NO FLUFF FEST āvirtual FRINGEā
REGISTER NOWWe've been blown away - sessions for 2025 are now FULL! Thank you!
If you are interested in speaking at No Fluff Fest or Virtual Fringe, you can still apply but sadly it won't make it into the Jan2025 agenda.
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NO FLUFF FEST āVIRTUAL FRINGEā
APPLY NOWEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT APPLYING TO SPEAK AT NO FLUFF FEST āVIRTUAL FRINGEā
Are you keen to speak at No Fluff Fest? š¤©
If so, we want to say thank you! It genuinely means the world to us that you want to grace our stage and share your knowledge.
The majority of our speaker line-up is hand-picked and personally invited, but we are constantly on the lookout for speakers we donāt yet know, and weād love to find new and exciting speakers through our official application process.
While weāre super appreciative of all the applications we receive from potential speakers like you, we cannot accommodate everyone on the day, so we will have Virtual Fringe sessions.
We also want to make sure that youāre clear on exactly what weāre looking for in an No Fluff Fest Virtual Fringe speaker.
We do have strict criteria about who speaks, and we have these criteria not because weāre big shots (we promise!) but because itās our duty to put on the best event possible for our attendees.
Thatās why we make sure our speakers have all six criteria below.
Some will be stronger than others, but all will be present.
So before you apply, please read the below and try to demonstrate you have these criteria in your application.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT APPLYING TO SPEAK AT NO FLUFF FEST āVIRTUAL FRINGEā
Are you keen to speak at No Fluff Fest? š¤©
If so, we want to say thank you! It genuinely means the world to us that you want to grace our stage and share your knowledge.
The majority of our speaker line-up is hand-picked and personally invited, but we are constantly on the lookout for speakers we donāt yet know, and weād love to find new and exciting speakers through our official application process.
While weāre super appreciative of all the applications we receive from potential speakers like you, we cannot accommodate everyone on the day, so we will have Virtual Fringe sessions.
We also want to make sure that youāre clear on exactly what weāre looking for in an No Fluff Fest Virtual Fringe speaker.
We do have strict criteria about who speaks, and we have these criteria not because weāre big shots (we promise!) but because itās our duty to put on the best event possible for our attendees.
Thatās why we make sure our speakers have all six criteria below.
Some will be stronger than others, but all will be present.
So before you apply, please read the below and try to demonstrate you have these criteria in your application.
WE ARE FULL FOR '25 BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED FOR '26, LET US KNOW!
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1. YOUR TALK IS ABOUT SALES OR MARKETING FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT
No Fluff Fest is a sales and marketing conference for schools and education agents & consultants; therefore, the majority of talks should be about sales and marketing in order to increase admissions.
We do sometimes have slots that are focused on a broader topic, such as mindset, leadership, etc.
We know that business success isnāt only down to sales and marketing. However, if youāre pitching this kind of session, itās much less likely to be accepted ā only because we have fewer slots available.
Likewise, if your topic feels like itās more applicable to non-education based businesses, we wonāt select it.
Talks geared towards a corporate audience or featuring too many examples from Apple or Disney etc arenāt what weāre looking for.
Weāre sure your talk is brilliant, but our audience wants to see exactly how to improve their student recruitment, and they need to relate to the talk and examples.
1. YOUR TALK IS ABOUT SALES OR MARKETING FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT
No Fluff Fest is a sales and marketing conference for schools and education agents & consultants; therefore, the majority of talks should be about sales and marketing in order to increase admissions.
We do sometimes have slots that are focused on a broader topic, such as mindset, leadership, etc.
We know that business success isnāt only down to sales and marketing. However, if youāre pitching this kind of session, itās much less likely to be accepted ā only because we have fewer slots available.
Likewise, if your topic feels like itās more applicable to non-education based businesses, we wonāt select it.
Talks geared towards a corporate audience or featuring too many examples from Apple or Disney etc arenāt what weāre looking for.
Weāre sure your talk is brilliant, but our audience wants to see exactly how to improve their student recruitment, and they need to relate to the talk and examples.
2. YOUāRE AN ENGAGING AND CONFIDENT SPEAKER
No Fluff Fest and the Virtual Fringe is a fun event, as well as hyper useful, and so we are looking for engaging, experienced and confident speakers who are super comfortable taking the stage.
If we havenāt seen you speak before, we will ask to see a video of you speaking to a crowd.
Ideally this will have been taken at another conference/event so we can see what your stage presence is like.
The recording does not need to be good quality ā a Nokia 3310 at the back of a room will suffice.
2. YOUāRE AN ENGAGING AND CONFIDENT SPEAKER
Ā No Fluff Fest and the Virtual Fringe is a fun event, as well as hyper useful, and so we are looking for engaging, experienced and confident speakers who are super comfortable taking the stage.
