In addition, he says, Stanford's rules strongly discourage faculty members from participating
in paid speaking engagements on behalf of companies.
Not exact matches
Those sorts of questions are much more interesting and useful than questions about whether a particular politician should accept
paid speaking engagements, and certainly more important than the borderline silly question of whether money that was accepted
in good faith ought to be
paid back.
I now travel for board meetings and
paid speaking engagements but almost never for a two - hour meeting because I have senior people
in major markets who can represent the firm well.
«Few of the
speaking engagements paid me anything,» Manuccia says, «but they put me
in front of potential clients and referral sources.
In fact, there were a number of things the CBC producers involved in the story didnâ $ ™ t know about Langâ $ ™ s surprising intervention, namely: 1) She had been paid up to $ 15,000 a pop to conduct speaking engagements at RBC - sponsored events; and 2) She was involved in a romantic relationship with a member of the RBCâ $ ™ s board of directors, W. Geoffrey Beatti
In fact, there were a number of things the CBC producers involved
in the story didnâ $ ™ t know about Langâ $ ™ s surprising intervention, namely: 1) She had been paid up to $ 15,000 a pop to conduct speaking engagements at RBC - sponsored events; and 2) She was involved in a romantic relationship with a member of the RBCâ $ ™ s board of directors, W. Geoffrey Beatti
in the story didnâ $ ™ t know about Langâ $ ™ s surprising intervention, namely: 1) She had been
paid up to $ 15,000 a pop to conduct
speaking engagements at RBC - sponsored events; and 2) She was involved
in a romantic relationship with a member of the RBCâ $ ™ s board of directors, W. Geoffrey Beatti
in a romantic relationship with a member of the RBCâ $ ™ s board of directors, W. Geoffrey Beattie.
The government is charged vociferously with
paying too much attention to faith groups (accused by left - liberal secularists of an unprincipled timidity on faith schools, being too open to faith
engagement in third sector; and of being generally rather socially conservative; and, alternatively, by the right having a cynical multiculturalist approach to minority faiths as electoral blocs) and also of too little attention to faith (with some «competitive grievance» claims that Muslims are getting too much attention, by some claiming to
speak for some other minority faiths and by some Christian voices; and traditionalists who think there is a secret project to do
in every institution).
For the very highest level positions, or for the most flamboyant or charismatic politicians, the fame and recognition from being
in political office will allow them to enrich themselves, once out of office, through different types of media - talk shows, jobs with news networks, books (with massive advances), and
paid speaking engagements.
To sustain
engagement, I mentioned that Martin Luther King Jr., who
paid the ultimate sacrifice for
speaking out peacefully against hate and racial division, is the only historical figure other than Columbus honored with a national holiday
in his name.
For example, if your goal is to land
paid speaking engagements, you'll want to build authority
in your area of expertise and gain exposure as a speaker.
You could do so
in the number of
speaking engagements you obtain or
in how much you get
paid for them after release of your book, for instance.
To think that this site actually condemned others for
paid speaking engagements in NYC a few weeks back.
Between 2000 and 2010, when I worked full time at the Star, I
spoke at events without
pay, or participated
in the Toronto Star «s own speakers bureau, which
paid $ 100 per
speaking engagement.
Bruce Green, a legal ethics professor at Fordham University
in New York, told the Providence Journal that he found the site troubling for «the soliciting of
paid speaking engagements.
Even if you aren't getting
paid directly for
speaking engagements, they are extremely effective
in building your credibility and are essentially free marketing (especially if you leverage these
engagements correctly).