Patricia Beard has been the featured speaker at many public forums, including the following, and in private settings. She has been interviewed for each of her books in print, on television, radio, and digital media.
- Chicago Humanities Festival
- Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital Annual Forum
- Greenwich Historical Society
- Library of Congress
- Marist College
- Miller Center, University of Virginia
- Morgan Stanley: Featured speaker at the firm’s 75th anniversary celebration, with interviews of current and past chairman of Morgan Stanley, simultaneously aired worldwide to the firm’s 60,000 employees.
- Museum of American Finance, New York
- The Newseum, Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2016)
- Pirates Alley Faulkner Society Words & Music Forum, New Orleans
- Redwood Library, Newport, Rhode Island
- Private clubs in New York City Washington, D.C., and Boston
- Bookstore chains and independent bookstores