The Speakers Bureau
A bureau that has booked over 12,000 speaking events. Represented speakers join with no up-front cost — we earn only when we book you a gig, and we only take on speakers who qualify. Want active pitching to keynotes that move your career? Add the Gigs Track. Both represented tiers include a monthly group coach call.
Speakers Bureau is included with Extraordinary Plus ($250/mo). Pro ($500/mo) and the $30k one-time Box include it too.
What you actually get
Get pitched, booked, and produced — without paying a retainer to be on a roster.
Track record
One simple ladder
Free
Event organizers can request a fit-matched speaker for free. Thought leaders join the directory and get nominated. No bureau placement yet.
$250 / mo
Bureau placement, active pitching, speaker prep, the monthly group coach call, plus Podcast Bureau, Coach, and Events.
$500 / mo
Everything in Plus, plus your speaker profile produced and run for you on site and on the bureau — and the whole thought-leader platform.
$30,000 · one-time
A book, a year of social, 10 podcasts, and absolute clarity on your message — plus a 1-year membership.
Who qualifies
You've earned something to say. Book, body of work, executive role, or a distinct thesis we can sell to organizers.
At least one recent talk on tape we can pitch with. We'll help you produce a reel if you have one or two.
Bureau speakers get prep, tape review, and rehearsal. You have to be open to the work between bookings.
How it works
Submit a reel and a one-page brief. We review weekly. Qualified speakers get a 30-minute fit call.
We produce your one-sheet, pitch deck, and pricing tiers. You sign a simple 20%-commission agreement. No retainer.
We pitch you to organizers, manage the contract, and handle logistics. You show up. You get paid. We take 20%.
The Thought Leadership Thread
Every site in the Extraordinary network compounds the same asset: your authority. Pick the company that fits the move you need next, or bundle them for the full flywheel.
The upsell · Extraordinary Plus membership
Coming in through the Bureau? One simple membership: the Speakers Bureau pitches you, the Podcast Bureau books you, weekly coaching keeps you sharp, and you're invited to every Extraordinary event.
Want the website, CRM, email, social, AI SEO, and bureau profiles run for you? → Pro is $500/mo.
Plus
$250 / mo.
Simple monthly membership. Free tier always available — upgrade to Plus when you want the bureaus and the coaching.
Get Plus →Questions
Booking stages is a relationship business. Cialdini's seven principles are how we earn bureaus' trust, audiences' attention, and your next keynote — in that order.
We've placed speakers on the stages of Inc., SXSW, Forbes Iconoclast, and Fortune events. Bureaus and conference programmers take our calls because we don't waste them.
Every speaker on our roster is someone the bureau lead would personally bring to a dinner. That filter is why programmers trust the pitch.
Our average speaker books 6+ paid stages in their first year on the roster — and most get invited back the following year by the same conference.
We start by sharpening one signature talk with you. Once it's tight, every pitch is just a variation — and bookers say yes because the talk has a track record.
Send us your current talk and we'll send back a 15-minute Loom critique — what's working, what to cut, and the one frame that would lift it.
We rep 25 speakers — period. Tight roster, more attention per speaker, more bookings per quarter. 4 of 25 spots open for 2026.
Traditional bureaus take 20–25% of every fee. Plus gives you bureau placement and active pitching for a flat monthly — your speaking income stays yours.
Speakers intake · Pipeline: speakers
Whether you're booking a speaker or applying to be one, tell us the move and we'll match.
We reply within 1 business day. No public email — this form is the door.
The family · One membership unlocks the rest
Every Extraordinary company is a benefit of the others. Bundle them and you get the full thought-leader stack — website, stages, shows, book, coach, and the room of peers — for one annual fee. That bundle is the Network membership.
Mastermind, member dinners, AI warm-intro engine, weekly webinars.
Authority site, CRM, AI Chief of Staff — built in weeks, member rate.
Weekly outbound, per-show prep, clips and distribution — $250/mo.
Ghostwritten manuscript + show concept distilled from the same IP.
60-min 1:1 every week + bi-weekly cohort — $1k/mo, cancel anytime.
The math
The other companies
Membership · Three tiers + the Box
Free
$0
Profile in the directory. Browse Leaders and Stories. Get nominated. The door into the room.
Join free →Plus
$250/mo
Speaking. Podcast. Coaching. Events. The Speakers Bureau pitches you, the Podcast Bureau books you, weekly group coaching keeps you sharp, and you're invited to every Extraordinary event.
Get Plus →Pro · The Platform
$500/mo
Everything in Plus, plus your thought-leader platform run for you: website, CRM, email marketing, social posting, AI SEO, your speaker profile on the bureau, your podcast guest profile, and a guest interview on Extraordinary Stories.
Run my platform →Thought Leadership in a Box
$30,000 · one time
A book, a year of social media content, 10 podcast episodes, and absolute clarity on your message — keynote and talking points. 1-year membership included.
Apply for the Box →Events are priced per event — Plus members get free or discounted seats on most.