How to Navigate Legal Issues as a Speaker with Autumn Witt Boyd

The Speaker Lab Podcast

The Speaker Lab

Authors, Public Speakers, Public Speaking, How To, Marketing, Smallbusiness, Coaching, Education, Entrepreneurship, Speaking, Business, Side Gig

4.8 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As a speaker, there are plenty of legal issues to navigate as you build a rock-solid speaking business. Good news – Autumn Witt Boyd is bringing her expertise and experience to Episode 428 of The Speaker Lab Podcast to help you walk through what you need to know!

There are many nuances to preserving and protecting online businesses, intellectual property, opportunities for trademarks, and even creating contracts! Autumn covers all of that in this episode and highlights some of the most overlooked legalities that can often be missed by speakers. In addition to offering her insight and expertise as an intellectual property lawyer, Autumn takes a deep dive into contract writing and how to cover all the specifics, add riders, and navigate extenuating circumstances. As speakers, your work is personal, meaningful, and a reflection of what you're most passionate about. As you build your business, it’s essential to know what you need to protect and how to assess the risks and rewards of each legal consideration. This conversation is meant to equip you with the right questions to ask as you move forward in your journey as an entrepreneur!

Here's what you’ll learn from this episode:

The do’s and don’ts of building a contract
Why you might ask for “green M&Ms”
Why cease and desist letters don’t make friends, but could be needed
How to focus on the things that matter and impact your bottom line
Why some people worry so much about trademarks, and shouldn’t!
What to consider when it comes to privacy
And so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, Fran, Graham Baldwin here.
0:01.4	Hey, what if I told you that there was a single marketing asset that you could use to book tens of thousands of dollars in paid speaking gigs before you even have a website?
0:10.2	Well, that tool exists.
0:11.4	And Dan Irvin, one of the speakers on our team, used it to book over $36,000 in speaking gigs without a fancy website or any social media presence.
0:19.6	Even better, we're going to teach you exactly how
0:22.1	to create that tool for your speaking business in under an hour. For a limited time, we're going to
0:26.9	be offering a free live training on how to build and use this marketing asset to start booking
0:31.9	paid gigs in just a few weeks. If you want to hear more, go to thespeakalab.com slash marketing.
0:38.5	That's what you got to do is go to the speakelab.com slash marketing and we'll see you there.
0:49.0	Hey, what's up, French, Gravelden? Here's so glad to have you here with us today for episode
0:52.5	428 of the speaker lab podcast. Today, I'm thrilled to welcome my's so glad to have you here with us today for episode 428 of the Speaker
0:54.2	Lab podcast. Today, I'm thrilled to welcome my friend and attorney Autumn Whit Boyd, who's hanging out
0:59.5	with us today. She's here to talk all things legal and bring clarity to the uniqueness of online
1:04.1	businesses, intellectual property, and some of the things that you need to consider as you build
1:07.6	your speaking business. Together, we're going to be taking a closer look at
1:11.1	building contracts when it's important to be specific and also how to navigate extenuating
1:15.3	circumstances, especially in the shadow of a global pandemic. Autumn also is going to share
1:20.0	her thoughts on contract writers, how to file for protection, and even the right way to reference
1:24.7	others work in your own content creation. She's also going to highlight how to protect your brand, when to obtain a trademark,
1:30.8	and also reveal some of the most commonly missed legal things that entrepreneurs tend to overlook.
1:35.5	Adam not only keeps things simple, but grounds the conversation through a risk and reward assessment
1:39.7	that's going to help you prioritize any legal considerations.
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