June 2007 News Flash»National Speakers Association

June 2007 News Flash

In this edition

President’s Message from Joan Koerber-Walker
NSA-Arizona June 9 Monthly Meeting
Meeting Sponsor for June
Living Room Forum for 2007
NSA-Las Vegas Programs
Upcoming NSA and NSA-Arizona Programs
Speaker Development Lab
NSA-Arizona Members Shine
Call for Speakers from ASTD Valley of the Sun Chapter
Business-Building Bulletin
Tips to “Bottle and Sell” What You Know
Word Trippers from the Platform
About This Newsletter

President’s Message from Joan Koerber-Walker

When Beth Terry was helping me get ready for this year as your president of NSA Arizona, she warned me. Don’t blink – the time flies by so fast and you won’t want to miss a minute. She was so right! This year has flown past and on June 9th I will have the honor of inducting your new president, Alan Rigg. We’ll also be honoring this year’s Chapter Member of the Year.

OUR Year, 2006/2007, focused on two major goals, each important and aggressive, each crucial to the growth of our chapter AND the growth of each member’s business. They are:

Keep doing what we do so well. This includes our wonderfully produced and attended Saturday meetings as well as the intimate learning experiences we’ve created in the Living Room Forums, Speakers Lab, Candidate Program, and other programs. Our chapter is one of the strongest within NSA–financially, operationally, and in the talents of its leaders and members. We have a solid foundation, one upon which we’ll continue to build.
Raise the Awareness of the VALUE that NSA-Arizona and its members bring to our community. NSA and its members are among the best-kept secrets in our community. Those who know us do understand our value but many more groups have yet to learn about the fabulous resource they have in their own backyard. This year, we’ll proactively steps to raise awareness of NSA and NSA member value through special programs, communications, and branding.

My personal goal was to give every member the opportunity to benefit from NSA-Arizona involvement in this year–OUR YEAR.

I hope you have benefited from the efforts of your board, your executive director Gwen Henson, and what the many volunteers have done to make this year one of our best ever. Thanks to everyone for making our goals reality. And thanks to you for giving me the honor of serving as your president.

Joan Koerber-Walker
NSA-Arizona President 2006-2007
jkw@corepurpose.net

NSA-Arizona Monthly Meeting – June 9, 2007

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon; networking 8:30 a.m.; Candidate Program 12:15 p.m.
Location: NSA Conference Center, 1500 S. Priest Dr., Tempe, AZ
Prepaid registration (by 5 p.m. Wed., June 6): $30/members, $45/guests
At-the-door registration: $40/members, $55/guests
No refunds after the early registration deadline.

Meet the Pros

If you’ve attended a National NSA Convention, you may have enjoyed the Meet the Pros sessions. They provide more than one chance to sit down with an expert and learn about your area of interest. You’ll get to meet with four of these six pros during the time we have at this interactive session.

June Cline will help you learn your humor style and offer 21 tip on how to make more money by adding more funny.
Marsha Petrie Sue will show you easy to understand and simple to apply techniques to sell more products after your programs.
Gwen Henson will share with you how to produce a better book and possibly create the next best seller.
Eileen Roth will prove the old adage, “A place for everything and everything in its place” with her effective and successful organizing tips.
Hilari Weinstein will help your light the room by breathing life and presence into all of your presentations.
Dave Sherman knows the value of having BOR products. He will share with you how to produce books, CDs, DVDs and so much more.

Spend 20 minutes with the four experts you want to hear to launch your business in new directions!

VOE: To allow maximum time for the Meet the Pros sessions, we will not have a Voice of Experience Speaker this month.

Dave Sherman and Stephanie Angelo head the Program Committee 2006-2007.

Candidate Program: Speakers Mini-Lab

Starts promptly at 12:15 p.m. – all morning attendees welcome.

