Build Your Influence and Find Speaking Engagements in Phoenix

TL;DR: How to Launch Your Speaking Career in Phoenix

• The Opportunity: Build your personal brand and authority by speaking to Valley organizations such as Rotary clubs, libraries, and active adult communities.
• The Platform: Free Speakers Phoenix lists vetted speakers that program chairs book at no cost.
• The Benefit: Grow your network, become known in Phoenix as an expert, and gain live speaking experience while giving back to the community.
• How to Start: Apply to join the bureau, pass our review, and start hearing from program chairs across the Valley.

Are You Ready to Become a Speaker? Here’s How to Get Started in Phoenix

The Valley is full of groups that meet regularly and need speakers: Rotary clubs, libraries, chambers of commerce, and some of the country’s best known active adult communities. If you have expertise or a story to share, speaking to these groups is one of the best ways to find speaking engagements in Phoenix.

Free Speakers Phoenix launched in July 2017, and the Arizona Republic has covered how the bureau matches speakers with the Valley’s clubs, nonprofits, and companies.

Why join a speakers bureau in Phoenix?

Most bureaus exist to sell speakers. Ours exists to place them: groups never pay, and you meet audiences who chose your topic. Phoenix professionals join to:

• Meet decision-makers: Program chairs, business owners, and community leaders book you directly, and many stay in touch.
• Speak often: 94% of our current Phoenix speakers have been requested by local groups, and half of the groups that book a speaker come back for another.
• Reach businesses too: Companies book our speakers for lunch and learn programs for their employees.
• Learn from other speakers: Business coach Tom Kelly explains how speaking turns into new business.

How We Keep Quality High

Program chairs trust a bureau only if its speakers deliver. Every application is personally reviewed by our speaker success team, and each speaker pays a modest annual membership that covers hosting and promotion. The result is a roster of prepared, committed presenters.

Where can I find speaking engagements in Phoenix?

Our speakers present all over the Valley: in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert, in the West Valley from Glendale and Peoria to Surprise, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, and Buckeye, and north to Cave Creek and Anthem. Active adult communities such as Sun City and Sun Lakes book speakers too. A typical audience is about 25 people.

Requests come from libraries, schools, women’s groups, chambers of commerce, senior living communities, employee groups, faith groups, professional associations, and more. Valley groups request speakers several times a week.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find local speaking engagements in Phoenix?
Join a speakers bureau that Valley program chairs already use. Free Speakers Phoenix has connected local experts with area groups since 2017, and groups contact you directly when they want your talk.

What topics can I speak about?
Talks on health and fitness, history, finance, business, self-improvement, motivation, and entertainment all find audiences here. If your talk is useful or entertaining for a general audience, a group is looking for it.

Is there a fee to join Free Speakers Phoenix?
Groups never pay anything. Speakers pay a modest annual membership, which covers the platform and promotion and keeps the roster committed. See our membership options.

What area does the Phoenix speakers bureau cover?
The whole Valley of the Sun, from the West Valley to the East Valley and north to Cave Creek and Anthem. Speakers who present online can reach groups anywhere in Arizona.

Join Our Community Today

Ready to share what you know with Valley audiences? We would love to add your expertise to our bureau. Apply to Join the Phoenix Speakers Bureau

By: Andy Richardson
Vice President of Ginny Richardson Public Relations (GR-PR)
Executive Director of Free Speakers Phoenix
Last Updated: October 2026