About us

Speakers Academy® represents the most influential experts and authorities in the world. Together with our speakers, we create meaningful and innovative stories for our Dutch and international clients and their audiences. Stories that need to be told. This is how we fulfill our mission every day: ‘Bringing Knowledge to the World’.

Mission and Vision

Speakers Academy exists to bring knowledge to the world. We connect speakers with events and bring people together around ideas that matter. An idea only becomes powerful when it is shared. That’s why we make every meeting a moment of inspiration, awareness, and genuine collaboration.

Our vision is as simple as it is ambitious. We aim to create unforgettable experiences. We do this by connecting our clients with the sharpest thinkers, the latest pioneers, and the most inspiring people of our time. We intentionally work only with high-level speakers. Their stories touch, stimulate, and make people think.

Core Values

In everything we do, integrity and quality come first, with people taking center stage. We believe in the power of diversity. For us, it’s the story that counts, not someone’s background, age, sexuality, gender, faith, or status.

Transparency and openness form the foundation of every collaboration. We say what we do and do what we say. This is how we build relationships that last for years, with our speakers and with our clients.

Why Speakers Academy

We have been the market leader since 1997 and know exactly how to match the right speaker to the right stage. In almost thirty years, we have helped more than 50,000 satisfied clients in the Netherlands. Our access to over 25,000 speakers worldwide means there is a suitable name for every theme, every audience, and every budget. Speakers from our network have already taken the stage in 69 countries.

Pioneering is in our DNA. In 1999, we launched Europe’s first online speakers bureau, and in 2004, the world’s first speakers’ magazine, ACADEMY®. This lead translates into the quality that clients see time and again, with an average rating of 9.2. Some speakers have been working with us for over 25 years. That says enough about the way we maintain relationships.