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ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

The last conference I presented at (Keynote and workshop) was in the Philippines.
They covered airfare, hotel, meals and ground transportation.
My per diem was $400.

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PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

Ask for the million and don't sound questioning and apologetic when doing so. You are the author, and doing the presentation successfully will entail creating (or using) a Powerpoint show.

Given the prep, the commute, and the actual time involved doing the workshop, not to mention the fact that having the author present should be a draw, you're not asking for too much.

As is often the case in consulting, you're worth what you say you're worth. And you continue to be worth that much if and only if you can back it up.

Troglodyte · Joined: 06 Dec 2009

It might depend on whether you profit from sales of the book. If so, then you might not want to ask for so much since it's a good way to encourage sales of the book. If you don't profit from sales of the book then maybe you could get 500k. I don't think you'll get 1 million for a lecture. You might get that for a day or weekend training event. I guess it depends on how well known and respected you are within the ELT community. If you're a household name then you might easily get the 1 million won. Without knowing who you are in real life, it's hard to say for sure.

TheMeerkatLover · Joined: 26 Mar 2009

1M won is quite correct. With all the prep involved, the unique situation (this may very well be a one-off), you should be entitled to some profit and not be paid merely for the minutes you work.

I have been offered seminars in the past. Some I got paid, others I did for free depending on the cause and organization. I put my fee at 1M won because it was both my time, transportation and costs. One particular organization tried to convince me that the included 'free' lunch would be special (it turned out to be the same old revolting fish soup).

When people had refused my fee, I thanked them for considering me and went on my way. I got called back with a slighter higher counter offer, twice with my intended fee.

Don't let people lower your price due to 'promised' or 'anticipated' money later. Get paid for what you are doing, a seminar that most can't do and something that requires a special skill to do properly.