# Speaking Opportunities

Stages compound: one good talk becomes clips, quotes, invitations, and authority. Featured finds the conferences, panels, webinars, and open CFPs that fit your expertise — with deadlines — and drafts the abstract that gets you selected.

[Find speaking opportunities](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20speaking%20opportunities%20on%20%5Byour%20expertise%5D)

## How PR pros use Speaking Opportunities

Fifteen ways to get from audience to stage. Tap a prompt to open it in Featured.

### Find stages in your field

> Find speaking opportunities for supply chain executives — conferences, panels, and open CFPs in the next six months.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20speaking%20opportunities%20for%20supply%20chain%20executives%20%E2%80%94%20conferences%2C%20panels%2C%20and%20open%20CFPs%20in%20the%20next%20six%20months.)

### Catch open CFPs

> Find conferences with open calls for proposals about AI in healthcare, with submission deadlines.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20conferences%20with%20open%20calls%20for%20proposals%20about%20AI%20in%20healthcare%2C%20with%20submission%20deadlines.)

### Join the right panel

> Find panels and roundtables seeking fintech compliance experts for events this fall.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20panels%20and%20roundtables%20seeking%20fintech%20compliance%20experts%20for%20events%20this%20fall.)

### Work toward a keynote

> Which marketing and ecommerce conferences book founder keynotes, and what does their speaker selection process look like?

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Which%20marketing%20and%20ecommerce%20conferences%20book%20founder%20keynotes%2C%20and%20what%20does%20their%20speaker%20selection%20process%20look%20like%3F)

### Start regional

> Find business conferences and chamber events in the Southwest that need speakers on hiring and retention.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20business%20conferences%20and%20chamber%20events%20in%20the%20Southwest%20that%20need%20speakers%20on%20hiring%20and%20retention.)

### Stack webinars and summits

> Find webinars and virtual summits looking for cybersecurity speakers in the next 90 days.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20webinars%20and%20virtual%20summits%20looking%20for%20cybersecurity%20speakers%20in%20the%20next%2090%20days.)

### Own your trade's stage

> Find construction and real estate industry events seeking speakers on modular building and project technology.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20construction%20and%20real%20estate%20industry%20events%20seeking%20speakers%20on%20modular%20building%20and%20project%20technology.)

### Draft the abstract

> Draft a 150-word session abstract on “What restaurants get wrong about delivery economics” for a hospitality conference CFP.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Draft%20a%20150-word%20session%20abstract%20on%20%E2%80%9CWhat%20restaurants%20get%20wrong%20about%20delivery%20economics%E2%80%9D%20for%20a%20hospitality%20conference%20CFP.)

### Get your first talk

> I've never spoken at a conference. Find lower-stakes speaking opportunities — meetups, local events, panels — for a SaaS product manager.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=I%27ve%20never%20spoken%20at%20a%20conference.%20Find%20lower-stakes%20speaking%20opportunities%20%E2%80%94%20meetups%2C%20local%20events%2C%20panels%20%E2%80%94%20for%20a%20SaaS%20product%20manager.)

### Build an executive pipeline

> Build a 12-month speaking pipeline for our CTO: relevant AI infrastructure conferences, their CFP windows, and suggested session topics.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Build%20a%2012-month%20speaking%20pipeline%20for%20our%20CTO%3A%20relevant%20AI%20infrastructure%20conferences%2C%20their%20CFP%20windows%2C%20and%20suggested%20session%20topics.)

### Speak for the mission

> Find conferences and summits where a nonprofit founder could speak about scaling volunteer programs.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20conferences%20and%20summits%20where%20a%20nonprofit%20founder%20could%20speak%20about%20scaling%20volunteer%20programs.)

### Reach educators

> Find education and edtech events seeking speakers on classroom AI policy, from national conferences to district summits.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20education%20and%20edtech%20events%20seeking%20speakers%20on%20classroom%20AI%20policy%2C%20from%20national%20conferences%20to%20district%20summits.)

### Place clients on stages

> For my clients in insurance and logistics, find speaking opportunities where each could credibly present, with deadlines for each.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=For%20my%20clients%20in%20insurance%20and%20logistics%2C%20find%20speaking%20opportunities%20where%20each%20could%20credibly%20present%2C%20with%20deadlines%20for%20each.)

### Never miss a CFP again

> Set up a workflow that alerts me when new CFPs open for events about renewable energy and climate tech.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20alerts%20me%20when%20new%20CFPs%20open%20for%20events%20about%20renewable%20energy%20and%20climate%20tech.)

### Rehearse the talk

> I'm speaking on beauty industry sustainability next month. Draft a talk outline and the five questions the audience is most likely to ask.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=I%27m%20speaking%20on%20beauty%20industry%20sustainability%20next%20month.%20Draft%20a%20talk%20outline%20and%20the%20five%20questions%20the%20audience%20is%20most%20likely%20to%20ask.)

