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February 2010 – AUCTION items
#1 Your Fit and Powerful Gift Pack Donated by Ilene Gershberg
www.ileneonhealth.com
Ilene Gershberg gives you all the tools to get your health goals launched and on their way to the finish line. She’s also including home consultation and email support. Full details listed on Certificate.
A $582.80 Value.
#2 Voice Coaching Donated by Wendy Warman, M.S.
www.smartalkers.com
Professional voice coaching: 2 hours of one on one coaching.
Wendy Warman, M.S., certified speech pathologist, will work with you to determine ways to maximize your voice potential and keep your voice healthy. If you have specific concerns, these will be addressed as well. Here are a few areas that may be considered for coaching:
- How to identify your natural pitch.
- How to effectively project your voice.
- How to speak for long periods of time and not get tired.
- How to bring life to your voice and make your voice matches your message and your audience.
- Techniques to ensure your pronunciation and diction are precise, clear and understandable.
- How to reduce your rate of speech.
- How to deal with voice and throat problems and still be able to speak.
May be responsible for travel to Lake Wales for the coaching.
Value $400.00.
#3 Coaching/Training in Writing One Article/Book Chapter
Donated by George Morrisey, The Morrisey Group
www.morrisey.com
An article can become a book chapter or a book chapter can become an article.
George Morrisey will:
- Provide a model for developing your concept.
- Provide worksheets for determining your objectives for the article, analyzing your design audience, identifying your main ideas, determining what to include.
- Talk with you via phone, email, or in person as often as necessary to get you started and finish the job.
- Suggest improvements and edit copy for clarity and accuracy.
- Offer suggestions for approaching publishers.
- Nag you incessantly until you finish it
Celebrate with you when your article is accepted and published! Priceless $$$
#4 One (1) Hour Personal Phone Coaching with Glenna Salsbury CSP, CPAE,
Past President of NSA, Winner of the 2005 Cavett Award
Donated by Glenna Salsbury CSP, CPAE
www.glennasalsbury.com
Clarify your purpose and calling. Hold an audience in the palm of your hand. Experience repeat and referral business. Be more effective on the platform. Get results with Glenna Salsbury. Glenna changes lives. A $500 to ? Value.
#5 Website Search Engine Optimization Review and Consultation
Donated by Sandy Geroux
www.sandygeroux.com
Sandy Geroux will provide an in-depth analysis of your website, including website flow, copy recommendations, keyword research and customized search engine optimization recommendations and then train you to improve and maintain your results on your own.
Value will depend on you.
#6 Three-Hour Brain Branding™ Session
Donated by Robyn Winters & Ken Banks, Brain Branding™
www.robynwinters.com
A three-hour coaching session to develop a personal or business brand, offered by branding & marketing expert Ken Banks, and brain-based communication expert Robyn Winters. The session includes the following components: (1) A modified survey on thinking styles; (2) In-depth business analysis; (3) Development of targeted business goals and objectives; and (4) Development of your brand.
Note: These services have previously been provided to speaking, marketing and advertising professionals. A $1000 Value.
#7 Coaching and Support to help you win Lucrative Contracts and Engagements
Donated by Terri Kabachnick, CSP, The Kabachnick Group, Inc.
www.terrikabachnick.com
Coaching and Support to help you win lucrative contracts and engagements. How you can get to the Decision Makers and obtain engagements and open doors previously closed to you – all through your own interactive research. (Value: begins at $1500)
Includes:
- 1 hour initial consultation with Terri to determine your needs and the results you want
- Materials and sample templates you can customize
- Action Plan: A step by step process on where to begin, who to contact, who to involve, and how to conduct
- Where to apply this research: writing articles or a book – PR – speeches, etc.
- Progress review
Value begins at $1,500.
#8 Goal Achieving Package
Donated by Kathy Potts – Owner, Oncore Performance Group, LLC
www.oncoreperformance.com
Achieve your goals with a complete package from Oncore Performance Group, LLC
Package includes:
- 1 Assessment (HBDI, MBTI, CORE Map – catered to the need of the individual)
- 1 Debrief Conversation Complete to Outline the “What” and “How” of the Goal to be Achieved
- 2 Momentum Conversations – helping the individual “stay and propel the course”
A $1,500 Value.
#9 Viewing of up to 30 Minutes of a Presentation Video
And One (1) Hour Phone Consultation with Email Follow-up
Donated by Lou Heckler, CSP, CPAE
www.louheckler.com
Lou Heckler has been coaching other professional speakers since 1993. Ultimately, Lou’s greatest skill is this: rather than having a single formula or template that he expects each client to use, he gears his ideas specifically to each individual, helping them capture and enhance the best of their already-considerable talent. Well over 100 speakers and executives have trusted Lou to give them the jumpstart they need to reinvigorate and reenergize their careers.
