October 2006 News Flash»National Speakers Association

October 2006 News Flash

President’s Message from Joan Koerber-Walker
October 14 Monthly Meeting
Meeting Sponsor for October
Living Room Forum for 2006-2007
Upcoming NSA Programs
NSA-Arizona Speaker Lab/Mastermind in Tucson
Speech Development Lab
Special Invitation Honoring Bill Johnson
NSA-Arizona Members In The Spotlight
News Flashes From NSA Headquarters
Business-Building Bulletin
Tips to “Bottle and Sell” What You Know
Word Trippers on the Platform
About This Newsletter

NSA-Arizona President’s Message from Joan Koerber-Walker

As I hope you saw in OUR year’s first newsletter and at our September Meeting, we have two goals for 2006/2007:

Excellence - As board members, staff, volunteers, candidates, and members, we will continue to do what we do so well - maintaining and building upon our levels of excellence in programs, meetings, events, and member services to create VALUE for our candidates, members, and guests.
Awareness - raising the level of awareness in our community about the resources available though NSA and NSA-Arizona and the excellent VALUE we provide through our organization and as individual members.

I see NSA as a big, juicy apple pie - hot out of the oven. If we hide this pie away for later, we can keep it all to ourselves. BUT if we put it out on the window sill and let its scent spread upon the breeze, who knows who might just show up!

WE can be that breeze. Many of us work in the community, within other associations, in charitable organizations supporting worthy causes, or with the media. We are Speakers, Writers, Consultants, Coaches, Teachers, and Friends. If we each shared a brief word about the value of NSA to one new person each week, imagine what may happen.

I have committed to do this and already I’m seeing results. I hope you will join me in spreading the word, too. Make it a commitment now.

Joan Koerber-Walker, NSA-Arizona President 2006-2007

jkw@corepurpose.net

Editor’s note: Did you ever wonder what Joan does when she is not working on chapter business? Did you ever question why she joined NSA in the first place? She was recently interviewed by Sean Tierney on the on-line program Venturecast. Tune in to hear this interview anytime at http://www.grid7.com. It’s excellent!

NSA-Arizona Monthly Meeting October 14, 2006

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., Oct. 11): $25/members, $35/guests

At-the-door registration: $35/members, $45/guests

No refunds after the early registration deadline.

Crafting Your Killer Keynote - Todd Hunt

Different from training and consulting, keynotes are presented in a tighter, more structured package, wrapped in entertainment and sprinkled with enlightenment throughout!

Customize or generalize? Notes used or memorized? PowerPoint or just you and a microphone? Todd Hunt will tell (and show) us how to create a killer keynote using before and after examples recorded in front of live audiences. Discover what’s wrong with your own introduction and learn what to do in your first three minutes on stage.

Todd also delivers a short version of his own keynote, "Communication

Bleeps and Blunders in Business," allowing us to analyze its components and techniques. And if you’ve ever struggled with "Am I ready for a video?" you will definitely laugh and learn from clips of Todd’s first five awful video demos!

Todd Hunt launched his speaking career part-time in 2000 and by the end of 2002, he had given 99 keynotes. In 2003, he quit his day job to become a full-time business humorist. His newspaper column appears in the United States and Canada. He writes for

MPI’s national magazine and has created two books, two CDs, and the speaker learning system "Crafting and Marketing Your Killer Keynote." He has been profiled in The Chicago Tribune and on CLTV. Want a preview of this presenter? Go to www.ToddHuntSpeaker.com

VOE: Debbie Christofferson, CISSP, CISM

Keep Your Business Running: 5-Step Guide to Protect Your Business from Hackers, Disasters, and Thieves

Is your business at risk? New security breaches and disasters play out daily in the headlines. Industry surveys cite mounting losses from hackers, disasters, thieves, and virus infections. Security risks are growing from resurging mergers, ongoing outsourcing deals, and growing insider threats. Small businesses carry more peril today than ever. No one wears an immunity necklace.

With 20 years of global Fortune 500 IT and security management with Intel Corporation, Debbie’s experience covers the ground and up. She identifies real security risks for any business, and strategies how to manage them to an organization’s needs. Debbie holds the two leading certifications in security management and has focused on security strategy for 15 years, in private enterprise and as the principal of Sapphire-Security Services LLC.

Dave Sherman chairs the Program Committee 2006-2007.

Candidate Program – starting promptly at 12:15 p.m.

All morning attendees welcome.

