# Evaluate a speaking or event invitation for my executive

A quick assessment of whether an invitation is worth my executive's time, plus the reply and logistics questions to ask.

- Topic: Thinking & Decisions
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Write, Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/evaluate-a-speaking-or-event-invitation-for-my-executive

## Prompt

```text
Help me assess an invitation for my executive and draft the response.

**The invitation:** [PASTE - event, organizer, role offered (keynote, panel, judge, attendee), date, location, audience]
**My executive's goals this year:** [e.g. "raise profile with investors", "recruit engineers", "reduce travel"]
**Calendar situation around those dates:** [DETAILS]
**Company rules:** [e.g. "comms team approves all speaking", "no paid speaking", "travel budget limits"]

Give me:
1. **Fit score:** rate the invitation on audience relevance, strategic value, reputational risk, time cost (including travel and prep), and organizer credibility - with one line each and an overall recommendation: accept / accept with conditions / suggest a colleague / decline.
2. **Questions to ask the organizer** before deciding: audience size and make-up, other speakers, format, recording and publishing rights, travel and expenses, prep calls, deadlines for slides and bio.
3. **Red flags to check:** pay-to-speak arrangements, unclear organizers, conflicts with competitors or sponsors, political sensitivity. Tell me to verify the organizer independently.
4. **Reply drafts:** a positive holding reply, an accept-with-conditions reply, and a gracious decline that keeps the relationship.
5. If accepting, a prep timeline working back from the event date.

Don't assume facts about the event that aren't in the invitation; mark them [ASK ORGANIZER].
```

## What to fill in

- DETAILS
- ASK ORGANIZER

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