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• Chapter Meeting: Platform Mastery

  • When
    Friday, December 13, 2019
  •  
    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    DoubleTree, 1500 Park Place Blvd., Minneapolis MN 55416

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  Guest Speaker: Mark Brown, CSP, WCPS
  

  Platform Mastery: How to Command Your Stage

  Most presenters take the stage, but very few COMMAND the stage. What are the skills and techniques that the exceptional professionals use to command the stage? Presenter Mark Brown, CSP, WCPS, has been using those techniques to
  command stages on five continents, for more than 25 years. He will share some of the common mistakes most presenters make, as well as essential ‘must-haves’ for being unforgettable on the platform. Attend this intensive session to learn his secrets, and to see them in action with live coaching for brave volunteers from the audience!

  Attendees will receive LIVE COACHING and learn:
  

  • How movement can HURT or HELP your speech
  • How to transform a speech into an experience
  • How to master the platform for maximum impact

  8 a.m. registration
  8:30 a.m. buffet breakfast
  8:45 a.m. program begins

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• Master Class: Hands On Delivery Skills Lab

  • When
    Friday, December 20, 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    5775 Wayzata Blvd., St. Louis Park, 8th Floor Conference Room

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  Hands On Delivery Skills Lab
   
  You have done the work to craft your presentation with structure, stories, and  maybe even slides. But, if you are missing one of the most important elements -- powerful delivery skills -- your presentation may not hit the mark.
   
  During this live, hands on delivery coaching experience, you will learn new delivery and content creation skills. Skills that are critical for reaching your full potential as a speaker.
   
  How this works:
  Deirdre Van Nest will coach 6 presenters on a piece of their presentation. Presenters will deliver up to 5 mins of a presentation and then receive up to 10 min of on the spot content, structure, and delivery coaching from Deirdre.
   
  There’s room for 25 in the lab and you may indicate if you’d like a Presenter spot for $75 or an observer spot for $50. If you choose the Observer spot, no worries, you won’t believe how much you will personally gain watching others be coached by Deirdre. That being said, we challenge you to up your game for 2020 and sign up for a Presenter spot. 

  Either way, you won’t want to miss this unique opportunity to be coached by one of the best in the industry and one of our own NSA-MN members. Deirdre’s “superpower" is identifying the big and microscopic tweaks speakers need to make to take their content creation and delivery skills to the next level. Whether you a brand new to speaking or spend most of your life on the stage, you will receive tangible strategies to make you Crazy Good!
   
  Deirdre Van Nest is the Creator of the Crazy Good Talks® Blueprint. A system that teaches financial professionals, leaders, sales pros, and expertshow to own the room, get paid to speak, bring in business faster, and impact more lives through the power of speaking.Deirdre is a top-rated international Keynoter, Trainer, and Certified World Class Speaking Coach. Over the past 10 years she’s helped 1000's of professionals become Crazy Good Speakers™.She is the host of Crazy Good Talks® TV, is called upon for interviews on podcasts and TV talk shows, is a regular contributor to Horsesmouth, and a faculty member at the Hoopis Performance Network. You can learn more about her services at www.crazygoodtalks.com. For more speaking tips check out www.crazygoodtalks.com/tv.
  

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• Holiday Party

  • When
    Saturday, January 04, 2020
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    John & Pat Tschohl's Home

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  Members Only Holiday Event

  You and a guest are cordially invited to join your fellow NSA Minnesota Speaker Colleagues for an evening of food, fellowship, and fun to celebrate the holidays at the home of John and Pat Tschohl in Bloomington (exact address will be provided in your confirmation email).
  

  Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. BYOB if you want something stronger. 

  Dress up or down, whatever makes you comfortable.
  

  Questions? Send to them to info@nsa-mn.com

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• Chapter Meeting: Selling from the Stage

  • When
    Saturday, January 11, 2020
  •  
    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Metropolitan Ballroom, 5418 Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416

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  Guest Speaker: Orvel Ray Wilson, CSP, CEC
  

  Selling from the Stage: Using Stories to Attract High-Value Clients
  
  Reveal how to make every speech spin off multiple high-dollar bookings. Getting the business is the toughest part of the business, and this program shares simple guerrilla marketing tactics that are simple, easy, and highly effective.  

  In this fast-moving 75-minute program, you’ll learn:
  

  • Why speaking is a great way for speakers, consultants and coaches to attract high-value clients
  • How to get bookings, both free and fee
  • How to structure a presentation that sells
  • The secret to selling from the stage without sounding commercial
  • Three types of stories that, when you tell them, make prospects line up to hire you.

  Presented by one of the most respected members of NSA, Orvel Ray Wilson, CSP, is a coauthor of the legendary Guerrilla Marketing series, with more than 22 million books sold worldwide, including Guerrilla Selling, Guerrilla Trade Show Selling, Guerrilla TeleSelling, Guerrilla Negotiating and Guerrilla Retailing. Unconventional, engaging and funny, he's addressed audiences large and small in more than 1,000 cities and 44 countries, on every continent except Antarctica.

