Thread by @ashleymwilcox

A thread on why #Quakers need to pay speakers for their Yearly Meetings.

https://twitter.com/ashleymwilcox/status/1520751328309489665

For perspective: My current rate for a weekend event is $5,000. That is actually very low for professional speakers.

Quakers want all of this work for free or $200 (an actual amount a YM offered me).

You know who we get when we don't pay speakers, #Quakers?

Amateurs, zealots, and advertisers (people who work for a Quaker org that is underwriting the cost).

And #Quakers often treat their speakers badly! It's a lose-lose situation.

My current rates are listed on my website. These are not set in stone, but they help to screen out groups that want me to work for free. ashleymwilcox.com/rates

And honestly, I have unofficial Quaker rates, because #Quakers tend to want to pay so much less than other denominations. 🙁