How much does a tech speaker for a remote company event cost?<p>Sure it super depends on the person, but what was your previous experience?<p>Thank you all so much for you help!
Most do it for free for one or more of the following reasons:<p>* To get that iconic/cliche Steve Jobs style posed photo on stage, with your hands arranged in some sort of Tai Chi move - <a href="https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/104673638-GettyImages-51938008.jpg?v=1581001989&w=1400&h=950" rel="nofollow">https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/104673638-GettyImages-...</a><p>* To get the LinkedIn/Twitter/Social media humble bragging points<p>* To get yourself known to recruiters or other tech platforms for career opportunities<p>* To get the free swag<p>* To network with other techie folks<p>* Free hotel / travel expenses (paid by your company or the host)
We have a LogiTech setup at my work and work really well. We have problems on connecting sometimes but I don't know if to blame the macbooks or the speaker itself.
This is hilarious :D<p>Love both discussions but I actually wanted to now about people speaking on stages about tech topics.
Or in the current situation speaking on virtual conferences via video chat.
A few thousand bucks buys you a professional conference speaker. Most of that is expenses.<p>I had a friend who did conferences for verticals that would attract 500-2000 people. People who write books, former generals/admirals/nasa people, B-list celebrities, people associated with past news events, tech celebrities, etc all do keynotes.<p>A remote event should be much cheaper as these people have no work. I’d offer $500 and go as high as $2000.
A local tech meetup I go to has managed to get some very well-known and accomplished speakers. They don't pay speakers fees, so having a large personal network is really useful. The local tech community is large, and a few senior tech leaders are involved with the meetups.<p>The meetup is also involved in running a conference. And some companies are willing to pay travel expenses for their employees to come out and speak. It's good for marketing and recruiting.