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LOS ANGELES, CA, May 20, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ — The online directory for small business sponsorship, Speaker Sponsor, also features a crowdfunding for speakers section for those speakers who have a cause topic. Cause speakers are able to raise donation money through the Speaker Sponsor platform. All money goes straight to the speaker with no fees attached. Speaker Sponsor welcomes several veteran cause speakers who use their crowdfunding donations to bring womens veterans issues to light.

Speaker Sponsor CEO, Julie Austin, says “Speaker Sponsor is happy to welcome these brave women military speakers. We hope that the public gets behind them in their crowdfunding efforts so that they can spread the word about military causes”.

Linda Maloney was one of the first women in U.S. history to join a combat military flying squadron and is a retired military aviator and officer. She’s won numerous military awards including the distinguished air medal for combat. She’s a tireless mentor to young people, especially young women, and shares her amazing stories of flying military jets and setting goals in life.

Valerie Ormond served as a leader in naval intelligence for 25 years. She was one of the first women assigned to combatant aircraft carriers and won the distinguished National Intelligence Reform Medal. Valerie uses her speaker donations to speak about the value military veterans bring to their communities.

Graciela Tiscareno-Sato served onboard the KC-135R refueling tanker as aircrew member and instructor. She flew multiple combat sorties over Baghdad and earned her crew the prestigious Air Medal. Graciela supports various Latino causes including literacy, where she donates a portion of her book sales.

Karen Baetzel is a former naval aviator and has flown helicopters, propeller and jet aircraft. Karen donates 100% of her book sales to Wounded Warriors and Fisher House.

All of these women military speakers are members of the National Women Veterans Speakers Bureau and accept crowdfunding donations through the Speaker Sponsor platform.

Speaker Sponsor continues to be the leader in sponsorship for speakers, creating opportunities for speakers and marketing partnerships for the small business and corporate community.

All of these women can be reached through Speaker Sponsor at https://www.speakersponsor.com/causes/. For more info, go to https://www.speakersponsor.com

Speaker Sponsor is the only online directory that matches speakers with small business sponsorship and includes crowd funding for cause speakers.

LOS ANGELES, CA, February 12, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/— Allen and Sheryl Hill never expected when they sent their son Tyler off to Japan for a student ambassador trip of a lifetime that they would never see him again. They just wanted their son to see the world, and they trusted that he would be safe.

What started off as a dream trip turned into a nightmare when Tyler Hill passed away on June 29, 2007 at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center. His death could have been prevented if he had received proper medical treatment.

Every year millions of American middle, high school, and college students travel abroad through student programs. Though laws exist for foreign students coming to the U.S., no such laws are in place that protect American students in other countries. It’s estimated that about 25% of female students are raped on these trips. Other students are injured, abandoned, or killed. And to make matters worse, the families are often forced to sue just to get the information they are entitled to about their children.

Sheryl has turned her tragedy into a mission in Tyler’s honor. She formed the non-profit Clear Cause to inform and educate others about the dangers of student travel, study programs, and cultural exchanges. She is also lobbying to get tougher laws to regulate this 20+ billion dollar industry to help keep kids safe.

Julie Austin, CEO of Speaker Sponsor says “Speaker Sponsor is happy to include Sheryl as one of our cause speakers. She works tirelessly to get the word out about student travel safety.”

Anyone who shares the passion for Sheryl’s cause of student safety abroad can donate through her Speaker Sponsor crowdfunding website profile. And corporations interested in sponsoring her as a speaker will be aligning themselves with a passionate speaker with an important topic that appeals to parents everywhere.

Speaker Sponsor continues to be the leader in sponsorship for speakers, creating opportunities for speakers and marketing partnerships for the small business and corporate community.

Sheryl Hill can be reached through Speaker Sponsor at https://www.speakersponsor.com/causes/.

For more info, go to https://www.speakersponsor.com

Speaker Sponsor is the only online directory for speakers seeking small business sponsorship.

SAN DIEGO, CA, October 15, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ — Ugg Boots founder Brian Smith will be kicking off the Speaker Sponsorship 101 seminar in San Diego, Oct. 26th at Marina Village.

They say a great salesman is someone who can “sell ice to eskimos”. If that’s true, Brian Smith is one of the best. He literally started his Ugg Boots brand by selling sheepskin boots to Southern California surfers. A surfer himself, Smith knew once the surfers tried them, they would fall in love with them. And he was right. Now the iconic brand is sold all over the world, and Smith credits part of that to the fact that he sponsored surfing contests when his brand was just getting started. “To compete against the big guys, you have to be different”, says Smith. “Sponsorship is one way small businesses can compete.”

As a brand owner he knew the value of sponsorship in reaching his target market. Now as a speaker, he sees that same value, and will share his knowledge of sponsorship with speakers at the seminar.

Speaker Sponsorship 101 is the brainchild of Speaker Sponsor CEO, Julie Austin. Also a speaker, Austin got tired of the sheer number of meetings and conferences that weren’t able to pay speakers, either through budget cuts or other reasons. So, she created an online directory for speakers looking for sponsorship from the small business community, and now teaches speakers how to apply the innovative techniques she’s used as a speaker to get paid from small businesses for representing their brands.

“As the sponsorship director on a TV pilot, I literally went door to door looking for sponsors for the show”, says Austin. “As a speaker, I realized the small business community was an untapped goldmine. Big corporations have been doing it for years, but most in the small business community have never even heard of it. So now I’m on a mission to educate both about how valuable sponsorship is.”

The seminar will end with a panel discussion of industry experts on how to find speaking jobs. On the panel will be Jan Jones of the Jan Jones Speaker’s Bureau. Jan is an international speaker’s agent, handling such speaking giants as Richard Branson and Donald Trump, Jr. Before that she spent years as an assistant to Tony Robbins. Also on the panel will be Holli Catchpole of Speaker’s Office, a management service for speakers. For over 25 years Holli has managed the careers of some of today’s top speakers.

Brian Smith is available for interviews and can be reached at brian@uggfounder.com.

Julie Austin is available for interviews and can be reached at 310-444-7788 or info@speakersponsor.com.

“Speaker Sponsorship 101 – How to Make Six Figures a Year as a Speaker…Using Other People’s Money” – San Diego, CA – October 26th, 2013 – 12:00 – 4:00pm, registration opens at 11:30 am
Marina Village
1936 Quivira Way
San Diego, CA 92109

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Speaker Sponsorship 101 Seminar is a co-venture between Speaker Sponsor, the only online directory for speakers looking for small business sponsorship, and the San Diego Speaker’s Guild.