Reach for the Stars (Bring Your Wallet)

I know this is going to sound funny, but I’m absolutely serious. I have spent time poring over the stables of motivational speakers that can be hired to give talks at events. I think it is so cool that if you have enough money, you can have just about anybody come and talk to you, and you can find them by going through the listings of who’s available from various management agencies. They are expensive – Donald Trump probably wants a million or more, I’d bet – but they will come if you have the cash! I noticed that Bill Nye’s fee is $20k-30k…it might be an interesting school project to do a fundraiser to bring him in to talk to a science class. And you can get Al Franken for as low as $30k, though Hilary Swank and David Spade won’t come visit for less than $50k. But seriously, how cool is it that for the right price you can meet Sir George Martin or Jon Stewart?