  After 40 years as a professional speaker, he now coaches other professional speakers on method, material and marketing. He holds the highest level of certification recognized globally by meeting planners. In 2001 he was named "Speaker of the Year" by Meeting Professionals International (MPI), San Diego, and he’s been voted one of the world’s “Top 5 Sales and Marketing Speakers” for the past 5 years straight.
  

  8 a.m. registration
  8:30 a.m. buffet breakfast
  8:45 a.m. program begins
  

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• Chapter Meeting: Create a Business Lifestyle Which Leverages Your Expertise, Knowledge, and Platform

  • When
    Thursday, February 13, 2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Metropolitan Ballroom, 5418 Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416

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  Guest Speaker: Marquesa Pettway, CSP
  
  The Speakerpreneur^TM Signature System 

  If you are feeling like your speaker business isn't lifting your life overall (financially, lifestyle wise, client wise, impact desired), do not miss this chapter meeting. Hear this message from Marquesa to learn more.
   
  Here are a few of your outcomes:
  

  • Creating a Speakerpreneur^TM Biz Lifestyle which allows you to leverage your expertise, knowledge and platform (online and offline)
  • What am I really selling as a speaker and it's not a speech!
  • The Money Maker of your Speaking Business Your Six Figure Signature System
  • Sometimes professional speakers skip this part which leads to financial havoc
  • Important information for speakers at all levels
  • Multiple Income Streams with one expertise
  • Am I systematized, really??
  • Leveraging every presentation
  • Are you a Speakerpreneur^TM
  • The Virtual Business

  Plus so much more...
   
  Former CNN Associate Producer, now Business Reinvention Expert, Marquesa Pettway (CSP ) turns entrepreneurs into Six Figure Speakerpreneurs with her SpeakerBlueprint Signature System resulting in a highly influential platform.

  Speaker Magazine Columnist from 2015-2017 a column she created "Speaker Toolkit - Column", Syndicated Columnist for TV, Professional speaker, and the founder and chief coach of The National Center for Speakerpreneur Training. She served as the Live Broadcasting Host for Women Speakers Association. She's spoken all over the world in every single state and a few countries.

  Ms. Pettway has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and professionals since 2005. She's recognized an as expert by MSNBC, New York Newsday, Toastmasters International Magazine to name a few.  New York City Resident for 25 years!
  

  5 p.m. registration
  5:30 p.m. buffet dinner
  5:45 a.m. program begins
  

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• Chapter Meeting: Getting Paid Speaking Gigs

  • When
    Friday, March 13, 2020
  •  
    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Metropolitan Ballroom, 5418 Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416

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  Guest Speaker: David Avrin, CSP
  Global Speaking Fellow

  Getting Paid Speaking Gigs: The Hard Truth About the Business Side of Speaking
  
  The hard truth about our profession is that most professional speakers will never make a living as a professional speaker. Worse yet, upwards of 20% of our industry simply quits each year to go get a “real job.” Why? Because they believed the assertion that if you have a good story, strong stage skills and passion for your message, that you will be in-demand. It’s not true. Not even close. You have to market. You have to sell your speaking.

  In this honest, provocative and content-rich session, Customer Experience and Marketing speaker, David Avrin, CSP will pull back the curtains on his successful speaking business to show how he and his team fills his calendar by going after the speaking gigs they want.

  NOTE: We will NOT cover speaking skills, keynote creation, storytelling, back-of-room sales or anything performance related. This session is about the business side of the speaking business.
  

  8 a.m. registration
  8:30 a.m. buffet breakfast
  8:45 a.m. program begins
  

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• Chapter Meeting: Dramatically Boost Your Speaking Income with Expert Positioning

  • When
    Saturday, April 11, 2020
  •  
    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Metropolitan Ballroom, 5418 Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416

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  Guest Speaker: Debbie Allen, CSP
  
  Dramatically Boost Your Speaking Income with Expert Positioning

  During this content-rich and fun presentation you will discover a proven step-by-step action plan and no-nonsense marketing strategies to build a highly profitable speaking business.

  Discover how to accelerate your speaking career by developing a recognized ‘go-to expert’ brand. Plus, also learn how to effectively reinvent when you need to shift your market and increase your income.
  

  Learn How To:
  

  • Expand your speaking business income with the expert positioning model of marketing.
  • Reinvent your existing speaking business when you need to shift your market and/or increase your income.
  • Build a powerful brand that attracts your most ideal clients.
  • Grow a highly profitable speaking career and build a speaking empire.

  8 a.m. registration
  8:30 a.m. buffet breakfast
  8:45 a.m. program begins
  

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