Peer Talk Speakers Bureau

Hope + Me’s Peer Talk Speakers Bureau is a one-of-a-kind volunteer-led speaker series aimed to reduce the fear and shame surrounding mental health issues.

This program trains people to speak from their lived experience of mental health struggles or their experience of supporting someone who has been through a mental illness.

Peer Talk Speakers Bureau meets twice a month and offers opportunities for its members to:

Present both impromptu and prepared speeches
Learn how to plan and manage meetings
Give and receive constructive feedback
Participate in a comprehensive, self-paced education program
Work with fellow club members in a friendly, supportive, engaging and inspiring environment
Gain greater self-confidence by managing a dynamic array of tasks and responsibilities

The Peer Talk Speakers Bureau is proud to partner with Toastmasters International to collaborate, educate, and engage audiences. Through this partnership, our dynamic speakers are able to personalize the realities of living with a mental health issue.

The Peer Talk Speakers Bureau will listen to your questions and carry out a respectful and open dialogue to empower and foster discussions to kick life’s barriers to the curb so that you can find the help you seek.

Along with this, the Peer Talk Speakers Bureau offers online webinars for those who are not able to host a live speaker for their events.