Free resources
Free tools for speakers.
Worksheets, checklists and real samples from Kevin’s own speaking business. No sign-up. Download what you need, fill it in, and use it as you build.
Module worksheets
One worksheet for each module of Kevin’s first book, PAID to $PEAK: How to Become a Professional Speaker. Read the module, then work through the questions.
- Module 1: Where to startYour goals, what sets you apart, your stories and your call to action. PDF.
- Module 1: Where to start (Word)The same questions in an editable Word file.
- Module 2: Developing your programYour audience, your featured presentation, learning outcomes, bio and practice plan. PDF.
- Module 3: Speaking opportunitiesTarget industries, the associations that serve them, their events and calls for programs. PDF.
- Module 4: Getting PAID to $PEAKWhen to charge, how to set your fee, and the steps from inquiry to payment. PDF.
- Module 5: Getting consistent bookingsA look back at your progress, and the people who will support you. PDF.
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Speaker tips, once a month.
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Checklists and templates
Practical tools Kevin built for his own business and for the speakers he coaches.
- Speaking business checklistA one-page check on whether your speaking is set up like a business. PDF.
- Virtual studio equipment listKevin’s equipment list for a virtual speaking studio, in three options for different budgets. PDF.
- Speech review feedback formA point-by-point form for getting useful feedback on a speech. PDF.
- Sample TEDx applicationA basic TEDx application, so you can draft your answers before you approach events. PDF.
Sample demo videos
Examples of the demo and promo videos Kevin uses to market his keynotes.
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Carried over from the Wix site: Kevin to confirm
- Confirm this page’s content is current.
- The worksheets and the checklist ask readers to save and email them to Kevin@KevinCSnyder.com, and the checklist offers a complimentary coaching call for sending your score. Do you still want them sent to you, and is that offer still open?
- The virtual studio equipment list is from September 2021 and links to Amazon products (amzn.to short links) with 2021 prices. Is there a newer version? Are any of those affiliate links that need a disclosure?
- The sample one-sheets and the introduction for Kevin (linked from older blog posts) are not listed here because they include client names and logos, named testimonials, a phone number and figures that aren’t on the verified list (1,150 organizations, all 50 states, “only speaker in the world” in 2022, a Guinness attempt). OK to list them here as samples, or do you have current versions?
- The CAMPUSPEAK one-sheet is co-branded with the bureau and shows their contact details. Do you have their OK to share it?
- The sample coaching program PDF is not linked here because it includes an outcome guarantee. Can you send a version without it (and without your home address)?
- /bookfiles also shared these Vault samples: the completed Speaker Storyboard, the phone script for inquiries, the evaluation form for list building, slide decks and book customization samples. Which, if any, should be free here? The decks and customization samples show client names, so they would need new versions.
- The audiobook MP3s and eBook files for book buyers were on the old kevincsnyder.com and are gone. Do you still want to give buyers those files, and where should they live?
- Are the three sample demo and promo videos still the ones you want to show?
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