Our Speakers Development Lab organizers are providing this great opportunity to show off how the Lab is run to Candidates and Professional Members, especially if you haven’t been able to attend regular Tuesday meetings. The Candidate’s lab begins immediately following chapter meeting and we expect a large crowd. One candidate and one professional member will give a short speech and the Lab team will give feedback.

We will also celebrate the graduates of the candidate program at the June meeting and welcome our newest co-chairs for this program, Dave Sherman and Dr. Michelle May, who take over from Beth Terry and Elizabeth Harper in September.

SUPPORT OUR MEETING SPONSOR – Designers Café

Mary Krause of Designers Café shares her recipe for baking a successful marketing and web site strategy at our June meeting. You’ll find out how to:

Harnessing the marketing power of your 24/7 Web Salesperson
Start your website from scratch or upgrade it
Add e-commerce or an informational video

Designers Café has been a custom Web Marketing and Design Cafe since 2000. Visit Mary and her team at http://www.designerscafe.us and http://www.mywebtrailers.com or call 480 947-2585.

To register for this meeting and save $10, follow these prepayment procedures.

Prepayment Procedures: To streamline check-in at our monthly meetings, please prepay for your meeting attendance. Members and guests save $10 when they prepay by 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the Saturday meeting. Registration at the door (available as space allows) is $40 for members and $55 for nonmembers.

Note from Executive Director Gwen Henson: We’re happy to keep your credit card on file for meeting payments but it’s not an automatic service. Please specifically ask us to do that.

Three ways to register:

Online: go to http://nsa-arizona.org/meetings/june-program/
By email: send name, company, and number of attendees to Gwen@nsa-arizona.org
By telephone: call (480) 968-7443

Living Room Forum – See You September 26

May marked the last Living Room Forum for our 2006/2007 programming year. Special thanks to all the members who opened their living rooms to their fellow speakers-–Elizabeth Harper, Mary Switzer, Eileen Roth, Silver Rose, Joan Koerber-Walker, Jackie Dishner, Bonnie Mattick, and Maggie Hunts. Thanks also to the following members who provided wonderful facilitation–Marcia Reynolds, Ed Scannell/Steve Tyra, Heather Keller, Jana Ruth, Joan Koerber-Walker, Victor Lee, Susan Ratliff, and Maggie Hunts. We appreciate your hospitality and expertise.

We’ll kick off the 2007/2008 programs on Wednesday, September 26th with our first session for consultants and coaches. See the schedule below.

Getting involved in the Living Room Forums is a great way to get more out of your chapter experience. We are looking for hosts and facilitators for each of these sessions. To become part of this great experience, contact co-chairs Kitty Wiemelt kitty@kittywiemelt.com or Kathy Marcil kathy@kmarcil.com Reserve these important dates early!

Consultants/Coaches
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Authors/Publishers
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Seminar/Workshop
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Humorists
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Consultants/Coaches
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Authors/Publishers
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Seminar/Workshop
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Humorists
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Kitty Wiemelt and Kathy Marcil co-chair Living Room Forum, 2006-2007

NSA-Las Vegas Programs

Las Vegas Chapter of NSA has requested sharing our exciting programming events with other local chapters as a reminder to attend its programs when visiting the great city of Las Vegas. Contact Anita@anitapaul.com with any questions you may have.

Check out NSA-Las Vegas at http://www.nsa-lasvegas.com. Upcoming events:

Ed Primeau, June 9, 2007
Glenna Salsbury, September 22, 2007

Upcoming NSA-Arizona Programs

July – No monthly meeting so you can attend NSA Convention in San Diego
August – Summer Fiesta will kick off our 30th anniversary year as a chapter.
Alan Rigg alanrigg@8020sales.com invites all past presidents of the chapter to this extra special shindig. Exact place and date will be announced shortly.

Upcoming IFFPS and NSA Programs

If you’re ready to truly be a player in the international arena, come to Dubai and join the community of influence and business knowledge at the Global Speakers Summit.

