Welcome to the June 2017 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

It Was an Honor

What a privilege it has been to serve as NSA-Arizona chapter president.

Our theme this year was to “honor the past and create the future.” As the founding chapter, we have a lot to be proud of.… Continue reading →

Welcome to the May 2017 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

Re-accommodate

Our last meeting was such a huge success that we found ourselves in an “oversold” situation. After unsuccessfully offering an incentive ($2.95) to attendees to give up their seats, so we could give them to NSA employees, we had to… Continue reading →

Welcome to the April 2017 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

Get Better

“If you do not have a handful of people approach you after your talk, who want to hire you to come speak for their group, then, you are just not good enough.”

That was the harsh message I heard… Continue reading →

Welcome to the March 2017 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

NSA-Arizona Workshop: Ideas worth spreading?

Nothing has impacted speaking more, in the past decades, than TED. Everybody has seen at least one TED talk. TED videos run up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and clients are asking us for… Continue reading →

Welcome to the February 2017 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

“Technology is changing the world at a remarkable pace, understand and use it well… or be left in the dust.”

That is a quote from the home page of my speaker’s web site. The fact that it is a web… Continue reading →

Welcome to the January 2017 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

Happy New Year. The New Year is when we traditionally reflect on the year gone by, look ahead to the future and make some resolutions for the coming year.

Reflections

Looking back on 2016, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. After… Continue reading →

Welcome to the November 2016 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

Copper Mics and Silver Tongues

Danny Valenzuela has developed a wonderful new program to say, “Thank You.” It’s a way to acknowledge the Arizona NSA members who do the things that make NSA-Arizona possible. This program is a new award in the… Continue reading →

Welcome to the October 2016 issue of the NSA-Arizona News Flash!

President’s Message

“Take good care of my club.”

It sounds like I missed a tremendous meeting last month.

As speakers, we are often on the road and we all have travel horror stories to tell. Let me just say this last trip ranks as… Continue reading →

President’s Message

Rumors of our move are greatly exaggerated!

We are NOT moving! For the foreseeable future, we will continue to hold our monthly chapter meetings at the NSA National Headquarters in Tempe starting with the Sept 10 meeting featuring Ruby Newell-Legner, CSP and Naomi Rhode, CSP, CPAE, CSPGlobal.

For some time, there has been… Continue reading →

President’s Message

Gosh! This year has gone by quickly!

I’m grateful for the opportunity to have served the chapter. I hope that you’ve made new friends, created new or deepened existing alliances, and implemented new strategies and skills to Expand the Pie and Enhance Your Impact.

My intent was to provide resources, programming and… Continue reading →