Speaking Out Agency

What Speaking Out Agency does

Speaking Out Agency is a boutique Australian speakers bureau founded in 2014 and headquartered in South Yarra, Melbourne, operating with a staff of 1–10. The agency curates a roster of approximately 28 featured speakers — writers, journalists, academics, advocates, educators, and performers — and connects event organizers across corporate, educational, government, and community sectors with speakers across more than 80 distinct topic areas, with thematic concentration in social justice, diversity, inclusion, mental health, women's rights, Indigenous affairs, and personal development. Revenue is earned on a commission basis from speaking fees negotiated through direct enquiry; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via a website enquiry system, with a dedicated channel partnership with Booked Out (bookedout.com.au) serving the schools and education segment.

The agency does not operate a proprietary technology platform; its core delivery mechanism is a website-based speaker directory with topic and origin-state filters, a key-events calendar anchored to awareness occasions such as NAIDOC Week, International Women's Day, World Mental Health Day, and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, and supporting social and email channels (Facebook, Instagram, newsletter, RSS feed). Geographic reach spans all Australian states and territories (ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA, TAS) with no disclosed international operations. There is no evidence of external funding, a parent company, M&A activity, leadership transitions, proprietary AI/ML capabilities, or a software-as-a-service component — the offering is a traditional professional-services speakers bureau differentiated by its curated social-justice and lived-experience roster and its niche positioning within the Australian DEI and personal-development speaking market.

Name

Speaking Out Agency

Legal name

Speaking Out

Website

https://www.speakingout.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Speaking Out Agency is a boutique Australian speakers bureau that represents a curated roster of about 28 writers, advocates, and educators for corporate, educational, government, and community events focused on social justice, diversity, and personal development.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speaker Booking Services

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114), Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (71141), Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (711410)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Entertainment Booking & Speaker/Talent Management (HSACAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Speaker, Entertainment & Talent Booking (Corporate) (HSACADAK), Talent Agency & Representation Services (HSACAHAK)

Keywords

• Speakers bureau
• Speaker booking agency
• Event speakers
• Talent representation
• Keynote speakers

Headquarters

HQ city

South Yarra

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Speaker Booking Commission: Speaking Out Agency earns revenue by representing speakers and facilitating bookings for events. The agency takes a commission on speaking fees for engagements arranged through the agency. Event organizers contact the agency with their requirements, and the agency matches them with appropriate speakers from their curated roster.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Speaking Out Agency is a boutique Australian speakers bureau that curates and represents a roster of 28 writers, thinkers, educators, artists, and performers for booking at corporate events, conferences, schools, and key awareness occasions. The agency connects event organizers with speakers across more than 80 distinct topic areas spanning social justice, leadership, health, diversity, and culture. Revenue is earned by facilitating speaker bookings and taking a commission on speaking fees for engagements arranged through the agency.

Product overview

Speaking Out Agency is a boutique Australian speakers agency operating as a single unified service rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. The core offering is a speakers bureau that curates and represents a roster of Australian writers, thinkers, educators, artists, and performers available for booking at corporate events, conferences, schools, and key awareness occasions (e.g., NAIDOC Week, International Women's Day, Mental Health Week). The agency connects event organizers with speakers across diverse topics spanning social justice, leadership, health, arts, and culture. A related booking platform accessible via bookedout.com.au serves the schools market segment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Speaking Out Speakers Agency A boutique speakers bureau that curates and represents a roster of Australian writers, thinkers, educators, artists, and performers available for booking at corporate events, conferences, schools, and key awareness occasions. The agency matches event organizers with speakers across diverse topics spanning social justice, leadership, health, arts, and culture, and earns revenue by taking a commission on speaking fees for engagements arranged through the agency.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Booked OutcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpeaking Out Agency has a dedicated partnership with Booked Out (bookedout.com.au) specifically for school bookings. This partnership indicates a specialized distribution channel for the education sector, allowing schools to access the agency's speaker roster through a dedicated booking platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Saxton Speakers Bureau: One of the largest Australian speakers bureaus offering a similar commission-based speaker booking model across corporate, government, and association events. Most directly comparable peer given shared domestic market and overlapping speaker roster.
• Celebrity Speakers Australia: Australian speakers bureau focused on booking keynote speakers and entertainers for corporate events, conferences, and schools. Comparable on business model (commission-based speaker representation) and primary customer segments.
• The Speaker Bureau (Australia): Australian speakers bureau representing business, motivational, and topical speakers for corporate engagements. Directly comparable in go-to-market, pricing model (commission on fees), and target buyer (corporate event planners).

Emerging players

• Booked Out: Australian performer and speaker booking agency specializing in school and educational sector bookings. Functionally adjacent — Speaking Out uses Booked Out as a channel partner for schools — making it a partial-overlap peer focused on the same education vertical.
• Key Talent Management: Boutique talent management firm representing select speakers and presenters for Australian and international events. Comparable boutique scale and curated positioning, with partial overlap on corporate and association client base.

Regional players

• Sternberg Clarke: UK-based speakers bureau offering curated speaker booking for corporate, association, and public sector events. Comparable business model and curated-roster approach, but primarily serves the UK market rather than Australia.

Broad incumbents

• Ovations International: Established Australian speakers bureau with a broad generalist roster spanning business, sports, entertainment, and motivational categories. Comparable commercial model but larger scale and wider (less curated) topic coverage than Speaking Out's social-justice niche.
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA): Global talent agency representing speakers, performers, and athletes across entertainment, corporate, and public-sector engagements. Comparable speaker-representation capability but at vastly greater scale and broader scope than the boutique Australian operation.
• William Morris Endeavor (WME): Global talent agency whose speakers division books keynote speakers for corporate, association, and university events worldwide. Comparable representation-and-booking model, with significant scale advantage and broader geographic reach.
• Washington Speakers Bureau: Long-established US speakers bureau representing political, business, and thought-leadership figures for corporate and association engagements. Comparable commission-based booking model with a much larger, less niche roster.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SpeakingOutAgency
• Instagraminstagram.com/speakingoutagency
• Xx.com/SpeakingOut_au
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/speaking-out-agency

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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