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  "name": "Speakers Bureaus Directory guides and articles",
  "apiVersion": "1",
  "attribution": "speakersbureaus.directory",
  "count": 7,
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "What a Keynote Speaker Actually Costs in 2026",
      "section": "guide",
      "url": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/what-a-keynote-speaker-costs/",
      "markdown": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/what-a-keynote-speaker-costs.md",
      "summary": "Only 36 of the 145 bureaus in this directory will tell you what anything costs. Here is what those 36 publish, in their own currencies, with nothing rounded or guessed.",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-09-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "Speaker Bureau or Book Direct: What the Middle Costs You",
      "section": "guide",
      "url": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/bureau-or-book-direct/",
      "markdown": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/bureau-or-book-direct.md",
      "summary": "Two of the 145 bureaus in this directory will tell you what they take out of the deal. Here is how the five routes actually work, and the questions that get you a straight answer from any of them.",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-09-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "Keynote, MC, Moderator, Panellist: Who Does What",
      "section": "guide",
      "url": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/speaker-roles-explained/",
      "markdown": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/speaker-roles-explained.md",
      "summary": "A keynote is not a plenary, an MC is not a host, and almost nobody sells panellists. Here is what each role on your programme actually does, and which ones you can buy.",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-09-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "How to Book a Keynote Speaker, Brief to Signed Contract",
      "section": "guide",
      "url": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/how-to-book-a-keynote-speaker/",
      "markdown": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/how-to-book-a-keynote-speaker.md",
      "summary": "Every market in this directory says the same thing about timing and almost nothing else. Here is the process end to end, including the checks that tell you whether the agency emailing you is what it claims to be.",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-09-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "How to Book a Keynote Speaker in Sydney",
      "section": "guide",
      "url": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/book-a-keynote-speaker-sydney/",
      "markdown": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/book-a-keynote-speaker-sydney.md",
      "summary": "Sydney has fewer speaker organisations than Melbourne but more of the exclusive ones. Here is what that means when you are the person who has to fill the stage.",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-09-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "How to Book a Keynote Speaker in Melbourne",
      "section": "guide",
      "url": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/book-a-keynote-speaker-melbourne/",
      "markdown": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/book-a-keynote-speaker-melbourne.md",
      "summary": "Eighteen of Australia's seventy speaker organisations are in Melbourne, more than any other city. Half of them sell comedians. Here is how to use that rather than trip over it.",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-09-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "Booking Speakers Around the Australian Financial Year",
      "section": "guide",
      "url": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/booking-speakers-australian-financial-year/",
      "markdown": "https://speakersbureaus.directory/guides/booking-speakers-australian-financial-year.md",
      "summary": "The Australian year has two booking seasons and one dead zone. Here is the month you should be looking, the month you have already left it too late, and what to do when the category you want is not one bureaus sell.",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
      "dateModified": "2026-09-21"
    }
  ]
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