The Hard Part Isn’t Having Expertise.
The hard part is:Â
- how to package their expertise
- how to position a speaking topic
- how to get booked
- how to monetize speaking
- how to promote themselves without feeling performative
- and how to turn years of education and experience into something scalableÂ
Expertise stays trapped inside:
- sessions
- overloaded schedules
- or “someday” ideas that never become real
Without a plan, your knowledge remains contained, like seeds without a garden to grow in.Â
What Happens If You Never Create a Paid Public Speaking Business Plan
This isn’t just about becoming a speaker.
It’s about whether the transformational wisdom inside you stays limited to the people sitting across from you, or reaches the rooms, leaders, churches, organizations, and communities that need to hear it.
Every year you wait:
- opportunities to share pass you by
- your expertise reaches fewer people than it could
- your impact stays smaller than it has to be
- and your income remains tied only to your shrinking time availabilityÂ
The goal is not fame.
The goal is stewardship and building on a framework that allows your experience, education, and message to continue helping people beyond one-to-one work.
What You’ll Build During This Workshop
Leave with more than inspiration. Leave with a practical plan for building a paid public speaking platform around the expertise you already have.
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Skills you Walk Away With:Â
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A speaking topic you can clearly talk about and build around
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A better understanding of who your message is actually for
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A practical plan for turning your expertise into paid speaking opportunities
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Clear next steps for getting booked and putting yourself out there
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Ideas for how speaking can create additional income without adding more one-to-one hours
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Simple tools and systems to help you start building your platform
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A workbook you can continue using after the workshop instead of leaving with a pile of notes
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More clarity, direction, and confidence around what to do next
Come to the workshop wondering where to start and leave knowing what to build next.Â
Bonus Resources
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Access to the Unpause Playbook to reignite your passion
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A Speaker One Page Introduction PDFÂ
Built by People Already Doing the Work.
Meet Your Teacher
Dustin Rivenbark is a speaker, coach, ministry leader, and podcaster who helps people clarify their message and develop speaking platforms around the work they feel called to share. Drawing from his experience on stage, behind the microphone, and within the AACC network, Dustin offers practical guidance for turning knowledge, passion, and purpose into meaningful speaking opportunities.
You do not need to become someone different to begin building a speaking platform.
You simply need structure, guidance, and a plan.Â
Start Your Paid Public Speaking Journey
Show up with what you’re working on
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Bring the exact page, idea, or problem you’re stuck on
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Share your screen or explain where things feel unclear
Share where things are stuck or unclear
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You get focused time (about 8–10 minutes) to share
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We ask questions, give input, and help you plan
Start the next step with support and accountability
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You walk away knowing exactly what to do next
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Clarity for the next step to keep things moving
This is for you if:
- You already have expertise, experience, or a message you know could help more people.
- You have thought about speaking before, but never had a clear plan for how to get booked or get paid.
- You want to expand your impact beyond one-to-one work without losing the heart behind what you do.
- You are ready to turn your expertise into a real speaking platform instead of leaving it as a future idea.
This Is Not for You If:
- You are looking for internet fame, quick money, or a shortcut to influence.
- You want perfection instead of messy progress.
- You are unwilling to put structure, consistency, and action behind your message.
- You want someone else to build your platform for you without your involvement.