IFFPS Global Summit 2007 - Dubai
June 01, 2007 - June 05, 2007
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
http://www.nsaspeaker.org/iffps/Global_Summit_07.html

2007 NSA Convention
July 09, 2007 - July 12, 2007
San Diego, California
http://www.nsaspeaker.org/meetings/2007_nsa_convention_reg_info.shtml

NSA-Arizona Speaker Development Lab

Upcoming Daytime Labs – June 12, June 26

“I really appreciated the opportunity to ‘try on’ my new Connection Education to Economy presentation in front of friendly professionals. The advice and recommendations will allow me to continue to improve my presence and message for future audiences. There is nothing like a solid critique from your peers!”
- Mary Wolf-Francis

“Useful suggestions came from the discussion of my intro slide. I already made the fonts much larger and I like it better as well.”
- James Kohner, DDS

“The feedback I got from colleagues was awesome. Everyone present was a rich source of suggestions, ideas and creativity. My head is still buzzing. The Lab is an exceptionally effective and economical developmental tool for seasoned and budding speakers.”
- Pauline Sandell

At a cost of $75 per year, easily paid at the NSA-Arizona website http://www.nsa-arizona.org, attending this Lab is a true bargain. Please attend the Tuesday morning Speakers Lab, at a new time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Upcoming speakers:
Speakers presenting on June 9th at the Showcase LAB during the Candidate Program:
Vickie Bouffard and Sel Fillerup

Speakers presenting on Tuesday, June 12th:
Kathleen Tomes, Misty Vogtritter and Mike Campion

Speakers presenting on Tuesday, June 26th:
Alan Smith, Eileen Roth and Maggie Hunts

Please contact Celeste Bumpus for details on all open slots and other questions. She can be reached at celeste@celestebumpus.com or 602-430-2786.

Need video equipment

The Speakers Lab would like to upgrade its Video equipment. If you have equipment you would like to donate or know of a great deal, please contact Celeste Bumpus – 602-430-2786 celeste@celestebumpus.com

Upcoming Evening Lab – June 19 at 6:15

Our second evening lab will be held Tuesday, June 19, at Sherman Training Center, 4600 E. Shea Blvd, Suite 202, Phoenix, AZ 85028 (nearest cross street is Tatum) 6.6 miles from AZ-51.

This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your presentations, especially if you can’t attend in the daytime. It will be regularly held the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:15 (mingling time) and 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

To sign up for a slot on the June 19 agenda, contact Silver at Silver@SilverSpeaks.com using the subject line: “NSA Evening Lab - Slot, Please.”

NSA-Arizona Members Shine

Pamela Jett Aal and John Hersey have attained CSP status with NSA. Congratulations to our newest Certified Speaking Professionals!

Eileen Proctor and Susan Ratliff have attained Professional status with NSA. Congratulations to these two graduates from our chapter’s Candidate Program. We hear through the grapevine that Debbie Waitkus has just turned in her paperwork to National, too. Way to go, Debbie!

Please join us June 9 immediately following the regular meeting in celebration of these and other Candidate graduates. We’ll be enjoying graduation cake!

Call for Speakers from ASTD Valley of the Sun Chapter for 2007 Fall Conference

ASTD expects 300 or more attendees October 12 at Desert Willow Conference Center, 4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Phoenix, AZ for their 2007 Fall Conference. The association has published a Call for Speakers.

All proposals must be submitted electronically using a Word document that is available from Connie Kadansky speakers@astd-vos.org and are due by close of business on July 15th, 2007. If you are planning to submit a proposal, please send a courtesy e-mail to speakers@astd-vos.org so they know to expect it.

There are three tracks for the conference: ROI, Professional Development for Trainers, and E-Learning vs. Live Learning. If you’re interested in complete details or wish to apply, contact Connie.

