Building Your Speaking Career: Negotiating Fees, Getting to Bigger States, and Attracting Referrals with Teri DeLucca, PhD

Podcast: Speaking Your Brand: Public Speaking Tips and Strategies · Carol Cox

Opublikowano: 2026-05-25

In this episode, I sit down with Teri DeLucca for a candid conversation about what really happens behind the scenes in the speaking industry, from getting your first speaking engagements to negotiating fees, navigating “pay-to-play” conferences, and building the confidence to take bigger stages. Teri shares how she went from feeling intimidated and unsure if she belonged on stage to becoming an in-demand speaker traveling across the country. We talk openly about the realities many speakers face but few discuss publicly: speaking for free, undercharging, the gender pay gap in speaking fees, networking with...