2025 Talkadot Professional Speaking Trends Report

We analyzed 10,261 speaking opportunities and have spotted some important trends!

Find out what's happening based on real data!

-The top 3 types of organizations actively booking speakers right now
-The 5 hottest training topics in demand
-The 5 most popular event formats today
-How the speaking industry is evolving (some of it genuinely surprised us!)
-What event planners are specifically looking at when they make decisions on speakers

This data has been eye-opening! Access it below
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While You Are Here:
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Right Now

Are you capturing leads? Getting referrals?

Or are you just SHOULD-ing all over your business?

(You know, saying “I should collect testimonials,” “I should follow up with my audience”... and then never doing it.)

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Speakers… You’ve Been SHOULDing for Too Long.

🚫 “I should be getting more referrals…”
🚫 “I should be building my email list…”
🚫 “I should be collecting testimonials after my talks…”

But here’s the truth: If you keep “shoulding” on your business, you’ll keep missing out on more bookings, more revenue, and more impact.

👀 It’s time for an intervention.

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Talkadot =
Your SHOULD-Free Solution

Here’s how Talkadot works:

Add a Talkadot QR code to your slides.

Your audience scans it, gives feedback, and opts into your list (99% completion rate).

BOOM. Instant testimonials, leads, and referrals.

Your data is organized for you (hot leads, AI-generated insights, social proof).

Talkadot automates what you KNOW you should be doing—but never do.

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Why I Built Talkadot

Hi, I’m Arel. And I Was SHOULD-ing on My Speaking Business Too.

Growing up in the projects of Brooklyn, NY I learned early on how words can either break you down or build you up.

When I was younger, I got made fun of because I looked different than most kids in my neighborhood. I had a white Jewish Mom, and a Black Jamaican Father. My mixed background got made fun of, a lot.

I’ve gotten so low that I didn’t want to keep going. And in those low moments, I’ve had the right words said at the right time pull me out of the darkest of places, push me to graduate high school, go to college, and change my life.

Because professional speaking is the fastest, most powerful way to change someone’s life.

But figuring out how to get booked and paid to do it? That felt like a black box.

I knew that if I could crack the code, I could impact more people—and that’s what mattered most to me. So I made this my mantra:

"Do what most people won’t, so you can have what most people don’t."

And with that mindset, I built a 7-figure speaking business. I’ve spoken at the White House twice, on the TEDx stage three times, and speaking got me a show for Disney+.

🚨 But here’s what sucks...

After every speech, it felt like I was starting from zero.

I knew I should capture audience feedback. I knew I should be collecting testimonials. I knew I had to turn each talk into more business.

But the reality? I was SHOULD-ing all over my speaking business.

Even though I love this industry, it felt so manual, exhausting, and difficult to keep momentum going.

💡 That’s when it hit me.

What if I could automate the most important drivers of my business?
What if I could capture social proof, generate spinoff business, build my list and create marketing materials automatically—right from the audience?
At worst? I’d have a secret weapon for my own speaking business.
At best? We could change the entire speaking industry.

So, alongside a team way smarter than me, we built Talkadot.

Now, thousands of speakers have experienced what makes Talkadot a game-changer for our industry.

👉 No more leaving gigs empty-handed.
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👉 No more letting audience energy fade away.

👉 No more SHOULD-ing on your speaking business.

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Social Proof & Testimonials

💬 What Speakers Are Saying About Talkadot:

I've been using Talkadot for over a year and it is one of my favorite business tools. It allows participants in my speaking events to give me direct feedback and it identifies among those people who is interested in booking or referring me for other speaking events. The reinforcing loop of opportunity generation is outstanding

Rita Ernest

igniteextraordinary.com

If you do paid or unpaid presentations and want to do more, Talkadot is a great tool. You also get immediate feedback from audience members which is super-useful, and you get a link to share audience comments with whoever hired you to speak, which is a great sales tool for re-engagements.

Minda Zetlin

mindazetlin.com

Talkadot has totally helped me build an email list where I've never been able to build one before. It has also helped me get fantastic data about my keynotes as well as immediate testimonials, booking leads as well as referrals. It has literally changed my speaking business.

Kymberli Speight

kymberlispeight.com

As a professional speaker, I appreciate the real-time feedback I'm able to garner from audience members via Talkadot because it helps me know how and what aspects of my message are and are not resonating with audiences.

Jasmine Brett-Stringer

jasminebrettstringer.com

Talkadot is the tool that SMART speakers use. Listen, you can go old school and TRY to collect feedback forms from your attendees. If you've ever done this, you know you never get enough of them completed. Or you can use Talkadot which totally streamlines the process AND continues to upgrade and uplevel the internal services that they offer for speakers. Love them and can't talk highly enough about the platform.

Malla Haridat

mallaharidat.com

I just used it to counteract the lone voice who did not find my speech actionable. I shared with the meeting professional, well that individual was probably part of the 4% who did not and not the 96% who did. It was not a slam, I just had data.

John Register

johnregister.com

This is why Talkadot is one of the most trusted tool built for the speaking industry.

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🙋 But Won’t This Ruin My Flow On Stage?

Nope. Seamless integration. It’s like it was part of your talk all along. There are multiple ways to tee it up—you pick what fits your style.

I’m Scared of Technology.

Listen, if you can press a button, you can use Talkadot. And if not, our support team is here to help you. All you have to do is create a Talkadot account, Use our pre-built survey or edit it to make it work for your needs, download one of our Talkadot slides or QR Codes so your audience can give you feedback, and put that in the end of your powerpoint slide deck. And that’s it.

Once you put our slide into your slide deck, you never have to update it! Set it up once and your set for life!

But Won’t My Event Planner Hate It?

No way. Event planners LOVE Talkadot. Why? Because it delivers more attendee insights than their post-event surveys.

Let’s Turn This SHOULD Around

🔥 You’re One Talk Away from More Bookings.

Join thousands of professional speakers using Talkadot to:

Build their email lists effortlessly.

Turn audience feedback into testimonials.

Book more gigs (and bigger stages) every time they speak.

Stop SHOULDing all over your speaking business.

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