Speaker - October 2009

REALITY CHECK
Putting a fine point on the speaking industry
The NSA Fall Conference: Imagine!

Attending a conference is an investment in your career—but you already know that. What you may not know is just how much you’ll gain from this year’s NSA Fall Conference at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix.

This event provides a forum to exchange ideas, best practices and expertise in the speaking industry. It also offers opportunities to engage in and directly contribute to the dialogue among speakers, meeting planners and vendors. Through networking contacts, connections and programs to help you gain knowledge in sales, marketing and resources for generating content, you’ll be able to do more, speak more and earn more.

But don’t overlook networking opportunities. This Conference crushes the online social networking experience. Networking is more powerful in person. You’re far more likely to strike up a relationship in person simply because people like talking to other people—especially speaker types who love to share information! You can also gain pearls of wisdom over a cup of coffee, a drink or a meal with another speaker when you least expect it.

Save the Dates!

Fall Conference
Nov. 20-22, 2009
Arizona Grand Resort
Phoenix, Ariz.

Winter Conference Feb. 12-14, 2010 Nashville Airport Marriott Nashville, Tenn.

Marilee Driscoll on developing high- • profit;product.

The Next Level

The line-up for the Fall Conference is packed with content to help you move to the next level. You can customize your learning experience by choosing from Intensive, Mega or Concurrent sessions—or mix ’em up.

Saturday’s all-day Intensive session focuses on marketing, with Jane Atkinson, Robin Creasman and Kris

Young. In this high-powered session, you will learn to develop a strong promise statement so your clients know the value of what you offer. You’ll also learn about the No. 1 form of marketing and why you need to master it.

Karen Cortell-Reisman will lead a Mega session on platform skills, titled “Anatomy of a Keynote: Moving from Brain to Heart to Soul.” In this program, you’ll learn how to move from “ideation” to “keynote creation,” the seven rules of a keynote, and how to discover new sources of passionate material for your keynote.

Avish Parashar will present a Mega session on humor. He’ll teach you how to tap your creativity to unleash your inner comedian; how to think in ways to be automatically funny and how to use appropriate humor even if your topic isn’t funny. And you know what they say about humor: You only need it if you want to get asked back.

We have created an intimate event that offers high-level presenters who will help you grow your business. You’ll learn from the best, including: Vickie Sullivan on branding. •

Janice Hurley-Trailor on raising your • image and your income.

Marcia;Reynolds,;Master;Certified • Coach, on maximizing your “tween” time using coaching to increase your income

Laura Leist on Outlook and • productivity.

Be Inspired!

To emphasize learning, doing and networking, only two general sessions will be offered, but they will rev you up and motivate you long after the Conference is over.

Frank Miles escaped death to discover that true courage isn’t about facing death; it’s about facing life every day. His “Get a Grip” program will help you get a handle on life’s toughest challenges.