How to Schedule Speakers

Speakers Bureau Guidelines

• Speakers are available to community groups anywhere in Kentucky. Minimum audience size: 25 adults.
• A nonprofit organization is limited to two reduced-cost Speakers Bureau programs, or one speaker and one Chautauqua performance, each year (August through July). The reduced cost is $125 per speaker ($175 per Chautauqua). There is no limit on the number of programs a sponsor can purchase at full cost.
• The Speakers Bureau is not available at reduced cost to college sponsors as part of course credit. It is available at full cost ($300 per program) to these groups and to for-profit organizations. Reduced cost Chautauqua performances are available to schools. There is no limit on the number of programs a sponsor can purchase at full cost.
• Admission to Speakers Bureau programs must be free. (You may charge admission to talks your group has purchased at full cost through KHC.)
• KHC pays each speaker’s honorarium and travel directly. Sponsors are responsible for overnight accommodations, if needed.
• All Featured Speakers will travel statewide. Those listed under More Speakers may, as noted in the listings, restrict their travel to certain regions.
• We encourage you to apply early for programs through July 31, 2009—get your speaker on your calendar, and ours. Application instructions and forms are on this site.
• An assisted listening device for people with hearing loss is available from the Speakers Bureau. Your sponsor's packet will include instructions for borrowing it.
• If you have questions or problems, please call Cathy Ferguson at the Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc., 859/257-5932 or catherine.ferguson@uky.edu.

We recommend that you apply for these programs as soon as you can after August 1, to assure your choice of speaker and date. The Speakers' Bureau is one of KHC's most popular programs.

TO REQUEST A CATALOG AND APPLICATION, CONTACT:
Cathy Ferguson at (859) 257-5932 or at
KHC, 206 E. Maxwell St., Lexington, KY 40508