## How it works

From “I should speak more” to a submitted abstract, in one conversation.

1. **Describe your expertise** — What you can speak on, who you are, and any constraints — region, travel, format. “Find panels on retail supply chains I could join this quarter” is enough.
2. **Featured finds open stages** — Conferences, panels, webinars, and events with open calls for proposals — matched to your topic and surfaced with submission deadlines so nothing closes on you quietly.
3. **Submit and get selected** — Featured drafts the abstract, bio, and session pitch organizers want to read. Submit, get the slot, and let a workflow watch for the next CFP.

## What makes speaking on Featured different

Speaking is the earned-media channel most people never systematize. Featured makes it a pipeline.

- **CFP-aware — Deadlines, not directories.** Every opportunity comes with its submission window, so you work a calendar of real deadlines instead of a list of conference names.
- **All formats — Keynotes to webinars.** Industry conferences, panels, roundtables, virtual summits, and local events — the full ladder, so there's always a next rung.
- **Abstract help — Selection is a writing problem.** Organizers pick sessions, not speakers. Featured drafts abstracts built around what their audience walks away with — the thing selection committees actually score.
- **Compounding — Talks feed everything else.** Recorded talks become clips, transcripts, podcast invitations, and AI-citable evidence of your expertise. One stage feeds every other Featured channel.

## Put speaking opportunities on a schedule

The Speaking Opportunities workflow watches for new conferences, panels, and open CFPs that match your expertise and delivers them to Slack or email.

- [See the workflow](https://featured.com/product/workflows/speaking-opportunities)
- [Ask Featured to set it up](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20finds%20new%20speaking%20opportunities%20and%20open%20CFPs%20about%20%5Byour%20expertise%5D%20and%20emails%20me%20weekly.)

## Pricing

Every plan includes speaking opportunities. Plans differ only in usage.

- **Free** — $0. Free forever.
- **Lite** — $39. Per month.
- **Pro** — $79. Per month, billed annually at $948.
- **Pro+** — $239. Per month, billed annually at $2,868.
- **Team Lite** — $159. Per month, billed annually at $1,908.
- **Team Pro** — $399. Per month, billed annually at $4,788.
- **Team Pro+** — $1,199. Per month, billed annually at $14,388.

## Speaking opportunities — frequently asked questions

**How do I find speaking opportunities?**

Describe your expertise to Featured — “find speaking opportunities on warehouse automation” — and it returns conferences, panels, webinars, and open CFPs that fit, with submission deadlines. From there the same chat drafts your abstract and speaker bio. It replaces the scattered approach of watching event sites and hoping a CFP crosses your feed.

**What is a CFP (call for proposals)?**

A CFP — call for proposals, sometimes call for speakers — is the open window when an event invites session submissions. You typically submit a session title, an abstract, and a bio before a deadline. Most conference speaking slots are won through CFPs, which is why tracking their windows matters more than knowing conference names.

**How do I get selected to speak at a conference?**

Write for the selection committee: a specific promise (“what attendees will be able to do after this session”), evidence you can deliver it, and zero product pitch. Committees score audience value, not seniority. Featured drafts abstracts around that standard and tailors your bio to each event's audience.

**Do speaking engagements pay?**

Most industry panels and conference sessions don't pay — the return is authority, pipeline, and content: a recorded talk becomes clips, a transcript, podcast invitations, and coverage. Established keynote speakers do command fees, and getting there is a ladder of unpaid stages done well. Featured helps you climb it deliberately.

**Why does speaking matter for PR and AI visibility?**

Talks are among the most citable things you can produce: recordings get transcribed and indexed, event pages list your name and topic, and coverage of the event quotes speakers. AI assistants deciding “who are the experts in X” read exactly that trail. A speaking pipeline is an AI visibility program in disguise.

**I've never spoken before. Where do I start?**

Ask Featured for lower-stakes stages: local business events, meetups, panels, and webinars, where the bar is expertise rather than a showreel. One recorded panel gives you the clip that gets you the next, bigger room. The ladder is real, and the first rung is easier to find than most people think.

**How much does it cost?**

Finding speaking opportunities is included in every Featured plan — free to start, $39/month (Lite) or $79/month (Pro, billed annually) as usage scales. Every plan includes every feature. Event entry itself is almost always free; you're contributing the content.

**How far ahead should I plan?**

Major conferences close CFPs three to nine months before the event, so a Q3 stage is often a Q1 submission. That lead time is exactly why the Speaking Opportunities workflow exists — it watches for opening windows continuously so deadlines find you, instead of the reverse.

**Can agencies manage speaking for clients?**

Yes — build a per-client pipeline: matched events, CFP windows, and drafted abstracts in each client's voice, with a workflow watching each client's topics. Speaking placements tend to be the retainer line-item clients remember; Featured makes them systematic instead of lucky.

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