Having a trained and supported speakers bureau—including parents, youth, and professionals—to share their stories, provide expertise, and offer inspiring personal perspectives is a valuable tool for states and local jurisdictions.
AdoptUSKids has been supporting a successful speakers bureau whose members regularly participate in media interviews and speaking engagements for more than 10 years. In this guide, we share what we’ve learned and tools we’ve developed that you can modify and replicate.
Year published: 2022
View the guide
Guide to Creating a Speakers Bureau (4.50 MB PDF)
Download the guide and companion resources all in one place, or see the individual documents below.
Resources to replicate and customize
Templates
- Getting started program planning sheet
- Goals, objectives, and tactics planning sheet
- Family media narrative
- Youth and young adult media narrative
- Professional spokesperson media narrative
- Certificate of completion
Applications and consent forms
- Application form for families
- Application form for youth and young adults
- Application form for professionals
- Consent form (Microsoft Word) or (PDF)
Sample correspondence and spokesperson narratives
- Email correspondence examples
- Family media narrative example
- Youth and young adult media narrative example
- Professional media narrative example
Media training publications
- For professionals: “AdoptUSKids Media Training: A Guide to Training Your Spokespeople”
- To share with families: “AdoptUSKids Speakers Bureau Media Guide”
