Find reliable lists of political speakers for hire from associations

Before targeting one of the popular political speakers services, scan a broad spectrum of agencies for the sake of your organization's specific speaker needs.

I recommend: The International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB) offers their Official Speaker Directory for a fee. Their directory may allow you to find the right political public speaker services by searching for specific political speakers. IASB also has a free searchable member database that can be focused by topic, such as a diversity public speaker. The National Speakers Association also offers a free speaker search online database.

Visit the websites of some of the higher-end political public speaker services

Higher-end public speaker services offer a wide variety of speakers from stand-up comics to Nobel Prize winners. They many also include political public speakers.

I recommend: Total Access Speakers Bureau has a long list of big name speakers including key political public speakers like former President Jimmy Carter and political pundit Bill Moyers. The Allen Agency also has a long list, but their political public speakers lean more toward media political pundits like Bob Woodward, Helen Thomas, Ben Stein, and Al Franken. Brooks International roster includes former President George H.W. Bush, former Senator Robert Dole, and former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee.

Visit the websites of services with a focus on national and international political speakers

There are a few small prestigious "boutique" political public speaker agencies.

I recommend: The Washington Post, the country's leading politically-focused newspaper, has its own political speaker bureau. Washington Speakers Bureau has a primary focus on political leaders like former Secretary of State General Colin Powell and political pundits like Patrick J. Buchanan. The London Speaker Bureau specializes in international political public speakers from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to anti-apartheid South African leader diversity public speaker Bishop Desmond Tutu. The Harry Walker Agency is another boutique agency with an exclusive political public speakers roster including former President Bill Clinton, former UN leader Kofi Annan, former Vice President Al Gore and former Bush administration Chief of Staff Karl Rove.