Speakers Bureau and Public Outreach

As part of its mission to educate the public about intelligence and its importance to national security, AFIO National has established a Speakers Bureau that can provide polished, professional, and authoritative speakers on intelligence, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, homeland security topics to academic, civic, and professional organizations around the country.

TOPICS: The list of topics that the Speakers Bureau can address include, inter alia, terrorism, cyber warfare, Islamic extremism, Islamic networks, the Middle East, irregular warfare in Africa, realities of the Global War on Terror, insurgencies. HUMINT collection, counterterrorism policy, terrorism in Southeast Asia, counterintelligence, deception, Cold War operations, Russian intelligence activities, intelligence and national security, ethical issues in intelligence, supply chain management, agricultural bioterrorism, the Vietnam war, Pearl Harbor, briefing techniques, US intelligence history, the management of national intelligence, the evolution of today’s intelligence structure, history of satellite imagery, Congressional oversight, the history of espionage, industrial espionage, money laundering, covert action, WMD, and polygraphy.

REQUESTORS SEEKING SPEAKERS: Send us information as indicated below to outreach@afio.com. AFIO will seek to match the closest speaker to the location of your event, topic, experience, and delivery for that age or experience level, and let you make arrangements with that individual. AFIO does not cover costs (if any) of speakers, so requestors are expected to indicate if they will. Please provide

Name of Institution Point-of-Contact:
Email:
Telephone:
Name of Institution and/or Event:
Address - City/State:
Date of Event:
Composition of audience [e.g. Intelligence/foreign policy professionals?, seniors, high school students, college sophomores?]:
Anticipated Size of Audience:
Audiovisual support. Can group/institution supply PowerPoint projector, laptop, screen, whiteboard? Or should speaker arrive with these if he uses them?
If travel is involved, does group/institution reimburse travel, housing costs?
Is there a fee or honorarium for speakers responding to your request?
Does group/institution supply special accommodations for speakers arriving from out of town?
Does group/institution have means to meet speaker at airport, take to hotel, and return speaker to airport after event?
Other factors about your event that might impact the type of speaker being sought?
Website about current/prior events held by your group/institution:

VOLUNTEER SPEAKER PARTICIPANTS: AFIO members who have an interest in public speaking, possess recognized Federal, State or Local intelligence community experience, and have polished skills in teaching or presenting talks on intelligence and national security, are invited to contact AFIO at outreach@afio.com with the items requested below so we are aware of your availability.  As a professional organization AFIO strives to maintain the highest standards and as a non-profit avoids any conflict of interest in its activities or any implied endorsements.  For the AFIO speakers bureau we seek individuals with both expert knowledge of their subject and the discretion not to use this opportunity to promote other agendas or organizations. Doing so would pose a conflict-of-interest or trigger questions of propriety. 

We ask that you provide the following information:

Name:
Address:
Email:
Telephone:
Professional Intelligence/CT/CI/LE Experience:
Speaking Experience:
Speaking Topics:
Website Video or Audio Links of prior presentations:

Please Note:  AFIO does not provide honoraria for speakers, but host institutions making these requests occasionally cover travel and accommodation expenses, and some provide honoraria above expenses.  Once AFIO has received a request for a speaker, it will notify Speakers Bureau participants who are geographically closest to the requestor or possess the expertise desired, to determine if a speaker is available.