--- title: "A public speaking coach and the ELC stage for your engineer" description: "One engineer, one real story: an ELC meetup slot from €1,000, a public speaking coach, a blog or podcast feature, conference abstracts. Full programme €3,300." url: "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/reach/speaker-program/" lang: "en" image: "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/gallery/cfp/og-speaker-program.webp" --- ![Yurko from Apify speaking with a microphone at ELC meetup #43 at Apify, the Engineering Leaders Community roll-up behind him, the stage a public speaking coach prepares your engineer for](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/meetup-43-apify-yurko-stage.BRM-zR-v_iFh2q.avif) ELC Speaker Programme # A public speaking coach and the ELC stage for _your engineer_ . One speaker, one real story from your work. A slot at an ELC meetup, 120+ registrations at a typical one, and the steps that make a first-time speaker good: the story, the dry run, the write-up, the next stage. From €1,000 for the stage, €3,300 for the whole programme, ex VAT. Prices as of 20 October 2026. Every euro credited against a company membership signed within 90 days. [Build the programme](#ladder)[Submit your talk](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/cfp/) ![Jan Vrtiška mid-sentence with a microphone and an outstretched hand on the ELC meetup #43 stage at Apify](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/meetup-43-apify-speaker-close.DmIaOoCD_Z1eO5lz.avif)![A speaker in a black blazer gesturing mid-talk on the ELC Conference stage in front of the Engineering Leaders banner](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/conference-26-speaker-elc-banner.itMfdpI4_1heS2t.avif)![The full room at ELC meetup #43 at the Apify office in Prague, long tables of engineering leaders facing the screen](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/meetup-43-apify-room-wide.BfVsrxHu_259xp9.avif) ELC stages: meetup #43 at Apify, Prague, 14 October 2026, and the ELC Conference main stage. ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/wash_magenta.DTgAYpGJ_Z2rzXbl.webp) ## Stage first. Add what _your speaker needs_ . Switch the steps on and off; the price follows. Take the stage alone, add one step, or take the whole ladder at €3,300 instead of €3,650. ![A speaker with a microphone on the stage of ELC meetup #43 at Apify, the room in front of him](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/meetup-43-apify-speaker-close.DmIaOoCD_Z1eO5lz.avif) 01 · always in Stage. The entry rung, always in. A slot at one ELC meetup on an agreed date, 120+ registrations at a typical one. One session with ELC to tune the topic and the arc of the talk. - LinkedIn, photos and video, included. The announcement with your speaker's face and your logo, pro photos and the recorded talk, delivered to you for your own channels. - ELC Speakers Club, included. Membership after the talk: first call for the conference main stage, the speakers' Slack and the yearly boat on the Vltava. €1,000 ![Five engineering leaders laughing over worksheets at an ELC working session, the kind of session that shapes a talk](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/icebreakers-workshop-table.D2YhHzph_ZP5DCO.avif) 02 Story Two working sessions: pick the topic the room wants, build the storyline, review the slides. +€300 ![A one-to-one at the Mentoring Zone table of the ELC Conference, the setting of the dry run with the public speaking coach](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/hire-cz-intro.C1PVUjlw_Z20mWuk.avif) 03 Public speaking coach A one-to-one and a dry run with the ELC public speaking coach, two weeks before the night. Nerves get rehearsed out, not managed on stage. +€650 ![Two tripod cameras and a videographer behind a smiling ELC meetup audience, the recording that becomes the clip and the write-up](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/after-the-meetup-video.CsIUL6uv_3Wg5F.avif) 04 Amplify A blog post on engineeringleaders.io written from the talk, or a guest segment in an ELC podcast episode. +€1,200 ![A packed conference room with a speaker in front of the giant ELC Conference screen, the stage the conference abstracts aim at](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/conference-25-main-stage-room.CKPUpmWK_1SUal2.avif) 05 Beyond ELC Three CFP abstracts written with your speaker, one of them for the ELC Conference, pitched to two or three outside conferences. Placement outside ELC is not guaranteed. +€500 Your programme €1,000 ex VAT, one speaker Stage only. All five steps: the full programme at €3,300 instead of €3,650. [Book the stage](https://www.elc.space/meet-marian?item=speaker-development)Take the whole programme One item on the reach menu whatever you take, credited in full against a company membership within 90 days. The number that binds is the one on Marian’s offer after the call. ## The room your speaker _walks into_ 125 confirmed registrations per meetup, median Measured in Luma across the public meetups #30 to #43. Registrations, never a head count. 40+ meetups since 2019 Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków. The same launch and close runner every month, so the room is there before your speaker is. 80 speakers on an ELC stage so far Most of them first-time or second-time speakers. The ELC Conference main stage looks at this group first. All of them are in [the ELC Speakers Club](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/speakers/). ## Your speakers and your brand on the same stage as _theirs_ Speakers on the ELC stage have built at: - ![SpaceX](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/spacex.toTZT08G_6V5tY.svg) ![David Pavlik](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/david-pavlik.DpvnjdmV_Z2pNm1W.webp) David Pavlik CTO, Rohlik Group · ex-SpaceX - ![Superhuman](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/logo-superhuman.B_h2Tuhy_nlD0M.webp) ![Rizwan Iqbal](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/rizwan-iqbal.DgYEC8uH_14Sjb.webp) Rizwan Iqbal Director of Engineering, Superhuman - ![Netflix](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/netflix.BB4a_TH-_ZUKGCb.webp) ![Michal Matyjek](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/michal-matyjek.7d837Vx4_ZXYkqR.webp) Michal Matyjek Sr. Engineering Manager, Netflix - ![Stripe](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/stripe.DdFVKURA_ZvMFke.webp) ![Aleodor Tabarcea](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/aleodor-tabarcea.Ct2W2QnD_nH0xF.webp) Aleodor Tabarcea Engineering Manager, Stripe - ![Meta](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/meta.B_tURmJH_Z1ks6tw.webp) ![David Teodorescu](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/david-teodorescu.D5zOoEfY_1UG66P.webp) David Teodorescu Senior Product Designer, Meta - ![Microsoft](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/logo-microsoft.BDNs2aTI_Z17QJYS.webp) ![Vojta Vondra](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/vojta-vondra.wFazK5Bj_15S1zu.webp) Vojta Vondra Partner Director of Engineering, Microsoft - ![Financial Times](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/logo-financial-times.ByeBcWhV_Z1boqhh.webp) ![Tatiana Stantonian](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/tatiana-stantonian.kBOjxVvv_8tmKy.webp) Tatiana Stantonian Principal Engineer, Financial Times - ![Apify](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/logo-apify.DJiVzsbD_bEWJv.webp) ![Jan Zenisek](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/jan-zenisek.DN49bD0k_nFBV4.webp) Jan Zenisek VP of Product, Apify [ELC Speakers Club](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/speakers/)[See the 2026 speakers](https://www.elc-conference.io/speakers)[Photo gallery](https://elc-conference.io/gallery/)[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@engineeringleaders/videos) ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/wash_cream.DCbhxDyY_ZnAgRz.webp) ![The full room of ELC meetup #43 at Apify from the back, the Apify roll-up by the stage and a camera on a tripod recording the talk](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/meetup-43-apify-room.BsCOeIRc_1NimbI.avif) ## Who it is _for_ - A new engineering manager with one strong story and stage fright - Your first employer branding speaker, before a full year of visibility - A senior engineer building a public profile ahead of a promotion case > “Public speaking is my biggest fear. So I did it twice.” > > A backend engineering manager at a Prague software studio, two months into the role, wrote that on LinkedIn in October 2026. > > - CoachThe fear was real and the nerves were real. A dry run two weeks out is where that gets rehearsed, not on the night. > - StoryHe had one topic he lived every day: how AI had reshaped the way his team builds software. One real story beats three borrowed ones. > - StageTwo rooms, Brno and Prague. What he remembered afterwards was not the talk but the conversations it started. > - BeyondHis company started its own speakers programme the same month. One engineer on a stage tends to pull the next one up. ## From the call to _the night_ 2 months end to end. Your side of it: one engineer with a real story, a yes on the date, and the talk description approved by the speaker. 1. Week 1 A call with Marian: the story your speaker has, the date, which rungs you take. The offer lands in your inbox the same day. 2. Weeks 2 to 4 Story sessions, if taken: the topic the room wants, the storyline, the slide review. Title and abstract go on Luma; your speaker approves their own talk description. 3. Week 5 The announcement: face, first name and your logo on Luma, Meetup.com, LinkedIn and the ELC web card. Members see it first, the public four days later. 4. Two weeks before The dry run with the public speaking coach, if taken. Slides locked 48 hours before the night. 5. The night Two talks, a break, Q&A opened by pre-submitted questions. 120+ registrations at a typical meetup. A photographer and a camera in the room. 6. Two weeks after Photos, the recorded talk and a 60-second clip delivered to you. The speaker pack and the Speakers Club welcome. Blog post or podcast segment, and the conference abstracts, if taken. ![](https://www.engineeringleaders.io/_astro/wash_magenta.DTgAYpGJ_Z2rzXbl.webp) ## Questions about the _speaker programme_ Why pay when the call for speakers is free? The call for speakers at /cfp/ is for a person applying on their own: the topic competes for a slot and takes the date where it fits the programme. The programme on this page is for a company sending a speaker: a guaranteed slot on an agreed date, you pick the engineer, ELC shapes the topic with them, and the photos, the video and a company-framed LinkedIn post come back to you for your own channels. Same stage, same bar for the talk, different buyer. Is a slot at an outside conference guaranteed? No. Beyond ELC writes three abstracts with your speaker, one of them for the ELC Conference call for speakers, and pitches them to two or three outside conferences. ELC does not sit on another organiser’s selection committee, so placement there is not promised. The ELC meetup slot and the coaching are. Who is the public speaking coach? Shaun Dudley, the public speaking and stage presence coach on the ELC mentor roster. The rung is a one-to-one and a dry run two weeks before the night, scheduled and prepared with your speaker. How far ahead do we need to book, and for how many speakers? 2 months from the call to the night, because the launch runner starts 30 days before and the story sessions sit before that. One programme covers one speaker; a second speaker is a second Stage rung. What happens to the money if we take a company membership later? Every euro of it is credited against a company membership signed within 90 days. The programme is one item in the one-off basket whatever rungs you take, and the full-programme price is already a bundle, so it takes no further combo discount. ## Pick the engineer. _We fill the room._ Book a call, bring the name and the story. The date and the rungs get settled on the call; the itemised offer lands in your inbox the same day. 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