The Well Paid Speaker Retreat & Experience

May 17-19, 2026
Athens Greece

This is the only high-level, transformational experience built for purpose-driven speakers who are ready to elevate their message, amplify their influence, and accelerate their paid speaking business with clarity, confidence, and authority.

This is where your voice expands, your credibility compounds, and your speaking career transforms into a powerful, scalable revenue engine.

Created for serious speakers who are ready to operate internationally, this immersive experience fast-tracks your evolution and positions you on the global stage.

Participants also have the opportunity to earn the International Speaker Designation, formally recognizing their standing as an international speaker.

This is your Fast Track to Paid Speaking Success, Designed for Speakers who Expect to be Compensated at the Level of their Expertise.

Why Join Us?

Step into a high-caliber room where the focus is on paid stages, paid media, and strategic visibility—not exposure for exposure’s sake. You’ll learn how top-earning speakers identify, access, and secure opportunities that actually pay.

This is where you stop chasing stages—and start choosing them.

Why This Experience?

Most speakers are taught how to speak.
Very few are taught how to get paid well.

This experience goes beyond performance and delivery. You’ll learn how top speakers intentionally position themselves for paid stages only, where paid media opportunities actually exist and how to access them and the behind-the-scenes pathways most speakers are never shown.

You’ll also learn how to use AI strategically to uncover, qualify, and secure high-value speaking and media opportunities faster, without guesswork or wasted effort.

No free gigs disguised as “visibility.”
No chasing stages that don’t pay.

The Advantage You Get Here

You gain direct access to paid stages and paid media pathways, paired with elite positioning and authority-building strategies that elevate how you are seen, sourced, and compensated.

You’ll operate inside AI-powered systems designed to help you consistently find and secure high-value opportunities, alongside a high-caliber community of speakers who treat speaking as a profession—not a hobby.

All of this unfolds within a luxury, immersive environment created to support expansion, clarity, and decisive execution.

This is not about speaking more.
It’s about getting paid properly for your expertise—and doing it at scale.

Who Is This For?

This experience is for the speaker who is ready to increase their bookings, master how to locate, pitch, and land paid gigs, and build a business model that consistently attracts 4- and 5-figure speaking engagements.

It’s for the expert who knows they’re meant for more, who has a powerful message, real expertise, and the desire to finally shift from free to fully PAID with confidence and strategy.

It’s for the speaker who is ready to expand globally, book more local and international stages, and proudly add “International Speaker” to their media kit, credentials, and conversations.

And yes, every single one of you will be speaking in Greece.

Here's Exactly Why YOU Need To Be Here...

You will spend 3 INCREDIBLE DAYS taking the SUCCESS of your speaking business to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
You’ll be LEVELLING UP your mindset and ERADICATING beliefs and behaviours that are keeping you from being a Well Paid, Kick A$$ Speaker.
You’ll get exclusive access to The SPEAK AND GET PAID AI SUITE OF TOOLS, which will help you locate paid speaking opportunities in minutes and help you LAND TOP MEDIA SPOTS. 
We will be covering the TOP SPEAKER BUSINESS MODELS including unique marketing pitches and implementation plans that will have meeting planners contacting you to speak, rather than you chasing them down.
THE 6 FIGURE CALENDAR TECHNIQUE
You will leave knowing the top 3 strategies that can have speaking leads in your inbox within hours.  
The PITCHING LAB, you’ll  be pitching paid speaking and media opportunities right there at the retreat. 
10X YOUR IMPACT
You’ll 10X the impact of your speaking business… all within a completely safe and empowering group of like-minded entrepreneurs and speakers
CURATE MEETING PLANNER CENTRIC CONTENT  during our content creation labs. You will leave ready to hit the ground running with updated content thats speaks specifically to meeting planners with high. budgets.
 
BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
SPEAK  and put the acclaimed “International Speaker” at the end of your title. All attendees will be delivering a 5-8 minute TEDx Style talk.
PLAY AND RELAXATION
We will also be enjoying a touch of LUXURIOUS PLAY AND RELAXATION in the beautiful Cancun  Mexico.

