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Speaking Pitch Form

SMX takes pitches in two rounds: for session ideas and speaking pitches. Our Speaking At SMX page provides an overview of the entire pitch process. Please read that page before using the form below.

The form on this page allows you participate in the second round of pitching for an SMX event, the speaking pitch round. This is for SMX events that have posted an agenda. For events that DON’T have posted agendas, you need to use the session pitch form.

To increase the odds of being selected, be sure to have read the agenda for the show you are interested in. Understand what the sessions are about. Ensure that your pitch is on target to the show’s audience and the session. Please also be very specific about what you intend to cover. Speaking in generalities decreases the odds that you will be selected. Also, if you do not see a particular session listed, this is because there are no openings for that session.

Also, while the form below may allow you to pitch for every session, be selective. Submitting to many sessions suggest you haven’t taken the time to properly consider the best place for you to speak. Consider pitching for only up to three or four sessions in all. That’s not a hard-and-fast rule, but it’s good advice. If you pitch more than one session, indicate in the speaking pitch box your priority (this would be my top choice, my second choice, etc.)

Please do not contact our conference chairs directly with your pitch. Honest, this form is the best way to get your pitch in front on them.

If you’re accepted to speak, you’ll receive a pass to the entire SMX event. Travel and accommodation are not provided. We do try to notify everyone using this form if they have been accepted or rejected as a speaker, usually a month prior to when the event actually happens.

Also be sure to watch the SMX Blog. If there’s late-breaking news about session or speaker pitch instructions, this is how we let people know.

We’re now asking that submissions come directly from the person making the pitch, in their name, with their email address. If you’re a PR person or firm, you can work with the speaker to help them craft the submission. You can even fill out the form on their behalf, as long as they have reviewed the submission.

We have this policy because we’ve found that the best pitches come when speakers themselves make a submission. We’ve also found that the majority of bad pitches have come from PR people who blindly pitch ideas without reviewing our guidelines. In some cases, they’ve not even consulted with a potential speaker at all on the pitch.

No form below? Then we are not currently accepting speaking pitches for any SMX event. Please check back or watch the SMX Blog for news about when we accepting pitches. Typically, we ask for pitches about 2-3 months before an event.