What to do with that invitation?

I get invitations to speak every now and then; the actual invitation can be minimally informative at first. I might only learn the location, time, and a link to the website, which is not enough for me to provide an answer.

In order to be more consistent and considerate in how I approach invitations, I am trying to (semi-)standardize the questions I ask. I might even have sent you this blog as a result of an invitation you sent me (thanks for reading 🙌🏻).

Here’s a few questions I’d like to know the answers to if you’re inviting me - if any questions are not applicable, let me know too, please. If anything is unclear, let me know as I am keen on learning based on feedback.

Conference details

Invitation details

Logistics

I understand these 14 questions might seem like a lot - I'd rather ask these up front than to have an email thread fourteen messages long 😊

Big shoutout to Heidi Seibold , Bianca Kramer , Abby Cabunoc Mayes , Daan Rutten , Marko Schmitt , Cathleen Berger , Willem Frankenhuis , and Jeroen Bosman for helping me build this list of questions 💜