{"id":25217,"date":"2026-02-01T16:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/?p=25217"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:50:44","slug":"revolution-of-speaker-and-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/en\/revolution-of-speaker-and-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is a Call to Speakers and Agencies: is it a Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25217\" class=\"elementor elementor-25217\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19127df0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"19127df0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.78 90.69 226.38 209.25 245V327.69h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.31 482.38 504 379.78 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5d5155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5d5155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How Do We Make Speaking Time Worth the Time?<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">That conference had everything you'd expect: excellent lighting and sound, great food, a beautiful venue.<\/span>The speaker had a strong reputation, the invoice was substantial, expectations were high.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"704\"><b>A<\/b><strong>fterwards, I looked around, polite applause and courteous nods.<\/strong><br data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"639\" \/><strong>The next morning, everyone simply went back to business as usual.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"799\"><strong>No sentence that stuck...<\/strong><br data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"732\" \/><strong>No decision that was made...<\/strong><br data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"760\" \/><strong>Just expensive minutes that slipped by...<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>We're Paying Premium Prices for Mediocre Results<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"799\">Following a recent article by <strong data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"872\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Maria Franzoni<\/span><\/span><\/strong> on the <b>(r)evolution of speaker agencies<\/b>. where she argues for smaller, specialist agencies that truly understand their speakers, I want to share my own perspective and show what this shift really means in practic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e52a86 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3e52a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb4b2a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eb4b2a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><h2>We Pay for Keynotes. But Do We Get Quality?<\/h2><p data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1277\">We pay serious fees for keynote speakers. Expertise has value, absolutely!<br data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1215\" \/>But with that comes an expectation of quality and distinction.<\/p><p>In other professions, that's obvious.<\/p><p><strong><em>An architect doesn't \u201cjust design something.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1367\" \/><strong><em>A surgeon doesn't \u201cjust give it a go.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br data-start=\"1405\" data-end=\"1408\" \/><strong><em>A plumber doesn't show up without tools.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1556\">Yet in speaking, we often accept mediocrity because \u201csomeone is a good storyteller\u201d or is famous.<br data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1537\" \/>That is not enough.<\/p><p data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1779\">That's why I started <strong data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1596\">Speakers Club<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1600\" \/>Not to become yet another shop window for speakers, but to restore speaking and presenting as a <strong data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1705\">craft, <\/strong>a professional skill every serious leader, influencer should take responsibility for.<\/p><p data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1886\">The next phase, according to us, is moving from <strong data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"1834\">showroom to workshop<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"1838\" \/>Not \u201cbooking someone,\u201d but <strong data-start=\"1865\" data-end=\"1885\">designing impact<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"1888\" data-end=\"1944\">That requires seeing differently and acting differently.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4dcfc7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a4dcfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a34f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7a34f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>1. Craft Over Ego<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"2162\"><strong>A story is not an opinion with a slide behind you.<\/strong><br data-start=\"2022\" data-end=\"2025\" \/><strong>It's content that holds up, form that supports it, visuals that carry it, timing that works, and delivery that brings the audience along.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2164\" data-end=\"2258\">That requires rehearsal, cutting, testing, feedback and yes, for paid speakers, certification.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2260\" data-end=\"2469\">I believe in the <strong data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2311\">Certified Professional Speaker<\/strong> standard.<br data-start=\"2321\" data-end=\"2324\" \/>Not as a marketing badge, but as proof that you take your craft seriously and allow your work to be assessed.<br data-start=\"2433\" data-end=\"2436\" \/>Not an end point, but a baseline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfbf6fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dfbf6fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-18296\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CertifiedBadge-OpWit-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d68ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d68ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>2. Outcomes Over Airtime<\/h2><p data-start=\"2505\" data-end=\"2673\">I see speaker agencies shifting, merging, and operating under multiple labels.<br data-start=\"2583\" data-end=\"2586\" \/>Where agencies once acted as gatekeepers, today everyone is discoverable and shareable.<\/p><p data-start=\"2675\" data-end=\"2720\">The next step isn't disappearance it's depth.<\/p><p data-start=\"2722\" data-end=\"2772\"><b><em>Maybe fewer names.<\/em><br data-start=\"2734\" data-end=\"2737\" \/><em>More expertise.<\/em><br data-start=\"2752\" data-end=\"2755\" \/><em>More added value.<\/em><\/b><\/p><p data-start=\"2774\" data-end=\"2901\">Not pushing boxes or exclusivity deals, but co-thinking on purpose, format, marketing, positioning, development, and follow-up.<\/p><p data-start=\"2903\" data-end=\"3115\">That's where I want to stand as an entrepreneur:<br data-start=\"2951\" data-end=\"2954\" \/>with speakers who invest in their profession (knowledge, tools, development, network),<br data-start=\"3040\" data-end=\"3043\" \/><strong>with agencies that dare to choose\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">quality over quantity<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">and with clients who raise the bar.