Would all of this be worth coming to the Athens, Greece for?

Of Course it would!

But I’m not finished yet my friend…

+ To make sure you get the absolute MOST from this amazing experience, we’ll get together on a group call BEFORE the event to prepare you for the journey.

 

Embodied Confidence.
Strategic Presence.
Real Impact.

Client Results...

Words from Attendees...

Your Host

It’s so fabulous to meet you!!!

My name is Karen Donaldson, and I’m a Celebrity Communication, Body Language, Confidence & Peak Performance Expert, Media Personality, International speaker & Speaker coach. A long title, yes indeed, and these are all facts.

I’m the communication and body language expert for Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health Magazines, the go-to media source on communication and body language across North America for media outlets like ABC, NBC, FOX, KTLA, CBS, The Tamron Hall Show, CTV,  Breakfast Television, CityLine ++++and the best-selling author of 3 books.

Now, let’s pause with the formalities, credentials and titles and get down to some REAL TALK.

I’m a speaker and coach who knows the ropes. My clients and I get paid $2,000 – $35,000 per talk. We land $50,000 – $96,000 corporate contracts, for BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS.

Here’s my secret sauce … I teach systems and strategies that speak directly to meeting planners (with budgets) with an understanding of what they need from us.

I know what it’s like to watch your peers get booked over and over again when you know you’re the right person for the job. My clients and I close corporate contracts because we use a system.

Creating a sustainable paid speaking business is not rocket science, but you do need a system.

I’ve been speaking for over 20+ years and I want that for you too.

I’m here to help you: 

* STOP winging it (crossing your fingers and hope you’re on the right track)
* STOP the guesswork (hoping that you’ve said the right things in your pitches)
* STOP feeling lost (knowing that you’ve got skills and desperately want to book more paid gigs but don’t know how 

I’VE GOT YOUR BACK!

My only intention is to show you how to use your voice to make multiple six figures and impact millions because it’s possible”.

Simply stated that’s what this Retreat is all about.

I invite you to Immerse yourself in an intimate and transformative experience!

Home of the Retreat:

Athens, Greece

At a Luxury Boutique Hotel! 

Outside of powerful sessions and content, relax and enjoy an unparalleled  experience. 

Enjoy some of the most exquisite drinks and cuisine in Barcelona, and of course, the stunning views.

The PRIVATE LOCATION will be shared once you have reserved your spot. 

THE WELL PAID SPEAKER EXPERIENCE

May 17-19, 2026

The only EXPERIENCE of its kind for purpose-driven and committed speakers, who are ready to uplevel their inner game, amplify their gifts in this world and explode their PAID Speaking Business.

What's Included

+ 3 Transformative and Immersive retreat days, associated retreat experiences, the Up levelling your business and income

+Custom gifts & Speaker kit

+ An offsite Luxury Excursion. No, we can’t tell you right now what it is, it’s a surprise but I promise it will be EPIC!

+ Pre-retreat Group Coaching Call

+ A Live International Speaking Engagement 

+ Your International Speaker Designation

+ A VIP Dinner

+ Immersive Experiences

What's not included

+ Your round-trip airfare from home

+Your accommodations, at our host venue. (A group rate is available and details will be shared once your secure your spot so you can book)  All attendees are required to stay at host venue.

+ Visa (if required)

+ Ground transportation to and from host venue from airport

+ Travel, medical and trip cancellation insurance

+Other non-included items would include souvenir shopping, personal phone calls, extra spa services, taxis, and laundry. 

While there will be time and space to have fun, rest, and relax at this retreat, the results are going to come from taking part in each of the experiences with an “ALL IN” attitude where you’ll be learning, expanding and putting new strategies into practice.  

The Experiences have been specifically curated to maximize your results…a perfect mix of “WorkPlay”

Words from Attendees...

THE INVESTMENT OPTIONS

VIP LEVEL

(It includes everything listed under “What’s Included”)

 

*$5900 USD Paid in Full 

*3 Payment Plan

Payment #1 :  $2000 deposit due now!

