 libraries that sponsor appearances by authors. Many cover expenses; some pay an honorarium to the author.
PTA (Parents Teachers Association) State & National Conferences
Association Meeting & Event Planners Directory® - Douglas Publications
More then 8,000 national association listings contains vital information such as the association name, street address, phone and fax numbers, Web site address, general e-mail address and contact names and titles. Event details include the type of meetings, locations, number of meetings, length of meetings, number of attendees, and the number of years booked in advance.
Bacon’s
Bacon’s offers everything from excellent media directories to news release distribution services
College Newspapers
Get access to your college newspaper or any college newspaper in the U.S
Directory of Local Daily and Weekly Newspapers
State by state, town by town listings of local newspapers and contact info
National Directory of Magazines
Lists more than 17,670 business and consumer publications, including 14,000 magazines as well as tabloids, specialized newspapers and journals that carry advertising
National Ethnic Media Directory
Includes almost 2,000 media outlets representing the growing diversity of multicultural audiences in the U.S
National Trade & Professional Associations (NTPA)- Columbia Books
A directory which lists over 7,500 organizations, focusing on major U.S. national trade associations, labor unions, professional or scientific societies, and technical organizations. Address, fax/telephone, and budget information is provided.
