I agree with llworking, especially the part about problems. If you use only one name on the resume and then later confess to actually having a different name, I can see some people becoming quite upset about your apparent attempt to deceive them.
Can you explain why it's so important to you to not reveal your real name up front? Especially given that you're going to have to provide it eventually?
And I agree with what llworking said about the videographer - he may have been a great videographer but otherwise seems to be unusually obtuse. I suspect you won't encounter many people like this.
If they pay you money for speaking yes, they will need your real name and SSN. It doesn't matter if its an employment situation or not. Any person or organization that pays money to someone needs to be able to identify who they paid it to. In most circumstances if they don't have to issue a W2 they would have to issue a 1099.
We aren't beating you up for the sake of beating you up, Mark. It's like I said before, if we don't know the context, we can't really help.
I can think of several legitimate reasons, that are not in any way saying anything bad about you, why you might not want the gig boss to know your real name. But whether there is a solution to that, and if so what it is, depend on what the reason is. You are not obligated to share anything you don't want to, but if you can share your reasoning with us, we may (or we may not) be able to help you come up with a way for you to do what you so obviously want to do. Ball's in your court.
If they want to know my real name, then I will give them my real name. For business purposes, I would like to go by my pen name. If I am telling everyone my real name, what's the point of having a pen name? Obviously, any legal documents would be signed with my real name. This really isn't that big of an issue. If I need to put both names on my resume, so be it. Again, this isn't an employer/employee relationship. I would not be getting paid from them, just the ones who choose to attend.
As far as I am concerned, my questions have been answered on this forum. I very much appreciate everyone's response. You all have been very helpful.
Thank you for your response. This issue has been addressed in my prior post below. You all did answer my questions and I truly appreciate it.