Speakers Bureau

Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau offers engaging presentations and discussions for Kansas nonprofits.

Speakers Bureau topics and presenters help tell the stories of our state and the people who live here. They’re lively, informative, and engaging and help connect Kansans over time and across generations. 

Presentations are

• Designed for adult, out-of-school audiences
• 60 minutes in length
• ​Can usually be done in person or online

Organizations hosting a Speakers Bureau presenter will pay a $100 booking fee. Humanities Kansas pays the honoraria and travel expenses for the presenters. 

How to Bring a Humanities Kansas Speaker to Your Event

1. Review the Speakers Bureau catalog and select a speaker and topic. There is a booking fee of $100 per presentation. 

2. Contact the speaker, extend the invitation, and confirm time, date, format, length of presentation, and location. The format indicates whether the event is to be held in person or online. 

3. Apply online at humanitieskansas.org for HK program funding to bring the speaker to your community! You’ll pay the booking fee during the application process. Payment can be made online by credit or debit card, or by check through the mail.

You’ll receive an email from HK when your application has been awarded.  Once that happens, you’ll be ready to publicize your exciting event!  

4. Publicize your event. This is exciting! Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau events must be free and open to the public. Download a template for your press release, photos, and more. Download a Humanities Kansas logo poster to display at the event. 

5. Tell us how it went! After the event, fill out a Speakers Bureau evaluation and cost share form online (required). Send us photos! Your $100 booking fee will count toward cost share.

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Speakers Bureau is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and HK Friends of the Humanities.

The opinions expressed by the speakers do not necessarily reflect those of Humanities Kansas.

Photo Credit: Tom Parker.

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Humanities in the wild! Coffey County Library hosted Megan Kaminski for a presentation of “Listening in Place: Nature and Poetry Walk.”

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Rex Buchanan presents at the Prairie Museum of Art and History in Colby, KS.

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Phil Dixon presenting in Great Bend at the Emancipation Celebration.

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Prisca Barnes presents her Speakers Bureau Presentation "The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In" at the Junction City Public Library.

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Marla Day poses with the Nathan Edson DAR Chapter after her Speakers Bureau presentation on Parsons native and fashion designer, Nelly Don.

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Derrick Doty and Park City Community Pride, Inc. members love the humanities!

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Phil Dixon shares history and memorabilia of the Kansas City Monarchs with audiences.

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The Parsons Public Library hosted Ayako Mizumura for a Speakers Bureau presentation on Japanese war brides in postwar Kansas. In her presentation, Mizumura shares the voices of Japanese women who fled the devastation of a war-torn Japan after World War II and triumphed amidst great struggle to find community, connection, and cultural identity in the place they viewed as the last destination of their lives— the Kansas prairie.

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Dr. Debra Bolton poses with staff at the Manhattan Public Library after leading a discussion on the documentary film, "Strangers in Town."

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The Dodge City Public Library hosted Gene Chavez for a presentation on a classic staple of Mexican cuisine—the tortilla. Pictured is Gene demonstrating how to make a classic tortilla at the Dodge City Public Library.

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Ann Dean presenting at the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott.

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Rex Buchanan and the New Strawn Library love the humanities!

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The De Soto Historical Society welcomed Will Haynes for a presentation on the Civil War in Kansas. In his talk, Will presents the story of Kansas during the Civil War and how it helped shape the states image for years afterward.

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Priscilla Howe how presents at a Speakers Bureau event.