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Join the waiting list now and attend the Speaker Awards Opening Party on Friday, March 7th at 12pm GMT
to learn about the Speaker Awards 2025 and the entry process.
21 World Class Judges
9 Categories to showcase your skills
The Exclusive Opportunity to Elevate Your Speaking Business
The Speaker Awards celebrate the world’s most outstanding speakers, those who captivate, inspire, and leave a lasting impact, whether on stage or online.
These awards are a standing ovation for the professionals who dedicate themselves to sharing knowledge, telling powerful stories, and transforming audiences through their words.
But this is more than just an awards ceremony.
It’s a platform to elevate your professional profile, gain industry recognition, and open new doors in the world of professional speaking.
It's also a chance to connect with fellow speakers, share experiences, and grow together in a community that values excellence.
The Speaker Awards celebrate professional speakers who set the standard for excellence, those who truly inspire and engage their audiences.
If you are a keynote speaker, industry expert, thought leader, or storyteller who delivers powerful messages, talks and creates real impact, these awards are for you.
Whether you own the virtual stage, captivate live audiences, or shape industries with your insights, the Speaker Awards recognise those professional speakers who are the route to mastering the art of speaking and inspire others to do the same.
If you are a professional and want to gain further industry recognition, and take your speaking to new heights, enter The Speaker Awards.
The Speaker Awards will give you incredible exposure to our database and following of more than 100,000 people so you will expand your reach and get known faster. When you win or are shortlisted make sure you maximise PR exposure and update your marketing materials with the award logo including business cards, website, literature, email and sales material.
An award win, short-listing or nomination can act as a 3rd party endorsement for your business. A win can give you as a speaker the approval from your peers and people in the industry, it will show you that your activities are valued and is a sign of quality for potential bookers, events, conferences and for your customers. It can be part of your sales pitch and help you stand out from the other people in your space. It can also help relationships with people in your industry.
You will be able to leverage the Speaker Awards to get higher paying gigs. The Speaker Awards is not like any other fake awards. It is a testament of your skills, passion and dedication to your craft and the clients you serve with your talks. The awards will push your Speaking forwards. Increase morale, get you doors and exposure you have always wanted.
Awards celebrate hard work and success and are great PR opportunities. It’s fantastic to be recognised so it’s important to make sure that people know what you as a speaker have achieved. Winning a speaker award can open doors to new contracts and those that might have been shut in the past.
The process for entering a speaker award can often make you stop and look at your speaking from a different perspective, how far you have come and in a friendly way compare yourself to other speakers. You’ll need to make sure that you stand out from others. This will help you think about ways you could be doing things better, identify areas for improvement and is one of the ways your speaking and you could benefit. That could be more valuable than the prize itself.
Awards recognise the hard work, the time invested and achievements you have gained as a speaker. Winning one can help boost your morale and improve motivation, it can help you find that extra motivation. It will shine a light and get you focused on what’s great about the work you do and you can feel proud to be a part of it.
Our judges will be looking for speakers who excel on the virtual stage, delivering engaging talks, skillfully utilising technology, and leaving the online audience with a memorable experience.
We focus on the 2023/4 TEDx presentations by the speakers. The judging primarily centres around the originality and significance of the content, as well as the effectiveness in conveying the idea worth spreading.
You will be evaluated primarily on how effectively your showreel highlights your expertise and content, considering the visual aspect, technical quality, overall production, and professionalism.
This category is designed specifically for newcomer speakers in the year 2023/4. The evaluation will primarily consider how the submitted video showcases your expertise and content, with a focus on your delivery, emotive communication, audience engagement, and connection.
In this category, we focus on the live speaking event footage submitted by applicants. The evaluation considers your live delivery of content, delivery techniques, energy, emotive communication, audience engagement, and the establishment of a clear connection with the in-person audience.
This category is determined by our panel of judges, who assess the winners and highly commended speakers from all categories in the year 2023/24.
Their entries will be evaluated based on the scores they received for each category they won or were highly commended for.
This category is created for standout speakers in the technology space—thought leaders, innovators, and educators. Our judges are looking for applications from individuals whose ideas and contributions are shaping the technological landscape.
Our judges will evaluate 5-minute video story submissions, which can be either filmed specifically for the application or from a previous event. You will be assessed on your ability to captivate, evoke emotion, and enthrall your audience as a speaker.
These judges will evaluate the bookability of each speaker based on their submissions. You will be assessed on the quality of your showreel, video footage submitted, your stage delivery, and the judges' assessment of how likely it is for you to secure paid speaking engagements.
This category is created for standout speakers in the Positive Impact and Sustainability space—thought leaders, innovators, and educators. Our judges are looking for applications from individuals whose ideas and contributions are shaping the future of sustainability. Your evaluation will be based on the relevance and flow of your content, your effective delivery, the authority you bring, and the impact you have on your audiences.
The recipient of this award is someone who has played a significant role in shaping the landscape of speaking, whether through mentorship, innovation, advocacy, or by establishing new standards of excellence. This award stands as a testament to a lifetime of dedication, influence, and inspirational leadership, honouring an individual who has not only achieved personal milestones but has also uplifted the community of speakers, setting a benchmark for future generations.
Production Quality: The video submitted has high quality sound, video and editing.
