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Mishawaka, IN 
Santa Claus / Author
10 miles from Elkhart 
11 Verified Bookings Beth P. said “Santa was amazing. Kids loved him. He was on time, looked and acted the part.”
Fort Wayne, IN
Author
60 miles from Elkhart I Will Not Be Silent tells the story through a 9 year-old's eyes of physical and mental abuse and a life consumed with fear, anger and denial. She slowly loses…
Fort Wayne, IN
Author
60 miles from Elkhart Author, Motivational Speaker and Child Advocate Laurie Gray offers key note addresses and workshops on parenting, personal transformation, criminal justice, child…
Paulding, OH
Author
81 miles from Elkhart I am an "Old Scout". I enjoy speaking about my adventures and demonstrating backpacking equipment. I've been involved with the Boy Scouts all of…
Dyer, IN
Motivational Speaker / Author
81 miles from Elkhart
9 Verified Bookings Karen C. said “I would recommend Gina for any team building. If you work in a predominantly female field this is a great way to create bonds.”
Chicago, IL
African Entertainment / Author
87 miles from Elkhart
23 Verified Bookings Jerm said “I really enjoyed the performance very fun & engaging!”
Chicago, IL
Mentalist / Author
87 miles from Elkhart
34 Verified Bookings Amareen D. said “We found Sydney when looking for an entertainer who would seamlessly break the ice and tie together a group of friends, family, and coworkers for my fiancé’s…”
Chicago, IL
Motivational Speaker / Author
87 miles from Elkhart
6 Verified Bookings David A. said “Wes was thoroughly entertaining and his talk was enlightening. The crowd was abuzz after the event and I hope to be apart of another one of his talks…”
Chicago, IL
Motivational Speaker / Author
87 miles from Elkhart
87 Verified Bookings Stacey G. said “She got the crowd involved engaged and interacting with one another and with her!! It was a fun event and her message was perfect = stay positive even…”
Chicago, IL
Motivational Speaker / Author
87 miles from Elkhart
48 Verified Bookings Mercedes N. said “We invited Mr. Duffy to come an speak to our staff retreat and the presentation was just outstanding. Everyone commented about how Mr Duffy is perhaps…”
Chicago, IL
Motivational Speaker / Author
87 miles from Elkhart
1 Verified Booking Barb T. said “Chad Porter spoke at our quarterly meeting and to say he motivated me is an understatement. The adversity that he has overcome is unbelievable. He speaks…”
Chicago, IL
Motivational Speaker / Author
87 miles from Elkhart
3 Verified Bookings Lisa D. said “Jill was outstanding! We invited her to get our morning going and deliver a motivational talk, and she certainly delivered. She kept us engaged, spoke…”
Chicago, IL
Motivational Speaker / Author
87 miles from Elkhart Kim M. said “This was probably the best speaker we've had in the 8 years of our seminar. Very informative and extremely entertaining. Thanks for making me look…”
Chicago, IL
Author
87 miles from Elkhart I am an Eccentric Digital Artist, Published Children's Book Author & Poet, Educational, Spiritual and Successful Life Motivational Speaker, Creative Actor…
Chicago, IL
Author
87 miles from Elkhart Bull Garlington is a damn good public speaker. He's an award-winning columnist, author, and popular speaker. His author appearances are more like an unholy…
In the past year, Authors have sent 83 quotes to event planners
Authors rank #310 in popularity out of 540 categories on GigSalad
509 Author reviews on GigSalad with an average rating of 5 stars
From request to booking, it takes 1.1 days (on average) to hire an Author
An author brings more to the table than just a good book! These folks are often leaders in their field, industry, or topic of interest. Booking an author as a speaker allows them to give your audience education and insight to the topics of their book or about their field. The authors listed bring all kinds of topics to the table from children's literature and fiction novels to political and religious experts. No matter the subject of interest, you're sure to find an author to match your needs to give a great speech and possibly a book signing.
An insightful and articulate speaker at a corporate event can help individuals, groups, and companies to achieve their potential through a dynamic and insightful speech, seminar or consulting session. Authors/Speakers on GigSalad have written Children's Books, have been Bestselling Authors of Local Interest, Fiction, Religious, Political, Health and/or Nonfiction Titles. GigSalad has premier affordable motivational speakers available to speak to educate, inform, inspire and motivate.
When booking an Author to speak at your event, be sure you have your event details (date, time, location, topic, etc.) and budget lined up before you contact the Author. Next up, you should book well in advance. Some speakers are booked months or years in advance. However, in some situations you might be able to book less than 60 days in advance. Lastly, pay attention to detail in the contract. What are the traveling expenses? If the traveling expenses are too expensive, consider partnering with another organization to host the same speaker during the same time frame.
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