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"3117\" data-end=\"3166\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" data-start=\"3168\" data-end=\"3222\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 1rem;\">It comes down to one brutal question:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" data-start=\"3168\" data-end=\"3222\">Are we booking airtime or are we booking outcomes?<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>What should be different in 30 days?<\/li><li>Which sentence should still be remembered?<\/li><li>Which first action should feel easier?<\/li><li>How will we measure it?<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"3374\" data-end=\"3439\">Only then does speaking time stop being an expense and become a tool.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448b320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"448b320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2022-Mailchimp-Niewsbrief-Afbeeldingen-1692-\u00d7-951-px-5-1024x393.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25250\" alt=\"Speakers as product\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2022-Mailchimp-Niewsbrief-Afbeeldingen-1692-\u00d7-951-px-5-1024x393.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2022-Mailchimp-Niewsbrief-Afbeeldingen-1692-\u00d7-951-px-5-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2022-Mailchimp-Niewsbrief-Afbeeldingen-1692-\u00d7-951-px-5-768x295.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2022-Mailchimp-Niewsbrief-Afbeeldingen-1692-\u00d7-951-px-5-1536x590.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2022-Mailchimp-Niewsbrief-Afbeeldingen-1692-\u00d7-951-px-5-18x7.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2022-Mailchimp-Niewsbrief-Afbeeldingen-1692-\u00d7-951-px-5.jpg 1692w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f29576b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f29576b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>3. Community Over Solo Performance<\/h2><p data-start=\"3485\" data-end=\"3634\">The best speakers I know do not train alone; they reflect with their peers. They allow their structure to be reviewed, put their slides on the table, and are open to \u201chard with soft\u201d: rigorous about the work, warm in the interaction. You don't get better on your own. And anyone who says, \u201cI've been doing this for years,\u201d is mostly listening to themselves. Craft lives through peers, cases, and iteration.<\/p><p data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"1168\"><strong>Speakers Club<\/strong> Has what is some people called a \u201c<em>Ferrari shine\u201d<\/em> (that's the market feedback). That comes from our focus on detail: the content holds up, the visuals support the message, the delivery is solid. Not a barrier, but a guarantee: you know what you're getting quality that continues to work after the applause. <strong>Certified professionals<\/strong>, evidence-based outcomes, and a community that sharpens one another. Signature experiences, personal development, rehearsing, reviewing, trying again.<\/p><p><strong>Start Much Earlier<\/strong><\/p><p>If we want standards to rise structurally, it needs to start at school. Learning to speak and present requires practice, feedback, self-reflection, and stage time. Not one presentation a year, but rhythm. Start early, practise often, get better.<\/p><p data-start=\"1441\" data-end=\"1638\">I could talk and write about this for hours... I feel a real urgency to address it. An urgency so strong that I built an entire nationally listed monument stage for it myself \ud83d\ude09 <strong>Neherlab Auditorium.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1640\" data-end=\"1766\">So let's develop ourselves and learn to be worthy of the time that is shared with us. Respect each other's attention and time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e3bcc3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3e3bcc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e72200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e72200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-10T170107.923-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23686\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-10T170107.923-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-10T170107.923-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-10T170107.923-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-10T170107.923-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-10T170107.923.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f844df8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f844df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>A call to action<\/h4>\n<h6><b>To speaker bookers<\/b><\/h6>\n<p>If you're booking speakers, stop buying airtime and start demanding outcomes. Ask for measurable impact. Review the actual presentation, not just the biography. Discuss objectives and audience needs. Test what's genuinely achievable before you press play. Your budget deserves better than polite applause.<\/p>\n<h6><b>To speakers and stage professionals<\/b><\/h6>\n<p>If you're a speaker, stop coasting on charisma and become a craftsperson. Keep building, keep challenging yourself, keep improving. Use technology intelligently. Rehearse until it's second nature. Share what actually works, not what sounds impressive. Your audience isn't just paying with money, they're giving you their most valuable asset: attention and time. Earn it.<\/p>\n<h6><strong data-start=\"5378\" data-end=\"5393\">To Speaker agencies<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>And if you're an agency: the old model is dying. Stop being a booking service and become a strategic partner. Deep expertise, not broad catalogues. Radical transparency, not smooth sales pitches. Less showcase, more workshop. That's exactly the direction Maria describes and what the market is demanding.<\/p>\n<p>When we stop treating the stage as a broadcast channel and start using it as a laboratory where <strong>something actually shifts, everything changes<\/strong>. Speaking is not airtime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Speaking (and presenting in business) is responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So start with one non-negotiable question: <strong>what must be different afterwards?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The industry won't change until we demand it does.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warm regards,<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speakersclub.nl\/en\/club-members\/presentation-specialist-mandy-schild\/\"><b>Mandy Shield<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-founder Speakers Club, Creative entrepreneur, Presentation Expert, Coach (whatever \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d58acd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d58acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><div><em style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5bdd92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b5bdd92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The speaking industry needs to change. 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