| name | build-speaking-career |
| description | Step-by-step workflow for professionals who want to build a public speaking career, from identifying your signature topic and crafting compelling content through speaking at local events, building toward regional conferences, and eventually landing keynote opportunities and paid speaking engagements.
Use when the user wants to build speaking career or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal.
Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance. |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| type | workflow |
| skills | storytelling-master presentation-builder public-speaking-coach personal-brand-architect content-monetizer |
| trigger_phrases | I want to become a speaker build a speaking career how to get speaking gigs become a conference speaker keynote speaking guide start speaking at events get paid to speak |
| metadata | {"author":"foundry-skills","version":"1.0.0","tags":"presentation content-marketing career step-by-step planning","category":"career","depends":"storytelling-master presentation-builder public-speaking-coach personal-brand-architect content-monetizer"} |
Build Speaking Career
Estimated time: 6-18 months
This workflow guides professionals through the journey of building a speaking
career, from complete beginner to paid keynote speaker. Public speaking is one
of the most powerful career accelerators available -- it builds authority,
expands your network, creates business opportunities, and compounds over time.
But most people approach it backwards, trying to land big stages before they
have earned credibility on small ones.
This workflow follows the natural progression: find your topic, build your
content, prove yourself locally, expand regionally, and earn the keynote stage.
Each step builds on the last, creating a portfolio of speaking evidence that
opens doors to larger opportunities.
By the end of this workflow you will have: a signature speaking topic, polished
talk content, local speaking experience, a growing speaker reputation, and a
strategy for keynote and paid speaking engagements.
When to Use
- User wants to build speaking career
- User needs a structured, step-by-step process for build speaking career
- User wants to become a speaker
- build a speaking career
- how to get speaking gigs
- Do NOT use when: the request is outside the scope of build speaking career or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance
- Do NOT use for single-step tasks that one atomic skill can handle independently
Prerequisites
Before starting this workflow, ensure:
- Expertise or deep experience in at least one subject area
- Willingness to be vulnerable and visible in front of audiences
- Commitment to practice and iterate on your delivery
- Patience for the long game (speaking careers build over 12-18 months minimum)
- Basic comfort with being recorded on video
Steps
Step 1: Find Your Signature Topic (uses: storytelling-master)
identify and refine a signature speaking
topic that sits at the intersection of your expertise, audience need, and
personal passion.
- Input: professional expertise, interests, and unique experiences, Topics they are passionate about and could talk about repeatedly, Their target audience (developers, executives, marketers, general)
- Output: Defined speaking topic with unique angle and audience fit, 5-10 polished talk titles with abstracts, Personal stories cataloged by theme and teaching point
- Key focus: Topic mining: inventory your knowledge, experiences, and unique insights
Step 2: Build Your Content (uses: presentation-builder)
create polished, compelling talk
content. A great topic with poor delivery fails. A mediocre topic with
exceptional delivery succeeds.
