Sound familiar?
The enquiry problems every busy speaker knows.
“An organiser emailed on Friday night. By Monday they'd booked someone else.”
Your desk answers in seconds, at any hour, and holds the date for 72 hours while you decide.
“I spend hours answering the same questions: fee, travel, topics, availability.”
Fees, travel, AV needs, topics and formats are answered from your approved profile, word for word.
“Two organisers want the same date, and I lose track of who I told what.”
The second organiser hears the date is under offer and joins a waitlist. You see both, side by side.
From enquiry to confirmed keynote, while you sleep.
Pick a conversation. On the left is what the other person sees on your desk. On the right is your phone.
What the organiser sees · 22:40
Email verified with a one-time code
Eva is an AI assistant. Sam confirms every booking personally.
Your phone · 07:15
Keynote · 11 March · Durban
In your calendar, with travel blocked on 10 March.
An animated example. The people, organisations and fees are made up.
Read the three conversations as text
Speaking enquiry: Sam Naidoo (example)
- Organiser: Hi, is Sam available for a keynote on 11 March in Durban?
- Eva: 11 March is open. What's the event, and roughly how many people?
- Organiser: A leadership summit for about 450 people. What does a keynote cost?
- Eva: Sam's keynotes start at R45 000, plus travel from Johannesburg. Shall I pencil in 11 March while Sam reviews your brief?
- Organiser: Yes please.
- (Email verified with a one-time code)
- Eva: Done. 11 March is pencilled in for you for 72 hours. Sam confirms every booking personally.
- Email to the organiser: Good news: Sam has confirmed 11 March. Your calendar invite is attached.
- Your phone: Keynote · 11 March · Durban. You tap Accept. In your calendar, with travel blocked on 10 March.
Discovery call: Priya Govender (example)
- Prospect: Hi Priya, could we have a quick call this week about a pricing review?
- Eva: Happy to help. How big is the business, and what prompted the review?
- Prospect: About 120 people. Our margins slipped after the July price increase.
- Eva: Thanks. Priya has three times for a 30-minute discovery call: THU 14:00, FRI 10:00, FRI 15:30.
- Prospect: Friday 10:00, please.
- (Email verified with a one-time code)
- Eva: Booked: Friday 10:00 on Google Meet. Your invite is on its way, and Priya has your notes.
- Your phone: Discovery call · Friday 10:00. Booked into a window you allow. Your writing mornings stayed closed.
Partnership request: Thabo Mahlangu (example)
- Caller: Hi, could I get 30 minutes with Thabo this week? We'd like to propose a distribution partnership.
- Eva: Thabo reviews partnership proposals before setting up a meeting. Could you tell me your company, what you're proposing and when you need an answer?
- Caller: Northline Logistics. Last-mile delivery in Gauteng. We'd like to start a pilot in February and need an answer by month-end.
- Eva: Thank you. Your brief is with Thabo now, and you'll have an answer by email within three working days.
- Email to Northline: Thabo has read your proposal and won't take it further this quarter. Thank you for the detail. You're welcome to get in touch again in the new year.
- Your phone: Partnership proposal · Northline. You tap Decline. Your “not this quarter” reply went out. Nothing was added to your diary.
Made for the speaking business
Everything an organiser asks, handled the way you would.
Your fee text, never negotiated
“Keynotes from R45 000 excl. VAT” or “quoted on request”. Eva repeats it, and you propose fees with one tap.
Briefs worth reading
Event, dates and flexibility, city or virtual, audience size, format, theme, budget band, decision deadline and who decides.
Holds that run out on their own
72 hours by default, set per enquiry type, with reminders to you and a note to the organiser if it lapses.
Travel built in
Your service area and travel buffers for same city, regional and fly-in. Accepted dates come with prep and travel blocks proposed.
A pipeline at a glance
New, held, proposal sent, confirmed, declined or expired, with the fee requested and where each enquiry came from.
A QR code for your last slide
Your desk at diarised.si/yourname, a widget for your website and a QR code for the end of every talk.
Your diary stays private
Organisers see when you're free. Never why you're busy.
What visitors see
- Open times your weekly rules allow
- Your approved bio, topics, services and fee text
- The status of their own request
What they never see
- Who you're meeting, or where you are
- Your other enquiries and what they're worth
- Anything in your calendars, goals or VIP list
Bureaus and back office
Keep your bureau, your agent and your spreadsheet.
Diarised is the front door for enquiries that come to you directly: your website, LinkedIn, your email signature and the QR code on your slides. Bureaus, agents and the tools you track work in carry on as before.
Founding members
30 founding places in South Africa.
We're opening Diarised to a small group first, and setting up each desk with its owner.
You get
- 30% off for your first 12 months
- Your desk set up with you, not by a help article
- A direct line to the person building it
We ask
- A 30-minute onboarding interview
- Honest feedback once a month
- A case study, if it works for you
Questions
Questions people ask first.
Will Eva negotiate my fee?
No. Eva repeats the fee text you approved, such as “keynotes from R45 000 excl. VAT” or “quoted on request”, and never negotiates. You can propose a fee with one tap.
How do you stop fake bookings?
Before any booking or hold, the person verifies their email with a one-time code. Rate limits and conversation budgets stop anyone hammering your desk.
Which calendars work?
Google Calendar connects directly, and Diarised writes holds and bookings to its own calendar there. For Outlook, Microsoft 365 or Apple, you add a busy-only calendar link and Diarised sends invites by email. A direct Microsoft 365 connection is planned.
Does it work with WhatsApp?
At launch, alerts and one-tap decisions come by email. WhatsApp alerts are planned for the first update after launch.
Can my PA or assistant use it?
Not at launch. Assistant seats, so a PA can approve requests and edit your profile, are planned for the first update after launch.
When can I start?
We're opening Diarised to 30 South African founding members first, in small groups. The public launch, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed, follows. Apply for a founding place.
Your next keynote might be asking right now.
Founding speakers get their desk set up with them, and 30% off for a year.