BUSINESS-BUILDING BULLETIN

This bulletin publicizes events of interest to NSA-Arizona members and announces member accomplishments. Send your information to Barbara McNichol at editor@barbaramcnichol.com

Beth Terry has been invited by incoming NSA President Mark LeBlanc to co-chair the Academy for Professional Speakers with Shep Hyken. Part of the Cavett Institute, the Academy is the national version of our Candidate Program. Beth has also been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Team for Speaker Magazine. If you have exciting ideas for features, send them to her at bethinfo@bethterry.com.

Dave Sherman, NSA board member and owner of the Sherman Training Center, has developed a complete products package for speakers who want to create back-of-the-room products but have no idea how to do it. With a local video production company, Dave has put together a package that includes everything speakers need to create 50 two-disk DVDs and 50 two-disks Audio CDs. Included in the package is use of the Sherman Training Center, two-camera shoot, all editing and post production, all artwork and printing, all replication and assembly and so much more. For more information, call Dave at 602-971-1766 or email him at dave@stcaz.com.

Charter NSA member and First Executive Vice President of NSA, Bill Johnson, CSP has volunteered to host an open tele-meeting to handle questions about professional speaking the NSA Convention and NSA history. Bill has attended every one of the 32 conventions. You will be asked to submit questions, which will be answered (your name will not be used unless you grant approval with your question). June 6, 6:30 to 7:30. A guest in each session will be a former National President of NSA. For access phone number and code email Bill@BillJohnson.com.

Loretta Love Huff of Emerald Harvest Consulting, LLC has received the prestigious MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) Supplier of the Year Award from the Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council (GCMSDC), http://www.gcmsdc.org. As Class I MBE of the Year, Loretta joins an exclusive group of business owners who have demonstrated outstanding business performance, strong growth, innovation, and a positive impact on their communities both economically and professionally. Loretta enjoys the unique distinction of having received this award two out of the last three years.

How Can You Create a Profitable Internet Business with only Basic Computer Skills?

As you probably know, many NSA-Arizona members have asked our webmaster, Rich Hamilton, to do a full-day seminar to help us master our websites. It’s happening in June. Rich is offering members a Preview Call and special price. This may be a one-time opportunity. Go to http://ibmSeminar.com and, in the Coupon Box, enter NSA SPECIAL.

Info Products: Tips to “Bottle and Sell” What You Know

Extend your reach beyond your presentation with these tips from Kendall SummerHawk.

If you’re out pounding the pavement, giving your signature presentations then you likely have a ripe opportunity to launch a high-end or “Platinum” type of coaching or consulting program.

You see, the big money isn’t in the speaking fees (although that certainly is nice), it’s in creating lucrative, high-end, high touch offers for an exclusive groups of your clients. For example, if your audience is corporate executives, you can create a one-year Platinum program that includes two in-person retreats, monthly expert interview CD and transcript sent to their door step, and monthly teleseminar focused on a specific topic of high interest to them. Limit your membership to just a dozen executives and the money you can charge will easily surpass several months of speaking fees all added up together!

Kendall SummerHawk shows entrepreneurs how they can brand, package, and price their services to create more money, time, and freedom in their business. To sign up for FREE tips like these, visit her site at http://www.kendallsummerhawk.com

Word Trippers from the Platform

Don’t let these common Word Trippers from Barbara McNichol trip you up.

Among, between – “Among” occurs with MORE THAN two things or people; “between” happens with ONLY two things or people. “Among the 128 members, 92 have e-mail access. Between AOL and Earthlink, AOL is the more popular choice.”

Amiable, amicable – “Amiable” refers to a person’s pleasant, social, agreeable qualities; “amicable” describes something showing goodwill and friendliness. “The mediator’s amiable personality helped bring about an amicable agreement.”

Browse, peruse – “Browse” means to inspect something in a leisurely way while “peruse” calls for reading it thoroughly, examining it with care. “When we browse through the newspaper, we skim the display ads quickly but we carefully peruse the help-wanted section.”

Word Trippers are featured in The Door Opener, an ezine that helps you open doors to your dreams through the written word. Subscribe at http://www.barbaramcnichol.com or send an email to editor@barbaramcnichol.com