Ashley Kirkwood is an international speaker and award-winning lawyer. She believes that you should learn how to start at the top of the speaking market instead of working your way up from the bottom!™ In fact, that’s the subtitle of her latest book. She has helped doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, consultants, therapists, DEI experts, and many other experts package and position their expertise to land large corporate and collegiate speaking contracts using her proprietary P.A.I.D. Methodology®. She does it like none other - and her clients will tell you “no one teaches sales like Ashley!” 
 
She left her $300,000 corporate salary to start her own speaking company and law firm and quickly learned it’s easier to build a business fueled by large clients who consistently work with you! Once she cracked the code on selling to large clients and pricing for profit, she began teaching others how to do the same. Her bold strategies, confident leadership style, and consultative sales techniques have helped add hundreds of thousands of dollars to her clients’ bottom line. Through her Podcast and Facebook Group, both of which are called, “Speak Your Way To Cash®,” Ashley has helped thousands of speakers learn about the speaking industry.

Ashley has been recognized as a thought leader by media outlets galore, including FORBES, Crain's Chicago Business, Black Enterprise, The Chicago Tribune and more! Not to mention, she previously sat on the board at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign which determines who to hire for on-campus student activities! She has been on the hiring side of the industry and the talent side. She will use all of her experience to help you level up your speaking career! 
 
Lastly, she’s a double Big Ten graduate and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her law degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law!