The Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness

by David J. Rendall

The same is true in the speaking business. Statistics from the National Speakers Association show that the top 3 percent of speakers earn more than $10,000 per presentation, and the top 40 percent earn more than $5,000 per speech.

Those are very interesting numbers - I've never seen a quantitative ballpark figure like that.