School and business decision-makers from Northern Indiana & SW Michigan, the people who book speakers, trainers and coaches, in one room for one day. 20 minutes. Your mic. Your booth. Your leads. And it's all professionally filmed and photographed.
Pitch slots are limited: the day only holds so many 20-minute sessions.
Every attendee is a leader who needs what speakers and coaches sell. They're not scrolling past an ad; they're sitting in front of you.
Book assembly speakers, student-leadership programs and family nights.
Book professional-development days, staff training and district keynotes.
Hire trainers for leadership, communication, wellness and culture.
Book keynotes and breakout speakers for their events all year.
Hire coaches and consultants for their teams and themselves.
Bring in speakers and trainers for staff, volunteers and fundraisers.
Eight tracks built around what school and business leaders are dealing with right now. If you teach one of these, the room needs you.
Every speaker and coach gets a profile on the event site: your photo, what you do, the skills you teach and a booking link. Attendees see it before they arrive and come back to it after, when they're ready to book.
One line on the transformation you deliver: who you help, and what changes for them.
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The whole day is professionally filmed and photographed. For an up-and-coming speaker, that's the thing you can't buy anywhere else: real footage of you on a real stage, in front of a real room of decision-makers. It's exactly what event planners ask for before they book you.
Every speaker gets professional photos of themselves on stage, for your site, socials and speaker one-sheet.
Pitch + Booth and up: professional video of your talk, ready for your speaker reel.
"Spoke at Speak or Treat" with the footage to prove it, next to a TEDx speaker and the PowerTalk keynote.
Clips, quotes and photos you can post long after October 31.
Our first-year VIP and Headliner speakers are the founders. Every year you return free, at the same tier, to both of our mega events: Speak or Treat (October) and Birthday Breakthrough (April, starting 2027, Northwest Indiana). You also get a permanent Founding Speaker badge on SpeakOrTreat.com. Offered for the 2026 event only.
Stage-Ready Prep is a live 60-minute group coaching session on Zoom with Obet Pabon II (TEDx speaker), Thursday, Oct 22 at 7 PM Central (8 PM Eastern). We tighten your 20-minute talk, your opener and close, and the ask from the stage, and you'll hear how to keep growing with Obet's WOW community and coaching and David PowerTalk's speaker community.
Free for any speaker or coach, whether or not you book a stage slot. Save your seat:
Every slot is 20 minutes with a 5-minute changeover; only the Headliner gets 30. Sessions run morning and afternoon around a 12–1 lunch. Secure checkout by Stripe. We'll email you to confirm your topic, booth details and the balance.
Founding Speaker terms: for VIP and Headliner purchases for the 2026 event, until 2026 slots sell out or October 16, 2026. Founders speak free at the same tier at each Speak or Treat (October) and Birthday Breakthrough (April, from 2027; Northwest Indiana, dates announced ahead) for as long as the events run; confirm about 60 days before each event to hold your spot. Skip one and that event's slot is released, but you keep your founding status. Stage time follows each event's schedule.
VIP & Headliner tiers
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.
Tell us which tier you're eyeing and we'll reach out.