Gwen Henson: “How Speakers Can Sell More Books”

From creating a better book product to making use of special tools, you can make smart choices that will improve your success. Learn how speakers have an edge and what you can do to sell more books.

As well as being our own executive director, Gwen Henson, is the executive director of Arizona Book Publishing Association and the owner of SageBrush Publications.

Beth Terry and Elizabeth Harper co-chair the Candidate Program 2006-2007.

SUPPORT OUR MEETING SPONSOR - "Tax Goddess" Shauna A. Wekherlien

Shauna A. Wekherlien, CPA, MTax, has worked for KPMG (one of the remaining 4 "big" accounting firms) and American Express Tax and Business Services. Bringing a large-firm knowledge base into a small-firm atmosphere, she educates her clients through her bi-weekly seminars and hands-on "creative" approach to taxes. Shauna specializes in taxes for small businesses and their owners, including entity strategy, structure, formation, tax planning and compliance, and start-up businesses. She has earned her master’s in taxation from Arizona State University.

www.swcbe

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 $35 for members and $45 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:

1. Online: go to http://nsa-arizona.org/?p=67

2. By email: send name, company, and number of attendees to Gwen@nsa-arizona.org

3. By telephone: call (480) 968-7443

Living Room Forum – 2006/2007

NSA-Arizona’s Living Room Forum brings together 15 to 20 NSAers (professional and candidates) to share ideas about these areas of expertise: Humor, Consultant/Coaches, Seminar/Workshop, Authors/Publishers. It is an excellent time to get to know each other over a light dinner and great ideas.

Each Living Room Forum will be held on the last Wednesday of the month starting at 7:30 p.m. The hostess provides the home; the facilitator provides a 10-minute lead-in on the discussion plus questions. The cost is $20 and includes a light dinner. Both the facilitator and hostess are guests for the evening.

Please contact Kitty at kitty@kittywiemelt.com if you’d like to volunteer for dates when hostess and/or facilitators are needed.

Here’s the line-up so far:

October 25 for Authors/Publishers –

Mary Switzer, Hostess (McDowell/Hayden); facilitator needed

November 29 for Seminar/Workshop –

Eileen Roth, Hostess (Troon); facilitator needed

January for Humor –

Silver Rose, Hostess (Central Phoenix); facilitator needed

February for Consultant/Coaches –

Hostess and facilitator, Joan Koerber-Walker (Ahwatukee)

March for Authors/Publishers –

Jackie Dishner, Hostess (Central Phoenix), facilitator needed

April for Seminar/Worshops –

Bonnie Mattick, Hostess (Moon Valley), facilitator needed

May for Humor – Hostess and facilitator needed

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

Upcoming NSA-Arizona Programs

In 2006:

November 11 – Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE

December 9 – Holiday Party

In 2007:

January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 16

Upcoming NSA/IFFPS Programs

Enterprise Lab: The Substance of Business

November 3-5, 2006

NSA Headquarters, Tempe

http://www.nsaspeaker.org/enterprise_lab

CAPS 2006 10th Annual Convention

December 7 - 9, 2006

Vancouver, B.C.

http://www.canadianspeakers.org/displayconvention.cfm

Marco Island University

January 4-7, 2007

Marco Island, Florida

http://www.nsaspeaker.org/marcoisland

NSA Winter Workshop

February 9-11, 2007

Denver, Colorado

http://www.nsaspeaker.org/denver

Innovation Lab

May 04, 2007 - May 06, 2007

NSA Headquarters, Tempe

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

Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

NSA-Arizona Speaker Lab/Mastermind in Tucson

A group of eight NSAers met October 1 to set the stage for regular monthly mastermind meetings in Tucson. Loosely modeled on NSA/AZ’s Tuesday morning Speaker Development Labs, these meetings are being organized by Jessica Pettitt. All NSA/AZ members are welcome to attend. Dates for the next three Sunday afternoon meetings are October 29th, November 19th, and December 17th at 2pm.

Contact Jessica for more information (contactme@jessicapettitt.com) or (917) 543-0966. She has also offered to coordinate car pooling to the monthly meetings in Tempe.

NSA-Arizona Speaker Development Lab

Moving from a $750 speaker to a $5,000 speaker is not easy, but this Lab helps those who have that goal move to the next level. Attending the Lab costs only $75 a year. You can attend for free a couple times to decide if it is for you. No reservations are necessary – just show up.

