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and put yourself in the top 10% of speakers
Alex Merry
October 30, 2023
If there is one piece of advice I could offer anyone who wants to put themselves forward for a TEDx talk or any other major conference in 2024, this would be itā¦
Speaker application forms are full of traps šŖ¤
I ran my last TEDxClapham event back in 2018. That year, we received over 400 applications for 12 speaking slots.
Just one applicant made the cut!
We had to headhunt the rest.
Our 1 successful applicant, Billie Quinlan, TEDxClapham
So what was it about Billieās application that stood out so much?
Well, before I share that, I think itās important to reflect that based on those numbers, there must have been some incredible speakers that we missed out on.
All because they didnāt answer the application questions in the right way - such a waste!
There is an art to mastering speaker applications.
Itās why we dedicate a whole module to getting everyone application-ready on the Thought Leadership Accelerator.
The goal? To land, write and deliver a talk that will position you as a thought leader in just 12 weeks.
The talks created on this programme have been delivered on big stages (like TEDx) and are now inspiring over 15 million people online.
More details at the bottom of this page.*
But hereās the best bitā¦
The 2-3 hours you invest on the application upfront pay dividends in the long run because almost every conference has the same speaker application.
Itās why Accelerator alumni have used the same answers they created on the programme to deliver keynotes at the likes of WebSummit, CogX, Sifted Summit, SXSW and Fast Company.
So what are the questions? And how do you answer them?