Honoraria?

[la_sherazade]

Can anyone give advice on how much to charge for giving a lecture series at a small, local non-profit organization? I am a PhD candidate but won't have my degree until next fall. I was thinking in the range of $75/talk...is that too much? I know honoraria for speaking at a university are more, but this place doesn't have a lot of money. On the

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[lostreality]

how long is each lecture?

[la_sherazade]

I don't know, that was left up to me. But it's for the general public, so I was thinking 45 minutes? i.e. an hour would put them to sleep, and half an hour seems too brief to show up for.

[osl]

If it's a small, local non-profit, it's likely that they are just as strapped for cash as your typical grad student. Perhaps forgo the fee and consider it a donation to a good cause?

[ailiathena]

Good point! Then you could even write off whatever the actual price of a lecture would normally be.

[fixious]

If the OP is strapped for cash too, it doesn't make sense as a fair exchange.

I'd suggest charging a reasonable fee on the smaller side, and donating money to the organization later (when you're less strapped for cash) if that that will make you feel better.

[la_sherazade]

But the problem is...what *is* a reasonable fee? That's the concern here. I don't have any experience with this, so I don't know what folks *usually* charge...

[achadachad]

you could regard it as *very* good and non-threaening practice for giving professional papers at conferences, and thus set a small fee accordingly, and tell them that's why you are doing it, and that for any other org it would be *think of a substantially larger number* for you to perform

[esmeraldus_neo]

I get $25 per hour for editing and other using-my-brain-and-education sorts of activities.

If I were expected to do the same sort of mental work in nice clothes and with showmanship, so to speak, I would expect more.

Adjust downward for philanthropy.

[la_sherazade]

But I'm planning about 7-10 hours prep for each talk, so that's already in the $200+ range, and I think that's too much to charge...

[esmeraldus_neo]

Well, like I said, adjust downward for philanthropy.

Is that all fresh research?

[la_sherazade]

Well, I'm having a hard time figuring out what to give the talk on...I don't imagine the local folks would be that interested in my dissertation (on Gallé), but of course, that would be an easier topic. I'm thinking at this point about talking on three paintings that are here in local collections so, yes, it would be mostly fresh research. But the bar's a bit lower than a conference paper, so hopefully it wouldn't be too huge a time commitment.

[korean_guy_01]

OMG they have a non-profit designation, how dare u ask for money!