A spotlit podium awaiting a speaker

The AI-Powered Expert Summit

How Coaches, Consultants & Authors Are Using AI to Multiply Their Reach

Twelve speakers. One recorded session. Five permanent placements.

And the studio to build it in.

October 21–22, 2026 Virtual Free to Attend

Tune in live: thespeakercollective.com/live

Applications close .

The Difference

A Produced Summit, Not a Webinar

Every session opens with a branded trailer and a personal welcome from our producer.

Sessions premiere on a broadcast schedule with the speaker live in chat.

Every session lives on afterward: YouTube, clips, and a PodRealm guest directory listing. Top promoters earn a Collective Conversations podcast episode.

Before You Record

Every other summit asks you to send a recording.

We hand you the studio.

Here is what nobody tells you about virtual summits. You apply, you get accepted, and then you are alone with a webcam, doing take after take, trying to judge your own timing, with no idea whether what you just recorded is any good. Most speakers submit the take they are least embarrassed by.

Your session deserves better than that, and so does the room watching it.

Every Collective speaker gets Sterling Stages for their summit session. Not a discount code. Not a trial. The actual room where the session gets built.

  1. 01

    Find the talk you already have.

    Sterling interviews you. You talk the way you would to a colleague, and he captures the stories, the phrases you keep reaching for, the framework hiding inside what you repeat.

  2. 02

    Build it as structure, not a script.

    An ordered sequence of slots, each with a duration and a story pulled from your vault.

  3. 03

    Rehearse it with someone listening.

    Teleprompter, timer, and a transcript of every take.

  4. 04

    See the number before they do.

    Every take is scored.

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.

See the studio

Programme

Premiere Agenda

Premieres soon.

Individual air times are announced before the summit. Register below and the full broadcast schedule reaches you first.

The Lineup

Confirmed Speakers

Announced as each session clears review.

There is still room on this stage.

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Recognition

The Promotion Ladder

The speakers who bring the most of their audience earn real placement advantages, tracked live from each speaker's personal registration link.

15+

Registrants

A feature in the daily summit emails, plus your card on the Top Promoter leaderboard.

25+

Registrants

1 month of RealmBureau membership (Agent plan, normally $497/mo), where Sterling pursues stages on your behalf, plus a second daily-email feature.

40+

Registrants

90 days on the represented roster at RealmAgency, syndicated across RealmAgency for event planners and PodRealm for podcast bookers, with the “Listed on RealmAgency” mark, plus priority premiere placement (the marquee air time of the summit).

Premiere slots are assigned by registrations, with the marquee slots reserved for 40+ promoters. The schedule locks shortly before premieres.

Reserve Your Seat

Attend Free

Sessions are prerecorded and premiere at set times, so the speaker is in the chat with you while it airs. Register once and receive the full schedule plus a reminder before each premiere.

Register free

The Format

Sessions run 25–30 minutes plus a 5-minute live chat Q&A with the speaker. Prerecorded, professionally produced, premiered live.

The Path

How Speaking Works

Call for Speakers: closes .

  1. 01

    Apply with your session pitch — about five minutes.

  2. 02

    A personal review, with an answer within three to five days.

  3. 03

    Accepted speakers record a 25–30 minute session on their own schedule.

  4. 04

    We produce it — branded trailer, producer welcome, professional packaging.

  5. 05

    It premieres live with you in the chat, then lives on: YouTube, clips, and your directory profiles. Top promoters earn a podcast episode.

Apply to Speak at This Summit

Speakers keep everything: broadcast-grade footage, a YouTube placement, a PodRealm guest directory listing, social clips, and a SpeakerRealm directory profile. The speakers who bring the most registrations earn a Collective Conversations podcast episode. 12 slots.

Plus Sterling Stages for your summit session: rehearse it, score it, re-record it, and submit without leaving the room. Sterling Stages is included if you want it. If you would rather use your own setup or send existing footage, that works too.

Call for Speakers: closes

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More summits coming: Authors & Thought Leaders (November) · Reinvention (December)

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