Speaker Recruiter

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Why become a speaker recruiter for TEDxSeattle:
This is an opportunity to engage with people who you think are interesting or impressive or who have an important message. Is there someone whosework you think our audience would find interesting? Is there someone whose work you admire and would like to know more? Have you read about someone who you think has a perspective that you have not heard before? As a Speaker Recruiter, you would have the opportunity to approach and connect with fascinating people and engage in conversations about possible ideas they could present in a TEDxSeattle talk.

Characteristics:
Insatiable curiosity, a willingness to make contact with people that you’ve probably
never met to engage in a conversation about their possible interest in being considered to speak at
TEDxSeattle. Our speaker recruiters have excellent communication skills, are good at evaluating
people and ideas, and are well networked, especially in the PNW. Having a strong expertise in a
specific area of interest would also be very helpful.

Time commitment: 3-6 hours a week
Training will be provided.

Speaker Recruiter Roles and Responsibilities
● Attend a 1 hour meeting each week to discuss speaker candidates and candidate ideas.
● Attend a training session.
● Develop a list of 10-20 persons of interest and research each sufficiently to priority rank.
o Basic research about the Speaker Candidate can be done mostly if not entirely online,
reading Wikipedia and LinkedIn, and finding articles about or by the candidate.
o Some speaker candidates may be provided to you through our referral process.
● Conduct in-depth research on your top 5-10 candidates
o Watch their videos (if available), listen to their podcasts or talks, read their books, published
articles, a company’s website, etc. Contact to establish availability and commitment.
● Speak with 3-6 candidates.
o Speak to a target candidate about the time involved, the type of TEDx support provided,
core idea possibilities and how to submit their application. You would also evaluate their
coachability and level of commitment.
What you will be asking the candidate to submit:
● A clear statement of their idea
● An overview of the arc of their talk with
○ Introduction to their idea
○ Major content sections
○ Key points that support their idea
○ How the idea relates to their personal story

Based on this submission, candidates will be selected to attend a Pitch Session where they will present
a 5-minute excerpt from their proposed talk to the Speaker Curation Team.