Speaking

Speak at BABS 2027

September 15–17, 2027 in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX. One room, 300 business owners, no breakout tracks to hide in. If you are on this stage, every person at the summit is watching you.

What gets you on the stage

You run a real business

Our speakers teach what they actually do. Not what they read. If your business is speaking about business, this is a harder sell.

Your session maps to a pillar

Everything on this agenda ladders into one of three things. Tell us which one yours is, and be honest about it.

People leave with something

A tool, a plan, a page they filled in. If your session ends with inspiration and nothing written down, it is not for this room.

Become the Obvious Choice. Make it easier for the right people to understand your value.

Build Your Opportunity Engine. Give your relationships a direction.

Grow Beyond Your Ceiling. Make room for your next stage.

What the pillars mean

The deal, before you spend ten minutes on this

We do not pay speakers. No fee, no honorarium.
We do not cover travel or hotel. Getting to Dallas-Fort Worth and putting yourself up is on you.
There is no selling from the stage. No offer at the end, no QR code to your checkout, no "see me at the back for the bundle".
If you sell from the stage, we cut the mic. That is not a figure of speech.
Speaking does not come with a ticket. If you want the rest of the summit, you buy a seat like everyone else.

What you get is 300 business owners in one room watching you teach, and the kind of relationships that come from being useful to them. If that is not enough on its own, this is not your stage.

The application

It asks for more than most. That is deliberate. We would rather read twenty serious applications than two hundred copy-pasted ones.

Have your headshot and two links of you actually speaking ready before you start.

Leave this empty:

You Full name * Email * Mobile * Business name * What does your business actually do, and what is your role in it? * Website * LinkedIn *

Your session Session title * Which pillar does it serve? * Format * What is the session, and how does it run? * What does someone walk out with? *

Proof Short bio, 150 words or less * Headshot * A real photo, 1000px or wider. No logos, no slides.

Two links of you speaking on video *

We watch these. Full sessions beat sizzle reels, and phone footage from the back of a room is fine. What we are looking for is how you hold a room, not your editor.

Video link 1 * Video link 2 * Anything we should know about those recordings

Two references who have put you on their stage *

We call these. Organisers who booked you and would book you again. Not clients, not your business partner, not someone who saw you once.

Reference 1 name * Their event or organisation * Their email * Their phone *

Reference 2 name * Their event or organisation * Their email * Their phone *

A few straight questions Have you been to BABS before? * Were you hoping to promote or sell something from the stage? * I understand there is no fee, no travel covered, no ticket included, and no selling from the stage. * How would you promote your session to your own audience? * Anything else we should know

We read every one. If your session is a fit you will hear from us; if the stage is already full we will say that too.