Questions
Is checking a speaker really free?
Yes. Checking is free for anyone, with no account and no sign-up. That is not a trial or a teaser. A verification record the public cannot check is just another claim, so the checker stays open.
What does SP Verified verify?
Engagements. That a speaker stood on the stage they say they stood on, for the client they name, backed by documents or by the planner or bureau who booked it. It does not verify talent, and it never grades a performance.
Is there a rating? Five stars? A score?
No. No stars, no scores, no rankings, no tiers of true. A record is active, pending, lapsed, or revoked, and each engagement on it is confirmed or listed. We do not rate speakers. We report what was proven.
What is the difference between confirmed and listed?
Confirmed means the engagement carries proof: documents on file, or confirmation from the bureau or planner who booked it. Listed means the speaker reported it and the proof has not landed yet. Listed engagements sit on the record in plain sight, labeled, and they do not count toward the verified total.
Can a speaker pay to look better?
No. Money buys a SpeakerPacket membership: the packet, the tools, the record, and the checking work. Money never buys the verdict. It cannot confirm an engagement, raise a count, remove a revocation, or buy a better position anywhere. Founders, including the founder of the company, get no exemption from this. Kenyon Salo is an active paying member, same as everyone else, and his record was built from contracts, invoices, and counterparty confirmations like everyone else's.
What happens when a record is revoked?
It shows. The record stays public with its status changed to revoked, so anyone who relied on it can see that it changed. Lapsed records show as lapsed the same way. The record states what is true today.
Who can confirm an engagement?
The counterparty: the planner who ran the event or the bureau that booked it. They get a link, they tap once, no account needed. A speaker cannot confirm their own engagements into the verified count.
I am a planner. A speaker sent me their record link. What am I looking at?
Their live record: status at the top, then the engagements, each marked confirmed or listed, with the kind of proof behind it. If the top says active, the membership is current. Check it again close to your event date. Records are live documents.
I run a bureau. How do I verify my roster?
Your speakers hold SpeakerPacket memberships, which include their SP Verified records. Engagements your bureau booked arrive for your confirmation in small batches, one tap each. Your roster then shows live statuses your clients can check themselves. Start on the For bureaus page.
Do I need the app to check a speaker?
No. The checker on this website does the same job. The SP Verified app puts the same record on your phone, with a scanner for the codes on badges and packets. Same record, same facts, whether you check on the web or in the app.
How do I get verified as a speaker?
Join SpeakerPacket and build your packet. SpeakerPacket is where a speaker builds it. SP Verified is how the world checks it. Membership includes the SP Verified record: you submit your engagements, the proof and confirmations come in, and your record goes live as they land. The first 100 speakers to join, the Founders Club, lock $10 a month for life, $30 with the full tool set.
Why two names? SpeakerPacket and SP Verified?
Because they are two jobs. SpeakerPacket is the workshop: packet, tools, record management, membership. SP Verified is the proof: the mark, the public record, the checker, the app. A speaker works in the first and is checked in the second. Planners and bureaus mostly live here, on the checking side, and they never have to buy anything to do it.
Something on a record looks wrong. What do I do?
Dispute it from the record page. The engagement comes off the confirmed count while it is reviewed, and the result shows on the record either way.