Copy Examples

About me examples for speakers

An About me page is read by someone judging a person rather than a company, which is why it is first person even when the business is not.

Ten of them follow, written for speakers rather than filled in from a template. Your customer is an event organiser who has to introduce you on stage and fill a slot, and what they are weighing up before they get in touch is a speaker who delivers a generic talk to a room that needed a specific one.


Plain and short

I am [first name], a speaker in [your town]. I speak on keynotes, workshops and panels. I start with a short enquiry form: your date, your audience, and what you want them to leave thinking.

Use this as the default on a personal site or portfolio.

What I am known for

I am a speaker, and the part of the work I care most about is writing the introduction the host will actually read, out loud, in thirty seconds. I am professional, and my clients are mostly an event organiser who has to introduce you on stage and fill a slot.

Use this when one specific standard is the reason people come to you.

How I got here

I came to this work from [where you came from]. [Number] years later the thing that still holds my attention is writing the introduction the host will actually read, out loud, in thirty seconds. I am professional.

Use this if the route in is genuinely interesting. Skip it if it is not.

What I am working on now

Right now I am mostly doing keynotes, for an event organiser who has to introduce you on stage and fill a slot. I am professional. If you want to talk about workshops, I start with a short enquiry form: your date, your audience, and what you want them to leave thinking.

Use this on a site you update. It dates fast, which is the point.

One human detail

I am [first name] — a speaker in [your town], professional. [One true, small detail: a sport, a rescue dog, the town you grew up in]. Mostly I do keynotes and workshops.

Use this where people hire the person. One detail, not a life story.

Names the reader

If you are an event organiser who has to introduce you on stage and fill a slot, you are in the right place. I am [first name], a speaker, and what I do about a speaker who delivers a generic talk to a room that needed a specific one is the reason most people stay on this page.

Use this when the right visitor should recognise themselves immediately.

Credentials, stated once

I am professional. Talks that have been given on real stages, with the events named and video available. Beyond the paperwork: I work on keynotes, workshops and panels, and the intro is written to be read aloud, and it is thirty seconds long.

Use this where the licence matters and you do not want to lead with it twice.

The specialist

I do one thing: keynotes. I could do the rest of the list, and for years I did. I am professional. If that is what you need, I start with a short enquiry form: your date, your audience, and what you want them to leave thinking.

Use this if you have deliberately narrowed. It reads as confidence.

Under forty words

Speaker in [your town], professional. Keynotes and workshops. Check availability.

Use this where the form gives you a box and no more.

The quiet one

I am [first name]. I have been a speaker for [number] years, working for an event organiser who has to introduce you on stage and fill a slot. I am professional. If it would help to talk, I start with a short enquiry form: your date, your audience, and what you want them to leave thinking — there is no obligation in it.

Use this in a field where selling yourself hard would be a mark against you.

Writing for speakers: what actually matters

What should a speaker’s website say that a generic one does not?

Three things, in this order. That you are professional. That you understand the thing people are actually worried about, which for speakers is a speaker who delivers a generic talk to a room that needed a specific one. And what happens next: a short enquiry form: your date, your audience, and what you want them to leave thinking. Everything else on the page is decoration by comparison.

What does an event organiser who has to introduce you on stage and fill a slot check first?

The credential, then the proof. For speakers it sounds like this. I give the bio in a version written to be read aloud. I name the events and link the video. I list the talks as bookable topics, not themes. Put at least one of those above the fold rather than on a separate page nobody opens.

What is the most common mistake on a speaker’s website?

Writing about the business instead of the customer. "We have been established since 1998" answers a question nobody asked. "I start with a short enquiry form: your date, your audience, and what you want them to leave thinking" answers the one they are actually holding. If you only fix one thing, fix that.

How long should the copy be?

Shorter than you think, except where trust is being built. An About page of 120 well-chosen words beats 500 vague ones. The exception is anything explaining a speaker who delivers a generic talk to a room that needed a specific one — there, specifics earn their length.