Participants can give a live 5 to15-minute presentation or show 5 to 10 minutes from a CD/video tape and get quality feedback and enrichment suggestions. The goal is to provide an “actor’s studio” where we tune up our material before a helpful audience of our peers. For questions, contact Silver Rose at Silver@SilverSpeaks.com

October 10: NSA Headquarters, 1500 S. Priest Dr., Tempe. 8:45 - 11:00 a.m.

October 17: Location and time to be announced.

October 24: NSA Headquarters, 1500 S. Priest Dr., Tempe. 8:45 - 11:00 a.m.

Silver Rose heads the Speakers Developmental Lab, 2006-2007.

Special Night November 11 Honoring Bill Johnson

That’s what this special celebration at the Phoenix Country Club is all about!

Says one of the event organizers Joel Weldon, “Webster’s dictionary defines a FRIEND as ‘a person one is fond of, an ally and a supporter’ and a MENTOR as ‘a wise advisor, a teacher or coach.’ Think of the people you know who fit both definitions. Is one person on your list Bill Johnson? Yes, the same Bill Johnson who served as the first Executive Director of NSA. The same Bill Johnson who created the Cavett Award. And the same Bill Johnson who has coached, trained and given feedback to thousands of speakers to assist in their careers, their audios and videos, their microphones, their PowerPoint presentations, and even the shine on their shoes!”

Friends of BJ have organized this evening, which will begin with cocktails at 6:00 pm and will include a wonderful Phoenix Country Club dinner, amazing speakers, a funny emcee, roasts, toasts and a gift for Bill, all for $95/person. This will be an evening filled with appreciation for him, filled with laughter and tears, great food, and a large collection of some of the world’s most renowned speakers.

To attend this fabulous event, contact Judy and Joel Weldon by email info@successcomesincans.com or phone 480-948-5633 and we will send you a reservation form. Also begin working on your letter of appreciation to Bill and contact us if you want to be on the speaking portion of the event.

P.S. Bill knows about the event, but not all the details!

NSA-Arizona Members in the Spotlight

NBC Affiliate KNPX Channel 12’s AZ Midday television program presents empowerment coach and author Arlene Rosenberg in a six-week series on making the transition from executive to business owner while maintaining life balance as a wife and mother. For more information, go to www.therosenberggroup.com

Kitty Wiemelt’s article “Control is an Illusion” was published in the national publications for all Orthopedic Practice Administrators in the United States belonging to the BONES SOCIETY as a follow-up to her May presentation “The Secrets to the Power of Change: The Value of Me, the Power of Us.”

Kitty will be giving the keynote at the Desert Cancer Foundation of Arizona on October 26, 11:30-1:30, Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort, Chandler. The cost is $35.00 per person and all proceeds go for cancer education and treatment resources. Call 480-763-6897 for details.

Natalie Sayer is playing Tessie Tura, a burlesque dancer, in Gypsy the musical, the story of the famous burlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee. The play is at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre, in the Scottsdale Fashion Square area (Scottsdale Rd. north of Camelback - next door to CoCo’s) September 22 - October 15th…Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 6 PM. The box office number is 480.483.1664. For more information: http://www.desertstages.com/show_pages/Gypsy_show.html

Elizabeth Harper and her husband David were recently recognized for making a $10,000 donation to the Maricopa County University of Arizona Minority Scholarship Fund.

Hilari Weinstein of High Impact Communication has been selected as the Phoenix Business Journal’s newest columnist. Her “Powerful Presenting” about presentation skills column runs for six weeks beginning September 29th.

News Flashes from NSA Headquarters

What Have You Gained from Your PEG?

The PEG Leadership team is looking for WOW PEG Moments contributions from PEG members. Some of these Moments will appear in Professional Speaker magazine, others will be on VOE, and any others that will not fit will end up on the PEG pages of the MyNSA web site. The timing is NOW and through March.

WOW PEG Moment Guidelines: 1) WOW moment must relate to your PEG experience; 2) WOW moment must have demonstrable professional development benefit to other NSA members, whether it comes from a revelation you got from your PEG involvement, or, whether it came from your sharing of your expert body of knowledge, or whether it came as a result of the synergy of you and other members of your PEG brainstorming/sharing/networking; and 3) articulate in 250 words or less, or for VOE in fewer than :60 seconds. Please submit your WOW Moments to John Reddish: johnr@getresults.com.

Still Available from NSA Orlando Convention, July 2006

If you missed the convention, you don’t have to miss out completely. Go to http://www.nsaspeaker.org/orlando and you will find the session topics along with valuable handouts.

