Enterprising Etiquette

By Lynne Breil, CSP When it comes to setting up an office and communicating with potential clients, there’s the polite way and the wrong way. From your voicemail to your manners at a business lunch to the way you sign your e-mail, how you behave can be a factor in whether you get the gig [...]

Excerpt from the Elusive Obvious

By Michael Grinder Pattern 21. Pause and Look Intelligent The patterns of pausing and looking intelligent are closely connected. Why is this so? Simply stated, to be seen as intelligent in the Western European cultures, the communicator must have the ability to pause. The Pause Research indicates that non-verbal communication is more influential than verbal [...]

Busy Being Busy: How to use Virtual Assistants to Manage Workload

by Rory Vaden, 2010 NSA Convention Presenter You wake up. Immediately you notice how tired you are from staying up too late the night before “catching up on things”. One of the first things you do is grab your phone and anxiety sets in as you notice that somehow you already have over a dozen [...]

Meet the Pros Registration Now Available

When the 2010 Convention team asked members what it is they miss most about Convention’s they were continuously told, Meet the Pros. So we’re bringing it back this year! On Tuesday morning Convention attendees can enjoy face-time with over 100 of NSA’s best and brightest members. Find out who this year’s pros are and what [...]

2010 NSA Convention, July 17-20, Orlando, Fla.

Take a big step toward increasing your client base and attaining your financial goals by attending the 2010 NSA Annual Convention. Now entering its 35th year as the speaking profession’s premier educational and networking event, it weaves together inspiring speakers and motivated participants for a richly rewarding experience. This year’s Convention boasts a robust program of [...]

Winter Conference Presenter Tells You What to Expect

2010 NSA Winter Conference presenter Linda Keith, CSP, tells you what you can expect from her session The Public Program Option: Control Your Calendar, Make Money and Market Yourself. Visit www.NSAWinterConference.org for more information.

Pre-Winter Conference Seminar

We’re not waiting for the Winter Conference to begin to start providing content-rich learning to conference attendees. The morning of the Winter Conference there will be a BONUS pre-conference seminar featuring 2009 NSA Cavett award-winner Lou Heckler and country music legend Mel Tillis. In their session titled Making Lemonade from Lemons: Turing a Difficult Start in a [...]

Do you want to grow your business and fatten your bank account?

The 2010 Winter Conference underscores NSA’s tradition of providing advanced learning and networking opportunities to help speakers succeed in their speaking careers. Experience a creative educational event where you will receive information, tools, resources and tips to shape your business and boost your bottom line. The Winter Conference is designed specifically to meet the challenges [...]

The powerful shift from member of a group to part of the community

By Carolyn Strauss I just got back from the National Speakers Association annual convention in Phoenix. AZ.  This is my tenth convention and to have the opportunity to play with a group of people who are amazing and more outgoing than I am, is a blast….and very noisy!   Having attended this convention many times, [...]

Volunteer? Are You Kidding?

By Dale Collie  Over the years a lot of experienced NSA members made the comment that volunteering really pays off. I have to admit that I was kind of leery of their remarks that seemed a whole lot like “recruiting.” Chapter leadership kind of pulled me into action, first as a director, then as an [...]