Speaking Fees and Details

The Service Division does not have one-size-fits-all, pre-packaged, pre-priced programs and activities. Instead, we discuss your specific goals with you and customize each engagement by providing national experts in the field specifically targeted toward your college’s special needs.

Speaking Fees

Typically, $2,000 to $5,000 a day, plus reimbursable expenses, depending on the topic, Guest Speaker or Consultant selected, and other pertinent factors.

The League handles all negotiations and billings between colleges and Guest Speakers or Consultants.

Colleges are provided the opportunity to discuss the engagement with Guest Speakers or Consultants being considered before making a final decision.

The League provides a formal Letter of Agreement once a Guest Speaker or Consultant has been confirmed and a topic, date(s), fees, and other pertinent factors have been agreed upon.

Letters of Agreement are between the League for Innovation and the college and between the League for Innovation and the Guest Speaker or Consultant.

Reimbursable Expenses

The League is reimbursed for ordinary and reasonable travel, hotel, meal, and other costs associated with performing the Service. Reimbursable costs are segregated on the invoice and may include but are not limited to the following:

• Airfare

• Meals

• Hotel accommodations for night prior to presentation, although sometimes an additional night is needed based on the presentation or consulting schedule and available departure flights

• Airport parking, if necessary

• Ground transportation to and from airports (e.g., rental car, taxi, shuttle), if necessary

• Materials, if necessary

Payment Schedule

Colleges should plan to provide payment to the League for the Service provided and reimbursable expenses within 30 business days of receiving the invoice.

Cancellations

Cancellation by the College
Once an engagement is confirmed, that date, as well as the surrounding time necessary to get the Guest Speaker or Consultant to and from the engagement, is secured on his or her calendar. Consequently, a late cancellation costs Guest Speakers and Consultants income from the cancelled engagement, as well as income from engagements turned down because the date was already secured. 

• If the college cancels an engagement after an Agreement has been signed but before the engagement has commenced, the college is obligated to reimburse the League for all expenses incurred.

• If the college cancels the Service during the engagement, the college is obligated to reimburse the League all expenses incurred and an agreed-upon prorated fee based on percentage of completion.

Cancellations by Guest Speakers or Consultants
Although cancellations by Guest Speakers and Consultants are rare, if one does occur, a replacement of equal caliber can usually be found in time.

• If the Guest Speaker or Consultant cannot complete the engagement on the contractual dates in the event of a natural disaster, war, acts of terrorism, serious illness or injury, the League will will find a suitable replacement. In such cases, the college is not obligated to pay any expenses incurred by the League until the engagement is completed.

• In the event the Guest Speaker or Consultant cancels the engagement at a date too late for the League to find a suitable replacement, the League will reschedule the engagement with the college at a mutually agreed upon later date. In such cases, the college is not obligated to pay any expenses incurred by the League for the original engagement. In the event that the engagement cannot be rescheduled at a mutually agreed upon future date, the League will offer the college a 10 percent discount on the next scheduled engagement.

Taping and Photographing Rights

Guest Speakers and Consultants may agree to their engagement being taped or photographed if it is to be used only by the college. Colleges are asked to get prior permission from the Guest Speaker or Consultant.

If you would like someone from the League's Service Division to contact you about your specific consulting, training, or speaker needs, contact Ed Leach at (480) 705-8200, x233.