Apply to Speak

This application is for The Authors & Thought Leaders Summit, premiering November 24 and 25, 2026. One 25–30 minute prerecorded session becomes five permanent placements: a produced live premiere with you in the chat, an evergreen YouTube feature, a PodRealm guest directory listing, social clips delivered to you, and a SpeakerRealm directory profile, plus your own speaker landing page with built-in registration tracking. The speakers who bring the most registrations earn a featured episode of Collective Conversations.

The Timeline

• Apply: closes November 6, about five minutes, reviewed on a rolling basis
• Answer: within 3–5 days — acceptance, or honest feedback on why not
• Record: your 25–30 minute session, on your own schedule, submitted by November 9 (strong existing footage that meets spec is welcome)
• Premiere: November 24–25, with air times announced before then

What We Expect From You

• A value-first session — no pitching from stage. Your free gift and your speaker page carry your calls-to-action.
• Promotion to your audience using your personal speaker link. Every registration is tracked and credited to you.
• What you get before you record. Sterling Stages for your summit session. Sterling interviews you to find the talk, helps you structure it, rehearses it with you against a teleprompter and a timer, and scores every take on pace, fluency and timing. You submit when the number says you are ready, and it reaches us automatically. If you already have professional footage that fits the twenty five to thirty minute format, send that instead and you are done. And if you would rather record in your own setup, that is completely fine, just upload the finished file from your dashboard. The room is there if you want it, not a hoop to jump through.
• Your production is included with your seat — branded trailer, quality review, professional packaging, your premiere broadcast, and your placement stack. There is nothing to pay, at application or on acceptance. Promotion earns rewards: 15+ registrations earns 1 month of RealmBureau membership (our premium bureau membership, normally paid), 25+ earns 3 months plus a feature in the daily summit emails, 40+ earns priority premiere placement plus a second feature. Your SpeakerRealm directory profile is free and permanent either way. Speakers routinely pay $500 to $2,000 to assemble this on their own.

Nothing in this application obligates you, and there is nothing to pay at any stage.