Payment #2:  $2150 due February 12, 2026

Payment #3:  $2150 due March 12, 2026

DIAMOND VIP LEVEL

 

*$6900 USD Paid in Full 

3 Payment Plan

Payment #1 :  $2000 deposit due now!

Payment #2:  $2650 due  February 12, 2026

Payment #3:  $2650 due March 12, 2026

We shall Work/ Play over 3 Days

There will be time and space to have fun and relax while in the Athens, Greece, but we’re not just there to rest. 

We’re here to go ALL IN with this experience to learn new strategies and take things to the next level. 

You’ll achieve the perfect balance of work and play.

You’re investing in yourself and I’m here to help create lasting results in both your business and personal life.

FLIGHTS

When flying to Athens Greece, please arrive at the Athens International Airport (ATH)

We recommend that you arrive on May 16th in the day so that you can rest up and be fresh and ready to start the next day. The retreat formally starts on May 17th at 9am and ends on May 19th and 9 pm. We recommend that you depart on May 20th or later.

TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

All travellers will need a valid passport to fly to Athens, Greece. Please be sure to verify that your passport has at least two blank pages before your travel date and at least 3 months of validity at the date of entry. Greece requires some tourists to possess a visa to enter their country, please check our departure country for full  Visa requirements if applicable, this is your sole responsibility.

If nothing changes, nothing changes

If your speaking business hasn’t produced the results you expected over the last 6 months, then it’s time for a strategic shift—because what got you here won’t get you to your next level.

The real question is this:
Are you willing to invest in yourself and make the moves that match the size of your vision?
Or will you keep trying to figure it out alone, hoping for different results?

The choice—and the opportunity—is in your hands.

My only intention is to help you win, accelerate, and step fully into the level of success you’ve been working toward.

There is a powerful lane waiting for you as a well-paid, highly sought-after speaker…
but only you can take the next step into it.

See you in Athens.

*RETREAT CANCELLATION POLICY:

It is your responsibility to read and understand our cancellation policy before making a reservation.

Naturally, no one books with the intention of cancelling or postponing their retreat, but unexpected things do happen, so please ensure that you purchase travel cancellation and interruption insurance once you have made your reservation. Depending on the policy and conditions, travel cancellation insurance may pay for some or all cancellation fees.

With most agencies, insurance must be purchased within 14 days of making your reservation. (*Please advise an authorized insurance provider for accurate information for your respective country.)

All Retreat Payments are non-refundable and non-transferrable due to non-recoverable payments that we must make in advance to secure the retreat center. Please consider your circumstances, such as job stability, pet health, passport validity, immunizations, visa needs, relationship status, possibility of getting pregnant, etc., before investing in our retreat. It is your responsibility to ensure you can attend the retreat before making your payment(s).

Karen Donaldson Inc. c/o Panache Life Inc. is not responsible for your expenses incurred should you choose to cancel, such as airline tickets, loss of work, and/or other costs associated with preparing for your trip.

For more information or any specific questions, please email us at admin@karendonaldsonic.com

*In the unexpected event of the retreat being postponed due to COVID-19 (event venue shut down), acts of God, government authorities, natural disasters or any other unforeseen event beyond our reasonable control, guests will have the opportunity to shift their deposits to a future retreat.

CONTACT:

If you have any questions, please feel free to forward them to us at admin@karendonaldsoninc.com

Thanks,

Karen Donaldson
#1 Best Selling Author
Celebrity Communication and Body Language Expert // Certified Confidence Coach//Peak Performance Expert
Executive Public Speaking Coach
International Speaker

Body Language Expert for Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health Magazine
KTLA, NBC, FOX, CTV, BT Toronto Guest Communication and Confidence Expert

Karen’s segment on the Emmy Award-winning Tamron Hall Show;“Find Your Voice”
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Karen’s latest interview on NBC, “How to Handle Tough Conversations with Style and Grace” >>Watch Now>>

www.karendonaldsoninc.com

Important: 

*4% processing fee on all payments

*All payments are non-refundable.

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