October 10—Write and Publish Your Book in the 21st Century
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NSA-Arizona Program October 10, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m.; networking 8:00 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. Oct. 7): $30/members, $45/guests
Late Registration: $40/members, $55/guests
No refunds after 5 p.m. Oct. 7, 2009.
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Please notify us if you have any special needs for the meeting.
Main Stage—Kent Gustavson, PhD
“Back of the Room 2.0: Write and Publish Your Book in the 21st Century”
Stories & Structures
From back of the room to bestseller. Dr. Kent Gustavson will share some tell-all tricks to writing and publishing in the 21st century. Whether you’ve published once, a thousand times, or never at all, Dr. Kent will entertain you with his concept of the individualized, one-concept, over-caffeinated, fantastic, brand new, burgeoning 21st century book business. His concept of stories and structure simplifies the writing, publishing and positioning of a book, and will guarantee that you will be able to walk onto the pages in front of your reader, polka-dotted suspenders and all.
Author, radio host, publishing expert, professor, and entrepreneur, Dr. Kent Gustavson is also the owner of independent publisher Blooming Twig Books and www.skeletonmethod.com, its subsidiary provider of top-end and award-winning author services. He is a sought-after industry consultant, branding coach and ghostwriter, and speaks around the world on publishing and music. Dr. Kent hosts the radio shows Sound Authors and Blurb! on Blog Talk Radio, formerly syndicated to World Talk Radio and Voice America, and has interviewed hundreds of bestselling authors and award-winning musicians. Dr. Kent also has more than a dozen audio recordings to his name, available from his small independent record label Ninety and Nine Records as well as One Soul Records in New York. He was recently (as @drkent) named one of Twitter’s Top 100 Edu-Tweeters. Find out more about Dr. Kent at http://www.kentgustavson.com
Voice of Experience—Robert Mac
“Two Meeting Planners Walk into a Bar . . . During Your Keynote”
“Two Meeting Planners Walk into a Bar . . . During Your Keynote” is an entertaining program that shows the importance of choosing and using humor in your speeches to break the ice, win over audiences, and build confidence, among many other benefits. This fun, funny, and informative talk demonstrates with non-stop examples the importance of laughter in connecting with others and maintaining that connection.
Robert Mac has been making people laugh and learn for more than 15 years, and has appeared on Comedy Central, The Learning Channel, and NBC. His travels have taken him to prestigious festivals around the globe, and he was ranked as one of the top 100 comedians in the nation. His was the grand prize winner of Comedy Central’s national stand-up competition, and is an award-winning copywriter as well. He is slated to perform on The Late Show with David Letterman shortly. Please welcome the very serious Robert Mac.
Extreme Speaker Makeover—Up Your Image
Janice Hurley-Trailor and Paula Shoup
In this session, Paula Shoup reveals how using Expert Image services transformed her outside appearance to match her inner professionalism and personal style. She shares what she learned and how it has impacted her in ways she hadn’t even imagined. Janice Hurley-Trailor shows how she highlights the best style and hidden features of Paula and others she works with.
As an image expert, Janice helps her clients magnify the power of their presence to open doors for success. She believes we all have the right to portray ourselves in a positive and powerful light from the first moment we meet others. Her memorable before-and-after ads appear on the back cover of NSA Speaker Magazine.
In her coaching, speaking, and consulting company, Internal GPS, Paula is passionate about helping businesses and individuals navigate their way to success quickly and with less stress. She has been a leader in multiple Fortune 100 and 500 companies and has worked with suppliers across many cultures for over 20 years.
Business Building Session—Andrea Beaulieu
The Business Building Session starts promptly at 12:15 and ends at 1:30 p.m. The Business Building session is designed to provide members with information and tools necessary to successfully build their speaking business. The format we are using is based on Jim Cathcart’s Eight Professional (Speaker) competencies. All morning attendees are welcome.
“Deliver High Impact Stories for High Impact Presentations”
A stronger presence as a storyteller can make a dramatic impact on your career. Andrea Beaulieu will present dynamic strategies for successful storytelling to take you to a higher level.
With more than 25 years of experience as an actress and a singer, Andrea will share how to use theatrical performance techniques to enhance your storytelling and engage and move an audience. Come prepared to give a three to five minute story. Andrea will coach as many attendees as possible in the time allowed.
Through more than 25 years of personal and professional experience and study, Andrea Beaulieu has overcome significant obstacles to create a life and business that are authentically hers. As a result, she has successfully run her own business for the past 22 years, fulfilled her dream to be a singer and stage performer, and, as a single mom, raised her son to be a leader in his life.
Today, she shares her wisdom, knowledge and practices as a professional speaker, author and coach. Her programs teach others how to align with their authentic purpose and values to make decisions and create personal and business relationships that foster exceptional creativity, trustworthy communication and unassailable performance.
As owner of Andrea Beaulieu Creates, LLC, Andrea has served dozens of clients in several industries. She has been a performing artist for more than 30 years, and has traveled with the international organization, Up With People, singing and dancing at Super Bowl X, the Indianapolis 500, and Bob Hope’s Birthday Party.
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 Calendar
For a printable monthly calendar of NSA-Arizona events, click Calendar.
NSA-Arizona Future Programs Lineup
To see the exciting line-up for the coming months click 2009-2010!
Future 2009-2010 Programs
- October 10
- November 14
Thank you to the NSA-Arizona Program Committee: Janita Cooper, Michelle May, Celeste Bumpus and Paula Shoop.
