My fees reflect the popularity and quality of my talks. They also reflect the hours of preparation that goes into producing the photographs and text for the 50-70 'slides' used in the presentation, the investment in audio/video equipment and the background research.
Fees
Fees are related to audience size, which are linked to the host association's Zoom licence:
- Up to 100 in attendance – £125
- Between 100 and 300 in attendance – £250
- Over 300 – by arrangement in advance
The fees above are for evening talks. Daytime or weekend talks are 20% more as these significantly restrict me doing anything else on the day.
I honour the fee applicable on the date the talk is confirmed as booked.
Fees are reviewed annually.
Important: talks cancelled within 6 weeks of an agreed and confirmed date will be invoiced as I will be unlikely to get an alternate booking; most associations tend to book 6–12 months in advance. If I am unavailable at short notice (which has happened once in 5 years due to a 48-hour power outage) I will rearrange the talk at the earliest mutually convenient time.
I'm happy to talk to overseas beekeeping associations by arrangement, but please remember that my time zone is GMT (5 hours ahead of New York, 8 hours ahead of Vancouver).
I can hold a date/week as provisional for a week or two while you finalise things with your association. However, more than a fortnight and I reserve the right to offer it to another association if requested.
Talks to multiple associations
To help smaller associations, I am happy for them to invite a neighbouring association and so increase the size of the audience and share the costs of running the talk. This helps avoid the anomaly where large (so presumably better-funded) associations were paying significantly less per head for attendees at a talk.
If you want to invite a neighbouring association, please ask me in advance (some talks have content customised to a particular location). It makes everyone's life easier if one association issues the invitation, sends out the Zoom link and pays the invoice.
Recordings
Since some association members may not be able to attend 'on the night' I am happy for talks to be recorded subject to the following restrictions;
- recordings are not shared or accessible on a public website and must only be viewable within a 'restricted' (i.e. password protected) area of the host's association website. For simplicity – and to encourage associations to host talks and audiences to attend – if the presentation is to one or more neighbouring associations, then only the host association can distribute the recording.
- recordings are taken down within one calendar year after the date of the talk. Some content may be time-sensitive (e.g. VMD-approved miticides) and I want the presentation you watch to be current and relevant. I would also like to be invited again sometime in the future.
Slides, handouts, PDF's
I do not provide digital copies of the presentation as Keynote, PowerPoint, or PDF format. My 'slides' contain animations, overlays, videos, and my shorthand notes that ensure I cover all the points I want to in the presentation. They look polished from your side of the screen, not from mine 😄.
Invoices
I will invoice you following the talk. Payment by BACS only.