Content Management Corporation has captured the content from the 2006 Convention and has it in MP3, DVD, CD and video. Visit http://www.softconference.com/260722 to order any recordings you might want.

BUSINESS-BUILDING BULLETIN

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

First Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference, November 8th

Are you an entrepreneur? As speakers, most of us are. On November 8th, the 1st Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference will be held from 7am – 7 pm at the Ritz Carlton on Camelback in Phoenix. In one day, you have the opportunity to hear from leading experts on entrepreneurship from Stanford University, the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation and a special guest, Michael Gerber, NY Times bestselling author of The E-Myth. Michael will challenge us to answer the question “Am I working on my business or simply in it?” PLUS, you get to choose 4 of 12 break-out sessions led by panels of successful local entrepreneurs, business leaders, and community leaders.

Want to know more? Visit http://www.AZEntrepreneurship.com and register BEFORE October 1, 2006 to get the early-bird rate of $99.

Humor Book Award Accepting Entries

The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) is accepting entries for the 2007 AATH Book Awards. The awards will honor authors of books published between January 1, 2006 and November 15, 2006. Winners will be announced at AATH’s annual conference in February, 2007. Books will be accepted in these three categories:

- Furthering the AATH Mission: For the best nonfiction book that reflects the advancement, understanding, and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits.

- Humor/Laughter Research: For the best book of research on applied humor and/or

laughter.

- Good Humor Award: The most original/creative humor book of the year.

Complete entry information at: http://www.aath.org/book_award.htm

Still Time to Sign Up for Mexico Cruise

A cruise that features seminars by our members Don Thoren, CPAE, and Ed Scannell, is closing out its $395 per person special value. The ship leaves at sunset from Long Beach on Monday, November 27^th, and stops at Catalina and Ensenada, Mexico. It returns Friday morning at daybreak on December 1. Contact Bill Johnson at 602-870-3333 or Bill@billjohnson.com

Authors and Speakers Roundtable Every Wednesday

Authors and Speakers Roundtable, sponsored by Arizona Small Business Association, meets the third Wednesday of each month. All are welcome between 11:30 am to 1 pm. Bring your own lunch if you choose; drinks are provided. Each month features an author who tells about his or her authorship journey and challenges. Great information! 4130 E. Van Buren, Phoenix 602-265-4563. www.asba.com. Monthly meeting is no charge for ASBA members ($125 for annual dues); $20 for guests. This ASBA Roundtable is chaired by Bill Johnson, CSP.

Women Entrepreneurs’ Small Business Bootcamp, January 20, 2007

Numerous NSA-Arizona members including keynoter June Cline, CSP, will share best business practices at a full-day bootcamp at La Chaparral Resort in Scottsdale next January. Cost is $79 or $99 with reception.

Nine power-packed seminars focus on marketing, management, selling, networking, finance, technology, and leadership. Full details at www.womensbusinessbootcamp.com or 602-437-3634. Exhibitor booths are available.

What business-building events of interest to NSA-Arizona members are coming up? What new books and tapes will you launch soon? Send your announcements to Barbara at editor@barbaramcnichol.com

Info Products: Tips to "Bottle and Sell" What You Know

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

Before you go into the studio or get on the telephone to record your next information product, be sure and dress the part. Even though your listener can’t see you, what you’re wearing will influence how you feel and sound, which comes across in your recording. Put on an outfit that makes you feel energized and confident, include wearing your best shoes. For women, add a touch of lipstick (or cologne) and you’re ready to sound your best!

Kendall SummerHawk delivers ways entrepreneurs 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 Word Trippers from Barbara McNichol trip you up.

Grudge, grunge – A “grudge” refers to resentment or harboring ill feelings. “Grunge” is the state of being covered with dirt or unclean things. It’s also a type of rock music or style of dress that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, often to express disaffection or apathy. E.g., “Cindy’s mother held a grudge toward her for years because Cindy wore grunge clothing as a teenager.”

Hanged, hung – Use “hanged” when referring to people; use “hung” for everything else. “The prisoner was hanged for his crime.” “The wet clothes were hung outside to dry.”

Hardy, hearty – “Hardy” describes being bold, sturdy, courageous, or capable of enduring hardship. “Hearty” means warm-hearted, genuine, sincere. “The hardy athletes received hearty congratulations after winning the grueling game.” It can also mean forceful (a hearty push), substantial (a hearty meal), vigorous (a hearty workout).

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 mailto:editor@barbaramcnichol.com