No. We require no contracts and strive to make it easy for you to come and go as you wish. We believe that our service should be simple. If your needs change, and you no longer need to use the site, you may delete your profile and cancel your standard or Silver or Gold account service at any time.

We work with schools, charities and universities across the world. We aim to connect event organizers from the schools and charities with speakers from a range of industry leading professionals, enthusiasts, activists, public figures and academics, free of charge.

Once a Speaker has expressed willingness to work with schools, charities or universities by selecting the relevant checkbox option on their profile, they instantly become searchable by the organizer. The organizer will then decide if the speaker will be suitability for their audience, and will get in contact. From there the speaker and event organizer will arrange the details about the talk: directly confirm timings, audience and the format for the event.

We know security and privacy are important to you, which is why we've made it a priority to provide strong security while giving you the freedom to control how much information you supply us with. We're working with lawyers, website audit and security firms to protect your privacy from unauthorized access, and make SpeakerHub safe. We have built in strong encryption to our site to keep your information safe.

When it comes to the information you share with us, we give you complete control over how much you share. We nevertheless suggest that you give the event organizers enough information to learn about you and contact you, but ultimately you are in control over what you feature on your profile. If you would like some additional tips about safety and security online and specifically using SpeakerHub, please contact us.

Both paid and volunteer speakers can register for a free account, this will instantly connect you to organizations who are looking for volunteer speakers around the world. If you choose to be a volunteer speaker, you can:

• Network with organizations (including schools and charities) from around the world.
• Talk about the work you do and why you are a volunteer speaker.
• Search, find and connect with other volunteer speakers.
• Appear in SpeakerHub "Volunteer Speaker" search listings.
• Organizers looking for volunteers can contact you
• You can upload videos, slides or event media about the work you've done to your profile page.

Apart from paid speakers, every speaker has the option to share their speaking services as a volunteer. Volunteer, or pro bono, speakers give inspirational talks free of charge at civil society events, conferences, churches, schools, university student groups, rotary clubs and other community groups. They share ideas and inspire while developing their public speaking skills and confidence through real-life training and experience.

Connecting both paid and volunteer speakers with organizations is an important mission for SpeakerHub. Organizations look for volunteers who can range from very broad to very specific topics, and we work hard to match the right person with the right opportunity.

As a volunteer (pro bono) speaker you would:

• Give talks to a variety of community groups or at conference events.
• Educate people on various topics either specific to your field, or that meet the needs of the organization or charity.
• Inspire groups to learn more or support the organization.
• Keep up to date with the organization's key messages, resources, initiatives and news.

Specific arrangements will vary from event to event, however here are some general guidelines:

• Volunteer speakers are not paid
• Travel expenses may be reimbursed (to be clarified with the organizer)
• Complimentary registration for speakers is generally included for most conferences.

We can make helpful suggestions to how you can modify your approach and profile to ensure that you are attracting the right audience. The organizers who send them may be unsure of your skill set, but they don't have bad intentions! We are also developing new features where you can control better who can message you and to whom your profile will be visible.

• Less is more: be clear about your topics. Only select the topics you would like to talk about in the future, not the expansive list of everything you could talk about.
• Don't add irrelevant experience to your SpeakerHub profile. Not every talk you've given is relevant to the talks you would like to continue giving. Use your description to explain what you achieved or what skills you developed, but be clear in your profile about what kind of talks you currently give.
• Read their message. Did they explain convincingly why you should connect? Did they look at your profile? Try googling the organization to see if there is some common ground between you.
• Remember: you don't have to accept. Avoid feeling pressured or guilty, only accept events and requests you are comfortable with.

Finding the right speaker to come to your school could not be easier. All you have to do is search the term "School" and all the speakers who are looking to speak in schools will be displayed.

From here, you can narrow down your choices through the filters, and search through the speakers to find the right fit for your event and audience.

Once you have found the right speaker (or speakers) simply contact them and outline what you are looking for. If the speaker is interested, they will contact you and the two of you can arrange the details.

The schools we work with have a broad range including primary schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, universities and further education colleges. We work with public, private and and international schools all. Our speakers give talks that share their individual experience and expertise. The talk's content can vary greatly depending on what the organization is looking for, the speaker's ability, and with which topics they are most comfortable. We highly suggest that the school and the speaker clearly outline the expectations between each other to ensure that everyone's needs are being met. Of course, the needs of your audience can vary widely as well: talking to a five year old will need to be a lot different than a fifth year university student! As a speaker, it is a great opportunity to learn how to present your content to a range of different audiences.

If you are wondering why a given event (call for speakers) was recommended to you in the "weekly digest" emails or on the Events page's "Recommended" tab (for logged in users), here is how the algorithm works:

1. For speakers who didn't adjust their Email alerts & Notification preferences in their profile editor, we use the Topics and "tags" they provided in their own profile as the basis of our selection.

2. When speakers specifically adjust which topics and "tags" they would like to be notified about in the Email alerts & Notification tab, we weigh those more so we can pick more relevant events.

3. "Tags" weigh more than "topics" because "topics" tend to be far broader while "tags" show your specific areas of expertise or interest.

4. Based on the above, the system looks at the following variables when choosing recommended events:

• Topics and tags (based on what you have in your profile's data or in your Event alerts & Notification preferences)
• Fee levels you're interested in (i.e. whether or not you want us to include free events, or events with 0-$250 fee etc.)
• Fee level depending on geography (e.g. if you adjusted your settings to show free events only in your own country but not in your region or worldwide)
• Event type (e.g. you're only interested in conferences but not in webinars)

NOTE: alerts about paid events are only available to Gold-level members of SpeakerHub.

5. The above variables are cumulative and have an "AND" connection, so make sure that we deliver the most relevant event recommendations for you.

Questions? Contact us any time.

Uploading a sample training agenda or program is an important feature for your trainer profile page.

When you are editing your profile, go to the section labelled "Speaking Topics." You will see a section called "Workshop Agenda" You can upload multiple agendas, including information like the title, the duration of the session and a description.