virtual keynotesThe organiser’s guide
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Your complete virtual keynote planner

Your complete guide from event idea to speaker shortlist. Build your brief, plan the session and choose the help you want to find your speaker.

No sign-up. Entries stay on this page. Download before leaving.

Let’s plan your virtual keynote

At the end: your ready-to-use keynote plan.

A speaker brief, topic and speaker profiles, timing options, a running order, and an enquiry draft with sourcing links.

Yours to download
  1. AudienceWho is your audience?
  2. ChallengeWhat needs to change?
  3. Time & placeWhere and when?
  4. TopicChoose a talk angle
  5. FormatShape the experience
  6. Fee & sourcingSet your route
  7. Your shortlistChoose your next step

Step 1 of 7 · Your audience

Follow the highlighted step. Use Back to refine an answer; the candidate comparison is optional.

Who is your audience?

Start with your audience. That’s all we need for now.

Open the dropdown and choose the closest match. You can refine your brief later.

What should this keynote help them with?

Where and when will people join?

Audience locations — select at least one

Choose a direction for the talk

Based on your selected challenge, choose a starting angle. You can refine the central question below.

Shape the virtual experience

Set the speaker brief and sourcing route

No enquiry is sent. Your final plan includes a message you can adapt and links you can choose to visit.

How would you like to build your shortlist?

Would you like a hand finding the right speaker?

Choose the help you want. After reviewing your plan, you can open a prepared email request. Nothing is sent automatically; availability, fees and any support arrangements need to be agreed.

Already have speakers in mind? Check them here (optional)

Add up to three candidates or leave this section blank.

Your essential requirements
Candidate 1
Candidate 2
Candidate 3

What you will leave with

A topic direction, suggested speaker profiles, a complete brief, session timing options, a running order, questions to ask and a ready-to-adapt enquiry message. Answer seven short stages; go back to refine anything. The suggestions come from editorial planning rules, not live speaker matching. No personal contact details are required.