Speakers Bureau
Speaker Application
ANNOUNCEMENT:
In March, IHC suspended all public programming, including the Speakers Bureau, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Idaho re-opens, we are still faced with many unknowns and in an abundance of caution, the IHC Executive Committee voted in May to pause the Speakers Bureau program for the time being. We are no longer accepting applications at this time and we have added a notice to our login page so that sponsors are aware of this. All current ACTIVE speakers bureau presentations will be honored as long as the speakers and the sponsors are still comfortable continuing with their presentations.
On another note, the IHC Board of Directors developed a Program Evaluation Task Force last fall. The purpose of this committee is to evaluate each IHC program. That work continues and we will be in touch with some revisions to the speakers bureau program later this year.
Apply for a Speaker
Please contact the Idaho Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Coordinator, Debra Schlechte at (208) 345-5346, or email at debra@idahohumanities.org, for assistance or more information about applying for a speaker.
• Before applying, you must contact the speaker FIRST to arrange the date and time. Do this at least 6 WEEKS before your event date. All speaker contact information is listed on our website at www.idahohumanities.org/programs/speakers-bureau/.
• Organizations are only allowed 4 speakers a year.
• All IHC speakers bureau events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
• You can charge a minimal fee for your event, but it can be no more than $7.00, and it must be approved by the Speakers Bureau Coordinator ahead of time. However, you CANNOT EXCLUDE the general public from attending for not paying the fee.
• The sponsoring organization is responsible for the program publicity, as well as acknowledging IHC support verbally and in all printed materials. Please publicize the program sufficiently to assure the minimum audience count of 20 people is reached, so that it is cost effective for IHC and worthwhile for the speaker.
• To download IHC’s logo, please click on this link: www.idahohumanities.org/grants/ihc-logos/.
• IHC pays our speakers a small honorarium based on mileage driven. We also reimburse our speakers for their traveling costs, which include lodging, meals, rental cars, etc.
• To download detailed instructions on how to apply for a speaker, click here: How to Apply For a Speaker
• To download Publicity Statement Information, click here: Publicity Statement Information