March 8–Vickie Sullivan, Speaking of Sponsorships
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NSA-Arizona Program March 8, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon; networking 8:30 a.m.
Business Building Session: 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Location: NSA Conference Center, 1500 S. Priest Dr., Tempe, AZ
Early Registration (by 5 p.m. Wed. March 5): $30/members, $45/guests
Late Registration: $40/members, $55/guests
No refunds after 5 p.m. March 5, 2008.
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Vickie Sullivan
“Speaking of Sponsorships: How experts get big fees in this lucrative Market FAST!”
You’ve heard it everywhere: sponsorships are hot! This session will focus on the getting sponsors to pay your speaking fee and more. In a fast-paced “tell it like it is” format filled with specific data, strategies and tools, Vickie Sullivan will share market intelligence, trends and strategies that will help you package your expertise for this $15 BILLION marketplace. You will learn:
- Two top trends and why you care about them
- Top misconceptions speakers have about sponsors
- What sponsors look for in selecting speakers
- Three ways to find sponsors
- Two mistakes speakers make when pitching sponsors
- Two questions that will unlock hidden sponsorship opportunities
- Who can help you get sponsors
Vickie Sullivan is nationally recognized as the top market strategist for experts on the professional speaking circuit. She speaks throughout the U.S. and Canada about speaker selection trends in high-fee markets and strategies that position experts for those venues, and was one of the top-ranked speakers at Mark Victor Hansen’s “Mega Speaking” events. Her market intelligence updates are distributed to experts in the U.S. as well as 17 different countries. Vickie’s articles about the speaking market have been published in national publications such as Professional Speaker magazine, Presentations magazine and the Handbook of Business Strategy. She also has been quoted in mainstream media such as Fortune.com, The New York Times and Investor’s Business Daily. Her groundbreaking work as earned her an appointment on the Kennedy School of Government, Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard.
Voice of Experience: VOE Deborah Gardner
How’s Competition Affecting You?
How is Competition Affecting YOU?
Are you ready to discover your untapped potential to WIN?
Competition is part of every facet of our lives…in business, in our families, in dating, in our recreational activities and even within ourselves! Today, it’s not about having the competitive edge, it’s about crushing the competition. Everyone’s goal and objective is the same … to “WIN”, however …
- Do you compete or merely co-exist with your competition?
- Have you discovered your competitive advantage? Do you even have one?
- Do you ignore your competition? Do you know who they are?
- Do you know what it takes to be successful?
Some of us compete with a “winner take all” mindset that keeps us ever-ready for an all-out smack down battle. Some of us regard competition as an unhealthy disorder to be denied or avoided, and others pretend that we can all get along and “play nicely”. Finding the answer to these extremes can actually be a healthy, successful and constructive approach to competition that, when realized you will rely on only one line of attack. To uncover just what that is, you must gear up to go beyond the finish line by attending this session.
- Find out your competitive style in order to be the best;
- Utilize “winning” strategies to your competitive advantage;
- Hear what’s the ONE thing that really separates you from the competition;
- Understand the mindset and healthy aspects of competition;
- Learn to empower and elevate your “game” to a higher business performance level;
- Learn the secrets of being a Champion in YOU!
Deborah Gardner, CMP (better known as “The Competition Gal”), possesses a unique blend of creativity, experience, expertise, and education that make her a well-versed student AND teacher of competition concepts. As President/Founder of “COMPETE BETTER NOW!”, she works with individuals and organizations to help them win by understanding and applying the constructive aspects of competition to their business and their life.
Due to Deborah’s 22 year career in the hospitality industry, understanding her clients needs and interests are a natural. Her clients such as Marriott Hotels, Sheraton Hotels, Meeting Professionals International, Specialized Carriers & Rigging Assn., TBA Global Events, University of Mexico, Arizona Hospitality Expo and many more, see immediate results through the participant interaction that she creates. They attest to her ability to deliver an electrifying MEGA learning experience that translates competition to transform people to be their best.
A board member of NSA-Arizona, she is President-Elect for the Arizona Sunbelt Meeting Professional International Chapter (MPI). For more information on Deborah, check out her website at http://www.COMPETEBETTERNOW.com
Business Building Session
formerly known as Candidate Program
The Business Building Session starts promptly at 12:15 and ends at 1:30 p.m.
Writing Your Way to Recognition: Spread YOUR Word
Speaker: Barbara McNichol and Mary Westheimer
Come hear this outstanding program!
To register for this meeting, please follow prepayment procedures.
Prepayment Procedures: To streamline check-in at monthly meetings, the board requires that you prepay for your meeting attendance.
- Register: To register online Members & Candidates Click Here
- To register online Nonmembers Click Here
- or by email, send name, company and number of attendees to Gwen@nsa-arizona.org
- or call (480) 968-7443.
NSA-Arizona Future Programs Lineup
Please note these future meeting dates!
2008 Programs
- April 12, Karyn Ruth White, Craft Like a Comic, Sell Like A Speaker / VOE Dave Barnhart, Why your business should have a blog
- May 10, 30th Anniversary Special Presidents Event
- June 14, TBA / VOE Robin Craig and Norma Ory, “Do you know your FIQ™ (First Impression Quotient)?”
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