2006-2007 Speakers Bureau Catalog
Cost Parameters for Working with Humanities Experts: Some Suggestions
To have a successful project or presentation, you want to build a relationship with your humanities expert based on mutual respect. It is important that you are clear with each other from the beginning about all goals and expectations. Determine what your needs are, what you have to offer, and any financial limitations or concerns.
Many of the humanities experts in the Speakers Bureau are willing to give presentations for free. Others ask for honoraria, compensation for travel costs, or both.
Most of the humanities experts in the Speakers Bureau are willing to negotiate costs. Public presentations described in the on-line catalog may take less time to prepare than unique public presentations; therefore, the humanities experts may require less compensation for these programs.
If you are working with a humanities expert to develop a unique project or program, you may choose to compensate the humanities expert with a single honorarium, with payment based on daily or hourly rates, with categorical payments for discrete components of the project, and/or with donations of other kinds (like lodging).
Some suggestions:
• Humanities experts often receive honoraria for making public presentations, participation on panel discussions, or moderating book, film, or other kinds of discussions. An honorarium for such work might be anywhere between $50-$400. An appropriate honorarium can be determined by the amount of preparation necessary on the part of the humanities expert.
• Travel costs include meals, mileage, and lodging. Travel costs can be included in the honorarium or figured separately.
• Compensation for meals is often based on suggested Wisconsin State rates of $34 per day ($8/breakfast, $9/lunch, $17/dinner).
• Compensation for mileage is often based on suggested Wisconsin State rates of $0.465/mile traveled.
• Compensation for lodging is often based on suggested Wisconsin State rates of $62/night.
The above are meant to serve as parameters. All negotiations should be made between parties and formalized using a Speakers Bureau Contract Form.
