Speaking Topics Generator
Know what you would say
before anyone asks.
The experts who get booked are the ones who already know their angles. Answer five questions and walk away with a signature talk, a podcast sweet spot, and five additional topic directions — each with a title and the argument behind it.
Context Optional
Paste your Expertise Inventory or Origin Story output here for more specific topic angles.
If you have completed Phase 01 tools, copy and paste the text from your results. The topics will be built from your actual expertise map, not just what you summarize below. You can skip this and proceed without it.
Question 1 of 5
What is your area of expertise, and who is the audience you most want to speak to?
Be specific about both. Not just your field — the specific angle you hold within it. Not just "professionals" — the room, the moment, the type of audience where your work lands best.
Question 2 of 5
What do you believe about your field that most people — including experts — still get wrong?
This is where the bookable topic lives. Not a summary of what you do. The specific disagreement you have with conventional thinking in your field. The thing that would make a colleague raise an eyebrow or a conference organizer lean forward.
Question 3 of 5
What does someone's work or life look like differently after engaging with your ideas?
Not the process. The after. What decisions do they make differently? What do they stop doing? What do they finally see clearly? This is the transformation your talks should promise and deliver.
Question 4 of 5
What questions or themes come up repeatedly in your work with clients or audiences?
The questions people keep asking you reveal what they need most from you. Think about the conversations that repeat, the problems people bring you, the things clients say before they understand what you understand.
Question 5 of 5
What formats are you pursuing — and is there anything you want to avoid?
Keynotes, breakout sessions, podcast guesting, corporate trainings, academic conferences, workshops? Are there formats that excite you or ones that drain you? This shapes how the topics are framed and pitched.
Speaking Topics Generator
Seven angles. All yours.
A signature talk, a podcast sweet spot, and five more directions. Use them to pitch, to plan, to show up prepared.
How to use these topics
- Your Signature Talk — This is the talk to lead with. Build it out first. The title and argument here are strong enough to pitch to conference organizers, corporate bookers, and podcast hosts. Use it on your website's speaking page as your flagship offer.
- Your Podcast Sweet Spot — This is the angle that converts best for podcast guesting. It is specific enough to be interesting, accessible enough for a broad audience, and positions you clearly within the first two minutes. Use it as your default pitch when cold-outreaching shows.
- Additional Topics — These are angles to rotate through, test with audiences, and use to pitch a range of events. A conference organizer looking at your one-sheet wants to see breadth. These give you that.
- The Argument Matters as Much as the Title — Every topic here includes the core argument. That is what gets you booked. A title without a clear point of view is forgettable. A title plus a specific, defensible claim tells a booker exactly what their audience will walk away with.
- Take it to an AI tool — Upload this PDF alongside your Bio Generator output and prompt Claude or ChatGPT to write a one-sheet for speaking, a cold pitch email to a podcast host, or a speaking page for your website. Your topics and bios together become a complete pitch kit.