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Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008 Newsletter NSA Georgia News
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Agenda
SPEAKERS SCHOOL 2007
AGENDA:8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Registration and continental breakfast. 8:45 AM Welcome and schedule overview 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM General Session Audience Involvement Techniques Kristin Arnold, CSP, MBA Meeting planners want professional speakers who involve audiences in meaningful ways. Discover a myriad of methods to engage and hold your participants’ attention during your keynote presentations. Kristin will demonstrate different techniques as well as provide an in-depth resource for you to inject more interaction in your speeches. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM General Session Got Mirth, Milking your material for all it's worth Brad Montgomery, CSP Brad Montgomery uses his skills as a corporate entertainer, comedian and magician to convey a message. In this very funny program Brad will both demonstrate and discuss humor techniques that you can apply to your programs not only to make your programs funnier, but to increase the connection between you and your audiences. 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Break 11:15 PM - 12:10 PM Concurrent Sessions The Fine Art of Making Presentations: Kay duPont, CSP, CPTD Would you like to WOW your audience? Be less afraid to speak to a group? Improve your body language, delivery style, and vocal tone? Be more persuasive? Whether your speech needs to reach executives, administration staff, or an audience of 2000, you’ll benefit from this program by learning how to get and keep the group’s attention, reduce rambling, make smooth transitions, use gestures effectively, and follow the KISSS rule. Making your Message Memorable – The secret power of stories Ken Futch, CSP Participants will learn how to develop, deliver, and position stories for maximum effectiveness. Everyone will leave understanding the requirements for becoming a great storyteller and what specific steps they can take to improve their skills. Putting E-Courses, Teleseminars and Webcasts to Work Jean Houston Shore, CSP, MBA, CPA Considering how you can share your message without being on the platform? Learn how e-learning really works and evaluate whether your existing content could be repurposed into e-courses, teleseminars, or webcasts. Best practices for each type of learning strategy are shared in an extensive handout. (This session was so popular at one of NSA's winter workshops that it was repeated at the following convention to give more people the opportunity to hear it.) 12:15 PM - 1:10 PM Concurrent Sessions The Art of Connecting Brand Montgomery, CSP and Kristin Arnold, CSP, MBA Master Facilitator Kristin Arnold and top humorist Brad Montgomery team up to help teach a key skill that all presenters, trainers, speakers and entertainers should master: the art of connecting. Top presenters know that sometimes going off script is the best way to make a solid connection between you and your audience — and that connection can mean the difference between a ho-hum date and a standing ovation. Brad and Kristen will work together to teach you this proven and effective presentation technique so that you can start using it immediately. Technology Tools for Speakers Roger Reece This session is packed with tips on how to make effective use of technology tools within your speaking business. Technology tools to be discussed include wireless Internet, VoIP phone service, GPS, scanners, printers, laptops, projectors, sound systems, digital audio & video, graphics, multimedia & personal productivity tools. Much of this session will be in Q&A format, so bring all your technology questions. Learn how to streamline your speaking business and put technology to work for you. 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM LUNCH 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM General Session Converting Your Website into a Lead Generator Internet Marketing with Roger Reece Stop wasting time looking for business and making sales calls: transform your website into a lead generation engine. In this information-packed program you will learn how to design lead-producing websites, optimize them for the major search engines and manage pay-per-click placement campaigns. This is a practical, down-to-earth program on how to convert your website into a highly effective marketing tool to keep you on the speaker platform where you belong. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM General Session 026N2 Sales and Marketing Strategies with Jim Mathis How to go from making no money in the speaking business to making six figures in two years. Jim will cover marketing techniques, business purchasing, pitfalls, e-zines, Internet and other methods used to grow your business to a six-figure income in under two years. Jim has averagedsd signing one client per week for the past 3 years.
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