after-dinner speaker
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Most think he will also join the after-dinner speaker circuit, where it is thought he could easily command $100,000 or more for a speech.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2022
Docherty later worked as an after-dinner speaker and media pundit and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2020
The latest is a delightful romp through the game's history called Golf's Life Lessons by Richard Allen, former captain of Royal Melbourne and very sharp after-dinner speaker.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 12, 2019
On tour, he might deliver as many as 14 speeches a day, starting on a factory floor and finishing as the after-dinner speaker for a local chamber of commerce or Rotary Club branch.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2016
He lives in Hampden town, and has published a book of photographs of the college through the years, which has made him much sought-after as an after-dinner speaker at the various clubs in town.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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