Meeting Agenda Sept. 7-8th

Meeting Agenda For Sept. 7-8th

Friday, September 7, 2007
Members Only – Pre-registration Is REQUIRED!

6:00 pm Dinner
6:45 Tray Dunaway, MD, FACS, CSP, CHCO: “Making the Phone Ring!”
8:00 Closing Remarks

Saturday, September 8, 2007 (Business Casual Attire is suggested)

8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 First Timers Orientation –John Cooper, VP of Membership
8:30 Welcome – Kelly Swanson, VP of Programs
8:35 Showcase Presenter – Patrick Henry
8:50 Todd Hunt: “11 Keynote Speaker Blunders (and How to Make Them!)”
9:50 Energy Break
10:20 Todd Hunt, continues
11:20 NSA/Carolinas Chapter Business – Becky McCrary, President

11:45 Networking Lunch

Meet the Pros Sessions – register for each session upon arrival at the Saturday Meeting

1:00 pm Session One
1:35 Session Two
2:05 Closing Comments

Speakers School Is Coming Nov. 9-10th Mark Your Calendar NOW!

Mark your calendars for the 21st Annual Speakers School on November 9-10th. Wally Adamchik has organized a “noholds-barred truth and nothing but the truth” theme about the speaking business. You will learn new tools and techniques
and be reminded of the essentials of speaking success.

Faculty members include Bill Brooks, CSP, CPAE and his staff, Charles Petty, CSP, CPAE, Jane Herlong, CSP, Mike Beitler, Tim Dumas, Lib Fowler, Myelita Melton, Tom Stevens, and Jack Wiles.

You don’t want to miss this!
More Details To Follow Soon....

Congratulations Wally! Our Newest CSP

Wally Adamchik received his CSP designation in San Diego at the NSA Convention! Congratulations Wally!

And in May, Wally was selected as a Non-Resident Fellow for Marine Corps University for the 2007-2008 academic year. This distinguished group included leadership experts and practitioners from active duty as well as the civilian sector, but the common thread with all Fellows is a desire to increase the study and application of leadership in the Marine Corps. Two great honors for Wally!

NSACarolinas Well Represented in San Diego!

NSACarolinas was well represented at the NSA National Convention in San Diego.

Members presenting included: Kelly Swanson, Rebecca Nagy, Patti Fralix, Bill Brooks, CSP, CPAE, Mike Summey, Ray Leone, Nido Qubein, CSP, CPAE, and our very own Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP, NSA 2006-2007 President.

Thank you all for stepping up, delivering soul and substance for our speaking and speaking businesses,

About Our Featured Speaker Todd Hunt

Todd Hunt looks like a pleasant, buttoned-up corporate type. But when he opens his mouth, audiences reel with laughter. His stories and examples, delivered with the sly wit of a seasoned comedian, stick with you long after his program.

Consider a man who started a financial services company in Chicago, grew it to 400 employees in three years, then sold it and opened a bookstore in Vermont ... after appearing on NBC's Seinfeld for two seasons.

Todd Hunt did not do any of those things.

But he worked for a financial services company in Chicago ... shopped at a bookstore in Vermont ... and watched Seinfeld on NBC every Thursday.

As an executive at Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest advertising agencies, Todd learned the "inner workings" of communication.

Additional jobs with an insurance administrator, direct marketing company and ad department of a major retailer confirmed what he had suspected all along -- people have to communicate every day!

In 1991, he started his own successful business, The Hunt Company, a marketing agency in Chicago.

Working with trade associations, retailers, non-profits and financial companies, Todd sold insurance, credit accounts, trade shows, seminars, theater tickets, memberships and other products and services to consumer and business audiences.

One day he discovered that people would pay him to tell funny stories about sales, customer service, leadership and change that he garnered during his years in business. So now he does! Using humor and sensibility, he demonstrates how we can all communicate better, become more successful and make more money.

"Straight 5s" in every category
...highest speaker rating" -
Chicago Association of Direct Marketing

September 8th Meeting - Don't Miss It!

“11 Keynote Speaker Blunders (and How to Make Them!)”
with Todd Hunt, RARP

Are you a consultant, coach, or trainer who is being asked more frequently to offer speeches or keynotes? Maybe you already have a keynote or two in your repertoire, and are looking to just get better? It’s a different type of skill -- presenting your information in a tighter, more structured package...wrapped in entertainment, with enlightenment sprinkled throughout!

Join us as we welcome Todd Hunt, RARP, for a no-theory program of keynote speaker blunders...and how to make them! It’s left-brain and right-brain stuff you can take back to the office and start avoiding on Monday morning. He’ll then deliver his own keynote, “Communication Bleeps and Blunders in Business,” as we analyze the components and techniques just discussed.

Whether you’re an emerging speaker or an experienced pro, this session will help you craft and hone killer keynotes for today’s competitive market.

Todd Hunt, RARP

Saturday Afternoon continues with Expert Roundtable Topics… Register at Check-in!

Mary Cantando ~ “Expand Your Products with Minimal Time and $$$: Create valuable back of room products from a single existing product.”

John Cooper ~ “Blogging 101" Learn how to create, develop and maintain blogs for pleasure and profit.

Wesley Ford ~ "Technology's Great - When it Works" Learn what to do when technology goes wrong and you’re technologically challenged.

“Marcia Jackson ~ HOOK Your Audience with Interactive Strategies; YES, even in a Keynote!”

Becky McCrary ~ "Finding and Nurturing Your Niche Market." Hear how Becky became niched in her chosen market and is called, “the Carol Burnett of Credit Unions.”

Bart Queen ~ "How to Increase Your Mental Real Estate...Tips and Tricks!" Learn tips to increase delivery impact and book more engagements.

Don't Miss This Incredible Event! Register Today!

Cost: $49 Members, Staff, Spouse $89 Guests

Registrations Made After After Aug. 31, Please Add $10

Register Here!

September 7 MEMBERS ONLY EVENT!

Friday Night September 7th…...MEMBERS ONLY EVENT! Don't Miss It!

Join a surgeon who traded his scalpel for a microphone and added CSP after his MD when he started earning 100% of his income from speaking and consulting. As a surgeon, Tray Dunaway knew how to remove an appendix the old fashioned way as well as with the new-fangled laparoscopic techniques. As a speaker, Dr. Tray relies on fundamental tried-and-true marketing as well as embracing new technologies to achieve the same results: Making the PHONE RING.
M. Tray Dunaway, MD, FACS, CSP, CHCO

Cost: $25.00 per person MEMBERS ONLY!
REGISTER HERE!

Don't Miss This Fantastic MEMBERS ONLY EVENT!

Welcome to NSACarolinas

Welcome to the blog of NSA/Carolinas, an officially chartered Chapter of the National Speakers Association.

This is an amazing profession we have chosen! We can make of it whatever we like. We can travel or not. We can train or keynote or both. We can educate or entertain or both. We can speak 150 times a year or 20. Yet the most amazing aspect of our industry is our sharing. NSA/Carolinas allows us the opportunity to share with each other the things that are working, what is on the horizon, and how to bump it up a notch. In this ever changing industry, status quo is simply not an option.

What will you get from NSA/Carolinas?
* more tips and techniques than you can put into action in a year
* nuggets that will make a difference in your office Monday morning
* a camaraderie that will encourage you, inspire you, and hold you accountable

Join us in Charlotte four times a year for our Chapter meetings and the second weekend of November for Speakers School. Whether you have been speaking professionally for years or are just now investigating the possibilities of a career move, you won’t want to miss a thing.

Blessings!
Becky McCrary
NSA/C President 2007-2008
864-967-3705