Catholic Speakers Organization

What Catholic Speakers Organization does

Catholic Speakers Organization, founded in 2006 in Austin, Texas as CMG Booking and rebranded in 2017, operates the world's first and largest online speakers bureau dedicated to the Catholic community. The company runs a custom-built marketplace platform at CatholicSpeakers.com where event organizers can browse more than 400 diocesan-approved Catholic speakers and musicians, view biographies and promotional videos, and submit booking requests; the company takes a commission on each facilitated speaking engagement. Supporting the marketplace is a proprietary virtual events service introduced in 2020 that combines livestreaming, virtual sponsor booths, live Q&A, and donation portals into a turnkey offering for Catholic conferences and nonprofit organizations.

The business also includes the inspireWord video interview series, broadcast via Instagram Live, YouTube, and Facebook with sponsorship from partners such as Catholic Order of Foresters and Solidarity HealthShare, and the Catholic Video Messages product, which sells personalized video messages from roster speakers. Revenue is generated through a transaction-fee commission on speaking bookings, professional services fees for virtual event execution, and donations routed through a ColligoWorld-integrated giving platform. A scholarship fund returns a portion of fees back to qualifying event organizers.

The company operates with a lean team of approximately 7 employees from a single Austin, TX headquarters, with a stated global reach, an email list of over 500,000 subscribers, and a cumulative footprint of 5,000+ facilitated events since inception. The platform is free for event organizers to use, with speaking fees negotiated per engagement and no subscription tier.

Name

Catholic Speakers Organization

Legal name

Catholic Speakers Organization

Website

https://catholicspeakers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Catholic Speakers Organization operates a niche online speakers bureau and virtual events platform, connecting Catholic parishes, dioceses, and conferences with more than 400 diocesan-approved speakers and musicians worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Speaker Marketplace

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Catholic Broadcasting (MPABALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith & Religious Live Streaming Platforms (MPACACAK), Christian Broadcasting (TV & Radio) (MPABALAA)

Keywords

• Catholic speakers bureau
• Speaker booking platform
• Virtual event services
• Faith-based speakers
• Online speaker marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Speaker Booking Commission: The organization takes a commission on speaking fees when event organizers book speakers through the platform. They offer a financial aid program where for every 4th speaker booked, Catholic Speakers pays 10% of the speaking fee back to the organization as financial support.
2. Virtual Event Services: Provides turnkey virtual event solutions including livestreaming, virtual sponsor booths, Q&A, donation portals, and real-time interaction capabilities. Revenue generated from virtual event execution services.
3. Donations and inspireWord Series: The inspireWord interview series accepts donations to support the series, guest speakers' ministries/charities, and the CatholicSpeakers.com financial aid fund for conferences and events needing budget assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Catholic Speakers Organization operates an online marketplace platform that connects Catholic event organizers with more than 400 diocesan-approved Catholic speakers and musicians, allowing browsing of biographies, promo videos, and speaker materials, and submission of booking requests in one place. The company complements the platform with turnkey Virtual Event services (livestreaming, virtual sponsor booths, Q&A, donation portals), the inspireWord motivational video interview series, and a Catholic Video Messages personalized video service.

Product overview

Catholic Speakers Organization operates a platform-plus-services model. The core product is the CatholicSpeakers.com platform, an online marketplace connecting event organizers with over 400 diocesan-approved Catholic speakers and musicians. Supporting products include inspireWord, a motivational interview video series broadcast via social media; Virtual Events, a turnkey solution for livestreaming and hosting online events; and Catholic Video Messages, a personalized video message service. The company also maintains a scholarship fund to financially assist event organizers with speaker booking costs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CatholicSpeakers.com Platform Online marketplace platform for browsing, researching, and booking diocesan-approved Catholic speakers and musicians for events and conferences. Provides biographies, promo videos, speaker materials, and direct booking request functionality for event organizers.
• Virtual Events Turnkey virtual event solution providing livestream video, virtual sponsor booths, virtual sponsor rooms, live Q&A capabilities, live donation portals, and real-time interaction between presenters, attendees, and sponsors for nonprofit organizations.
• inspireWord Faith-based motivational video interview series featuring live interviews with influential faith-based leaders, broadcast 30 minutes per episode on social channels with viewer Q&A.
• Catholic Video Messages

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,000 in-person events facilitated since 2006
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ColligoWorldcoreTechnology or IntegrationSocial-ticketing software platform used for the inspireWord donation series. Provides instant online donation processing with credit card capabilities. CatholicSpeakers.com created the platform design for use in event ticketing scenarios.
• Catholic Order of ForestersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the inspireWord series and CatholicSpeakers.com events.
• Solidarity HealthShareminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenter Level Sponsor of the inspireWord series and CatholicSpeakers.com events.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is the dominant self-serve event ticketing and registration marketplace, broadly serving the same event-organizer customer base as Catholic Speakers for conferences, fundraisers, and parish events — but as a horizontal platform rather than a specialized speakers bureau.
• Hopin: Hopin (and its rebranded product line including RingCentral Events) is a virtual and hybrid events platform with livestreaming, sponsor booths, and audience engagement. Overlaps directly with Catholic Speakers' Virtual Events stack as a broader, well-capitalized incumbent.
• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an enterprise event experience platform offering virtual and hybrid event technology, registration, and sponsor activation — directly comparable to Catholic Speakers' Virtual Events offering, but targeting larger corporate and association buyers.

Direct peers

• Harry Walker Agency: The Harry Walker Agency represents high-profile keynote speakers, political figures, and celebrities for paid engagements. It is a relevant peer in bureau-model, commission-driven speaker representation, although its roster skews higher-end and less faith-based than Catholic Speakers.
• BigSpeak Speakers Bureau: BigSpeak is a full-service speakers bureau representing thousands of speakers across categories, using a commission-based model on speaking fees — directly comparable in marketplace structure and economics to Catholic Speakers, but without the Catholic-niche specialization.
• National Speakers Bureau: National Speakers Bureau is a long-established North American speakers bureau offering curated speaker profiles and booking services for corporate and association events — overlapping the bureau business model and target customer (event organizers) with Catholic Speakers.
• All American Speakers Bureau: One of the largest general speakers bureaus in North America, offering booking services for keynote speakers, athletes, and celebrities using a comparable commission model and self-serve browse-and-request platform like Catholic Speakers.

Emerging players

• Capterra Entertainment / Whova: Whova is an event management platform popular with association, nonprofit, and conference organizers, providing registration, virtual event delivery, and community engagement. Comparable as an emerging event-platform alternative with strong penetration into faith-based and nonprofit conferences that Catholic Speakers also targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/speakcatholic
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCb1UrnTLzQYAUjUq54BgP-Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/CatholicSpeakers
• Instagraminstagram.com/catholicspeakers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/catholic-speakers-organization

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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