Why you Need Speaker Contract Clauses - BlogCover.png

In this episode, we talk about the uncomfortable thing that nobody wants to discuss and that’s speaker agreements. We've had a past episode about this, but I want to address this from a different angle because the reality is you're probably a business owner who's already using contracts or agreements with your current clients. You may not be new to using contracts within your business. However, that contract you're using probably doesn't translate correctly for a speaking engagement. So today I brought in a friend of mine Paige Griffith with The Legal Paige. She's a student of ours who’s in the Speaker Circle. She’s also an amazing attorney. She’s going to give a different perspective on our existing contracts and explain what clauses we need to have within our speaker contracts.

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Episode takeaways you don’t want to miss:

You always want to start with a contract with your clients because that's the beginning of your communication. It really sets the four like the groundwork for what type of relationship you’re going to have
Contracts are EVER EVOLVING. They are not a one size fits all document
Having a 2 sided contract holds up better in court
Examples of clauses you should have
- Promotion Clause: outlines what kind of promotion expectations there will be for the speaker (social media, etc..)
  - This should be detailed down to how many times you should be posting, where you should be posting etc….
  - Your contract should hold conference organizers accountable for promoting you as well
- Compensation Clause: should cover all accommodations and travel expenses AS WELL AS PER DIEM! You need to eat!
- Coverage Clause: How long are you required to be at the conference? You aren’t getting paid to be there on your off time.
- Intellectual Property Clause: Covers all of your outlines, slides, and workbooks. Make sure they cannot be re-sold or redistributed without your consent
- Liquidated Damages Clause: Ensures you’re still compensated if the event gets canceled for something other than an act of god etc...