Speak or Treat 2026 · Saturday, October 31 · 9 AM – 5 PM (doors open 8 AM) · South Bend, IN. A one-day leadership summit for school and business decision-makers from Northern Indiana & SW Michigan, with a keynote by David PowerTalk. We're choosing a group of speakers and coaches for 20-minute slots on the main stage. Coaches: this is a room full of the leaders who hire you.
In front of principals, superintendents, HR directors, chamber leaders and business owners, the people who book speakers and coaches.
Pro photos for every speaker, and pro video from Pitch + Booth up. Real footage for your speaker reel.
Your profile on SpeakOrTreat.com, the attendee list after the event, and booths for all-day networking on higher tiers.
Speakers, coaches, trainers and consultants who help schools and businesses. Practical, story-driven, and useful on Monday morning. See the 8 tracks and example talks →
Coaches: leadership, executive, business, life, wellness and performance coaches: show the room how you work in 20 minutes, then book discovery calls at your booth.
VIP and Headliner speakers become Founding Speakers: speak free at every Speak or Treat and Birthday Breakthrough, every year.
Speakers and coaches can attend free as a Speaker Guest. You're recognized as one of the speaker community at check-in, and you can promote yourself all day: meet the leaders who book speakers and coaches, hand out your cards, talk shop with and learn from the other speakers and coaches, including keynote David PowerTalk, who mentors speakers, and learn from the stage. You don't get a speaking slot. Plenty of next year's speakers will be this year's Speaker Guests.
A free WOW University summit to help people build on what's buried in the ashes before 2027. Eight speaker slots, pre-recorded sessions you deliver on your own time, then join the live Q&A. Applications close November 15.