Speaker Brief Template

When to use this

Sent 14 days before the event. Reduces stage anxiety and the 'wait, how long am I speaking?' question on the day.

What’s included

• Your slot
• Your audience
• What we'd love them to leave with
• Logistics
• Day-of contacts
• A few asks

What to customise before you use it

• Replace Speaker Name with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Event name with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Date with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Venue with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Talk title with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Day, start time, duration with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Solo / panel / fireside with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Name with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Description — 200 senior leaders / 50 EAs / mixed with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace What they expect from the event with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.

# Speaker Brief — [Speaker Name]

**Event:** [Event name]   **Date:** [Date]   **Venue:** [Venue]

## Your slot
- **Title:** [Talk title]
- **Time:** [Day, start time, duration]
- **Format:** [Solo / panel / fireside]
- **Q&A:** [Yes — facilitated by [Name] / No]

## Your audience
- **Who:** [Description — 200 senior leaders / 50 EAs / mixed]
- **Why they're here:** [What they expect from the event]
- **What they already know:** [Set the floor]

## What we'd love them to leave with
> One sentence — the change in thinking, the action, the perspective.

## Logistics
- Arrive by: [Time]
- Speakers' room: [Location]
- Mic check: [Time]
- AV needs we already know: [details]
- Slides due to producer: [Date]

## Day-of contacts
- Producer: [Name, mobile]
- Stage manager: [Name, mobile]
- AV lead: [Name, mobile]

## A few asks
- Please flag any topics you'd prefer not to take in Q&A
- Please tell us in advance if you'd like to acknowledge anyone in the room
- Please plan to stay for [time] after your slot for an audience question or two