If we havenāt seen you speak before, we will ask to see a video of you speaking to a crowd.
Ideally this will have been taken at another conference/event so we can see what your stage presence is like.
The recording does not need to be good quality ā a Nokia 3310 at the back of a room will suffice.
3. YOUāRE A CONTENT CREATOR ON THE SOCIALS
Here are three reasons why we want speakers who create consistently good contentā¦
1. It proves you know your stuff, love what you do, and make what you do accessible to your audience. All things we look for in our speakers!
2. People will Google the line-up, and we want good hits coming up! Our audience gets so excited about the NO FLUFF FEST speakers because they regularly listen to the speakerās podcast, read their blog, watch their YouTube videos or follow them on social media.
3. If youāve grown an audience of people who would love to see you on stage at NO FLUFF FEST, thatās perfect for us as event promoters!
3. YOUāRE A CONTENT CREATOR ON THE SOCIALS
Here are three reasons why we want speakers who create consistently good contentā¦
1. It proves you know your stuff, love what you do, and make what you do accessible to your audience. All things we look for in our speakers!
2. People will Google the line-up, and we want good hits coming up! Our audience gets so excited about the NO FLUFF FEST speakers because they regularly listen to the speakerās podcast, read their blog, watch their YouTube videos or follow them on social media.
3. If youāve grown an audience of people who would love to see you on stage at NO FLUFF FEST, thatās perfect for us as event promoters!
4. A SESSION WITH A TO-DO LIST
No Fluff Fest is a transformational event. We value highly practical sessions that offer attendees new information they can apply immediately to increase enquiries and admissions. Same with the Fringe.
Ultimately, the sessions we run at No Fluff Fest and Virtual Fringe need to result in the delegates having a āto do listā, we want content that wows our audience and makes them say, āIāve never thought of it like that before!ā
Does it have to be completely brand new? No. But it does have to have an original slant, some new way of thinking or go against the grain. Thatās the stuff weāre really interested in!
4. A SESSION WITH A TO-DO LIST
No Fluff Fest is a transformational event. We value highly practical sessions that offer attendees new information they can apply immediately to increase enquiries and admissions. Same with the Virtual Fringe.
Ultimately, the sessions we run at No Fluff Fest and Virtual Fringe need to result in the delegates having a āto do listā, we want content that wows our audience and makes them say, āIāve never thought of it like that before!ā
Does it have to be completely brand new? No. But it does have to have an original slant, some new way of thinking or go against the grain. Thatās the stuff weāre really interested in!
5. NO PITCHING!
We have a āno pitchā rule for No Fluff Fest and Virtual Fringe sessions, this is not the space for you to promote your services, unless you are a key sponsor, in which case weāll have spoken about this already!
No pushing your school or services in the session, just adding value and actionable-takeaways for the delegates please!
You will gain plenty of exposure from promotion to our audiences, on our social media etc and can also include one call to action on your final slide (eg. to a lead magnet, an appointment link).
Of course youāll also be tagged into our promo so donāt worry, people will be able to find you.
5. NO PITCHING!
We have a āno pitchā rule for No Fluff Fest and Virtual Fringe sessions, this is not the space for you to promote your services, unless you are a key sponsor, in which case weāll have spoken about this already!
No pushing your school or services in the session, just adding value and actionable-takeaways for the delegates please!
You will gain plenty of exposure from promotion to our audiences, on our social media etc and can also include one call to action on your final slide (eg. to a lead magnet, an appointment link).
Of course youāll also be tagged into our promo so donāt worry, people will be able to find you.
MORE CONSIDERATIONSā¦
TOPIC FIT & AGENDA LIMITATIONS
Because of the limited spaces available, there arenāt many (if any) topics which will be repeated on the No Fluff Fest Virtual Fringe agenda. We might absolutely love you to bits, and you fit perfectly, but we just do not have the slot available this year. So please donāt ever take it personally if we canāt make it work. Thereās always future years, and if we can refer you to other events ā great!
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Diversity is top of mind when it comes to deciding on our line-up. We want a broad range of diverse speakers. We want to hear from people with many different backgrounds and from different parts of the world ā who bring new and exciting ideas to our audience.
APPLY HEREMORE CONSIDERATIONSā¦
TOPIC FIT & AGENDA LIMITATIONS
Because of the limited spaces available, there arenāt many (if any) topics which will be repeated on the No Fluff Fest Virtual Fringe agenda. We might absolutely love you to bits, and you fit perfectly, but we just do not have the slot available this year. So please donāt ever take it personally if we canāt make it work. Thereās always future years, and if we can refer you to other events ā great!
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Diversity is top of mind when it comes to deciding on our line-up. We want a broad range of diverse speakers. We want to hear from people with many different backgrounds and from different parts of the world ā who bring new and exciting ideas to our audience.
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