How Talks Become Books, Boards, and Capital
How Talks Become Books, Boards, and Capital
Hosted by Listen to Her
Date: January 10th, 2026
Time: 11:00 am PST-1:00 PM
Location: Virtual (Live + Replay)
Tickets: $49–$99 | Invite-only comp for select guests
About This Event
Most people think the stage is the outcome.
It’s not.
For the most impactful speakers, a talk is just the beginning — the signal that unlocks opportunities far beyond applause:
📘 book deals
🪑 board seats
💰 capital and influence
In this live Listen to Her webinar, we’ll pull back the curtain on what we call the invisible speaker pipeline — the path most people never explain, and most women are never taught.
You’ll learn how ideas move off the stage and into rooms where decisions, funding, and leadership actually happen.
Who This Is For
This conversation is for you if you are:
A former or current TEDx speaker wondering “what now?”
A founder or executive using thought leadership to build leverage
A speaker who wants long-term outcomes, not one-off talks
A writer, advisor, or operator exploring books, boards, or capital
This is not a “how to get booked everywhere” session.
This is about strategy, ownership, and trajectory.
What We’ll Cover
The Lie We Were Sold About Speaking
Why visibility alone doesn’t create power — and how to stop confusing applause with leverage.
2. The Invisible Speaker Pipeline
How talks become:
Trust
Invitations
Influence
Ownership
3. Books, Boards, and Capital — Explained
What actually triggers these opportunities, and how speakers position themselves to be seen as:
Authors
Governors
Investable leaders
4. Why Most Pipelines Break
The missing infrastructure that causes even brilliant talks to go nowhere.
5. How Listen to Her Connects the Dots
A behind-the-scenes look at how speakers, buyers, and opportunities align when voice is treated as data, not performance.
Featuring: Former TEDx Speakers Who Built Real Leverage
This session includes a live panel of former TEDx speakers who didn’t stop at the stage — and went on to build:
Successful speaking businesses
Books and media platforms
Board roles and advisory positions
Funded companies and partnerships
They’ll share:
What actually changed after TEDx
What they wish they had done sooner
The decisions that turned a talk into long-term opportunity
(Panelists announced soon)
Host
Eraina Ferguson
Founder, Listen to Her
8x TEDx Curator | Speaker Strategist | Founder
Eraina has curated hundreds of ideas worth spreading and works at the intersection of voice, strategy, and infrastructure, helping women turn expertise into durable opportunity across speaking, publishing, and leadership.
About Listen to Her
Listen to Her is building the speaker infrastructure layer — connecting women’s voices to conferences, companies, ERGs, publishers, and buyers who are actively looking for insight, not noise.
We don’t just help women speak.
We help them build leverage.
Tickets
$49 — Live Access
$99 — Live + Replay + Worksheet + Office Hours Invitation
Complimentary (Invite Only) — founders, partners, ERG & L&D leaders