Member Welcome Guide | The Showrunner Society

How the room runs

One live strategic Zoom meetup per month, 60 to 75 minutes. First half is teaching or a working session on that month's topic. Second half is hot seats and Q&A. You'll leave every meetup with one deliverable (a template, checklist, or SOP framework) and one homework assignment. Information without implementation is just digital clutter, which is why there's homework after every single session.

Meetups are recorded for members, but this room rewards the people who show up live. Hot seat discussions stay in the room: what another member shares about their business does not leave this membership, period.

Your foundation requirements (Months 1 to 3)

Your first three months are the foundation phase. Complete it and you earn your basic listing on speakersupportstaff.com, the Speaker Support Directory. Here is the standard, in writing, on day one:

Attend live at least 2 of your 3 foundation meetups. Recordings don't count toward this requirement. Life happens, which is why it's 2 of 3 and not 3 of 3.
Submit your homework for all 3 foundation sessions. Every session ends with a homework assignment. Done beats perfect. Submitted beats brilliant-but-in-your-head.
Stay current on payments. Your down payment plus your first 2 monthly payments must have cleared.

Meet all three and your listing goes live in Month 3. Miss the standard and you can complete it late, but your listing waits until you do. The listing is earned. That's exactly what makes it worth having.

Your directory listing

Your basic listing on speakersupportstaff.com stays active while your membership is in good standing. If a payment fails and isn't resolved, the listing pauses until your account is current. Complete all 12 months in good standing and you keep your basic listing free for 12 additional months after the membership ends.

At Month 9, members in good standing receive the invitation to upgrade to VIP placement: featured positioning and deeper visibility. It's optional, and it will be explained fully when it's offered. No surprises, no pressure.

Payments, plainly

Paid in full? You're covered for the whole season, skip ahead. For monthly members: your $450 down payment claimed your seat. Your 11 monthly payments of $177 bill automatically, 30 days apart. If a charge fails, it retries automatically and you get a 7-day grace period to update your card. Unresolved after that, access pauses (meetups, materials, and your listing) until the account is current. The full policy lives in the Terms & Conditions you agreed to at enrollment.

What's expected of you

Show up. Live attendance is where the value concentrates. The calendar is published a year out, so protect those dates now.
Do the work. One deliverable a month is not a heavy lift. It is, however, non-negotiable if you want the results and the listing.
Protect the room. Twenty members means real businesses get discussed. Confidentiality isn't a suggestion.
Ask the messy questions. This is the one place in the speaking industry where "I don't know how this works" is exactly the right thing to say out loud.

Your first three moves

Accept all 12 Zoom calendar invitations the moment they land in your inbox.
Reply to your welcome email with one sentence: the single thing you most want to be true about your business 12 months from now.
Show up to EP 01 on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, with your questions written down. Come ready to work, not to watch.

Questions before your first meetup? Reach out here or email email@askreginabaker.com.

The speaker gets the spotlight. You run the show. Let's get to work.