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Copperas Cove, TX 
Author
33 miles from Temple I'm proud to be a Certified Public Manager® (CPM), a certified Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Practitioner, a certified Health Coach, and a certified Personal…
Waco, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
33 miles from Temple Kennisha Griffin is an author, speaker, and book writing coach who has helped hundreds of authors write and publish their books. At her book writing and publishing…
Waco, TX
Christian Speaker / Author
33 miles from Temple Dirk G. said “So I thought it was going to be good but Keith was better than good, he was excellent. Stories, Bible, Prayer, practical application and all the guys…”
Pflugerville, TX
Author
47 miles from Temple Children's author Jennifer Coleman is an experienced speaker and was recently awarded the Spur Finalist Award for best children's book depicting the west…
Austin, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
62 miles from Temple 
46 Verified Bookings Jessalynne C. said “From start to finish was done well. It was easy to book Ari and lots of useful information to prior to even accepting the offer. The communication along…”
Austin, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
62 miles from Temple
5 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…”
Austin, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
62 miles from Temple
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…”
Austin, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
62 miles from Temple
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…”
Austin, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
62 miles from Temple
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…”
Austin, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
62 miles from Temple Meredith T. said “JaMarr John Johnson is an exceptional emcee, and I wholeheartedly endorse him. He hosted two virtual events for our nonprofit, Thank You Life: A Psychedelic…”
Austin, TX
Motivational Speaker / Author
62 miles from Temple 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…”
Austin, TX
Singer/Songwriter / Author
62 miles from Temple Amol L. said “Recently, I attended a seminar on "Managing stress in the corporate world" presented by Sankarshan Das in my organization. The speaker highlighted…”
Austin, TX
Author
62 miles from Temple
2 Verified Bookings Sofia V. said “Camari did an excellent job performing her poet at St. Edward's University for our Black History Month Poetry Night. She was so engaged with the…”
Austin, TX
Author
62 miles from Temple
1 Verified Booking Sheriff Powell is inspirational as well as motivational. Former Texas Sheriff & Chief of Police promises to bring encouragement, inspiration, and thought! "Write…
Austin, TX
Stand-Up Comedian / Author
62 miles from Temple
1 Verified Booking Mickey Housley is originally from Houston, Texas and has performed at numerous clubs and venues across the south and west coast as a stand-up comedian. He also…
In the past year, Authors have sent 85 quotes to event planners
Authors rank #316 in popularity out of 542 categories on GigSalad
503 Author reviews on GigSalad with an average rating of 5 stars
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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