news from headquarters
Reported by Stacy Tetschner, CAE
NSA Executive Vice President/CEO
2009 NSA convention
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Web 2.0 Series
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about social networking from NSA’s free
Web 2.0 Webinar Series, May 28 through
December 10. For details and registration,
visit MyNSA.org/webinars.aspx.
letters to the Editor
I like Jim Canterucci’s suggestions in his
“Call for Backup” article (April 2009 issue),
and would like to amplify them. Yes, off-site or online backup is important, and
JungleDisk is one of dozens of such products. It is also very important to keep a
backup of data on an external drive that
is not located in your office. Many years
ago, there was a fire in my office building.
Luckily, nothing in my office was damaged
because my backups were sitting on my
desk right next to my computers!
—David Strom, St. Louis, Mo.
I’d like to offer my sincerest thanks and
appreciation to those NSA members
who have contributed to the Cigar PEG’s
Emergency Relief Fund to assist John
Alston, CSP, CPAE, in his extended recovery
from a brain tumor removal last August.
Your financial support—$23,000 as of
April 10—has made a huge difference to
the Alstons.
—Ed Rigsbee, CSP, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
IN MEMORIAM
Leonard J. Lipton, Ph.D., of
California, passed away March
26, 2009. Lipton was a
presentation skills consultant,
trainer, author and coach. He
was an instructor of public speaking at
UCLA Extension, and a faculty member of
the American Management Association
(AMA). In lieu of flowers, please make a
contribution to The Lorraine Jackson
Foundation at www.pearlsofhope.com.
James R. Ball, of Virginia,
passed away April 6, 2009,
from complications following
a lung transplant. Ball was an
author, keynote speaker,
seminar presenter and business consultant. He was president and CEO of Goals
Institute, Inc. and co-founder and
managing partner of Venture America.
Contributions may be made to the Inova
Lung Fund 306, Attn: Debby Campbell,
Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls
Church, VA 22042.
This Month on VOICES OF EXPERIENCE®
NSA’s monthly audio magazine
•
Welcome: camille Valvo
• The Real Deal: dr. Joe Sommerville and
Marilyn Manning, PhD, CMC, CSP
• craig Rispin, CSP: Innovations Impacting
the Speaking Industry
• Social Media Marketing: Ron Karr, CSP,
with Pam lontos, MA, CSP
• Take 10 with camille Valvo and
Valerie cade, CSP
•
President’s Message: Sam Silverstein, CSP
• lesley Everett: The Personal Dimension
of Branding
•
Feature Interview: camille Valvo with
Brian Walter, CSP
• Glenn capelli, CSP: The Magic Mind
• 2009 NSA Annual Convention:
Sarah Michel, CSP
officERS
Sam Silverstein, CSP, President
Phillip Van Hooser, CSP, CPAE, President Elect
Kristin Arnold, MBA, CPF, CMC, CSP, Vice President
Sarah Michel, CSP, Secretary
Shep Hyken, CSP, CPAE, Treasurer
Mark LeBlanc, Immediate Past President
Stacy Tetschner, CAE, Executive Vice President/CEO
fouNdER
Cavett Robert, CSP, CPAE
BoARd of diREctoRS
Francis O. Bologna, CPA
Marjorie Brody, CSP, CPAE, CMC, PCC
Kirstin Carey
Ronald P. Culberson, MSW, CSP
Joachim DePosada
Scott Halford, CSP
Ron Karr, CSP
Linda Gabbard Keith, CSP, CPA
Randy Pennington, CSP
Jean Houston Shore, MBA, CPA, CSP
Laura Stack, MBA, CSP
Francine Ward, JD
NSA fouNdAtioN
The Foundation serves NSA members and the public through:
• Financial help for NSA members and their families who are
facing health or natural disaster emergencies;
• Grants to NSA members who need help with their dues or
meeting registration fees;
• Scholarships for speech/communications students
and professors;
• Oversight and funding for speaking-related research; and
• Grants to help charitable organizations communicate
through technology.
founder and chairman Emeritus
Nido R. Qubein, CSP, CPAE
chair
Randy Pennington, CSP
Vice-chairman
Stephen Tweed, CSP
NSA foundation Board of trustees
Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP Terry Paulson, PhD, CSP, CPAE
Susan Friedmann, CSP Sam Silverstein, CSP
Jane Jenkins Herlong, CSP Laura Stack, MBA, CSP
Don Hutson, CSP, CPAE Phil Van Hooser, CSP, CPAE
Ron Karr, CSP Al Walker, CSP, CPAE
John Molidor, PhD
SPEAKER Edito RiAl AdVi So Ry BoARd
Kirstin Carey, Chair
Stephanie Angelo, SPHR Marilee Driscoll
Robert Bradford , MBA, CSP Neen James, ASM
Laurie Brown Avish Parashar
Steve Coscia Ed Rigsbee, CSP
Molly Cox Russell White, MBA, CSP
Managing Editor design
Barbara Parus Marc Oxborrow
Publications Assistant
Lauren Aiken
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