A $1,500 Value.
#10 One-Hour Humor Punchup by David Glickman
Donated by David Glickman, Funnier Speeches
www.davidglickman.com
David Glickman will take any part of a speech or any other project you’re working on and make it funnier! One hour’s worth of David’s time will typically result in three to four pages of your double-spaced copy being punched up. While David’s service is primarily a humor writing service, you can also choose to use the hour for a telephone humor coaching session (or an in-person session in Tampa). A $500 Value.
#11 Public Seminar Production Coaching and Two (2) Tickets to
Contagious Conferences (Authentic Engagement) on April 28, 2010
Donated by Monica Wofford, CSP, Contagious Companies, Inc.
www.monicawofford.com
Have you always wanted to create your own revenue producing public seminars? Now you can! Learn how to produce public seminars with clarity, focus, multiple revenue streams, sponsors, and of course, participants. With this auction item you will receive One (1) Hour of Coaching on producing your own Public Seminar with Sponsors, as well as attendance at the next Contagious Conference (Theme: Authentic Engagement) to see how it all comes together live and in person!
An $900 Value.
#12 One (1) Hour Coaching with Barbara Glanz, CSP
Speaker – Author – Consultant
Donated by Barbara Glanz, CSP
www.barbaraglanz.com
Learn how to energize, motivate and connect with your target audience from one of the best speakers in the industry. Barbara Glanz, CSP is known as “the business speaker who speaks to your heart as well as to your head”, and she is the first speaker on record to speak in all 50 states and on all seven continents.
A $500 – ? Value.
#13 One-Hour Publicity Consultation
Donated by Pam Lontos, PR/PR
www.prpr.net
A one-hour consultation with Pam Lontos to learn how to do the following:
- Discover and develop your “hook”
- Decide what media is best for you
- Use publicity to get more bookings
- Find press release topics
- Decide on article titles
A $350 to $$$ Value
#14 Create Your Blog
Donated by Toni LaMotta, The Midlife Mentor
www.tonilamotta.com
Create from scratch or dramatically improve your Blog directed to your target audience. Toni LaMotta will help you from start to finish. A $600 value.
#15 One (1) Hour Coaching on “Multi-Generational Product Development” or
“How to Turn Consulting Into a Gold Mine”
Donated by Richard Parker, Speaker – Trainer – Author
Consultant to the RV and Financial Industries.
www.esanow.com
Whatever level you are positioned at, with Richard’s experience he can help you increase your income in ways that are time proven and have been repeatedly successful for his clients over many years. Value at $500 to Thousands when applied.
February Meeting – Technology Lab
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New Year Letter from our President
Happy New Year to you and yours and what a great 2010 this is going to be!!!
Based on all projections, all industry data, and our own enthusiasm in this business, this is going to be a year filled with great business, positive memories, and one even potentially for the record books. Leads are climbing, sales are increasing, and business seems to be flowing again. What are you doing to “Imagineer Your Business” to keep up with what may now be a prime opportunity for you to grow, further develop, and succeed at an entirely new level?
If you haven’t read this past issue of Speaker Magazine, I encourage to review the guidance from Terry Paulson in his article about industry research and work toward not Imagineering your own business and the facts that drive it, but that of your clients and customers. We are the experts they come to for guidance, advice, and counsel of what is needed in the way of speaking and training at their events.
We are also the ones they come to on occasion for entertainment! And not just the funny comedian on stage, but the one who helps them not take life and work so darned seriously. Who couldn’t use a little more humor in their world? In fact, have you ever heard the phrase “You don’t have to be funny as a speaker/trainer… unless you want to get paid!” In my experience that sure seems to hold true and that is exactly why I will be listening closely at this upcoming “HumorPalooza” meeting on January 16th. If you haven’t made plans to attend or RSVP’d online, now is the time. Yes, it’s fun to be funny and add more humor, but it will also seriously impact your business! Two good reasons to join us.
So, whether you are guest, a member, an associate, or affiliate of our chapter, ring in the New Year with renewed enthusiasm, renewed commitment, the visits with old friends, and a whole new boost in your material… all while sharing a few laughs! RSVP today and I look forward to seeing you there!
REGISTER at www.nsacentralflorida.com
Remember our Chapter Meeting is from 9am-12:30pm and our
Afternoon “Brain Branding” Workshop 1:30 -4pm *go to our website for more details and to register for this unique opportunity too!
Monica Wofford, MBA, CSP
NSACF Chapter President
10 Social Media Tips
Whether you’re just jumping in or you’re honing your strategy, here are some things you can do:
1) Use what you know. Answer questions on places like LinkedIn (www.LinkedIn.com) and Twitter (www.Twitter.com), or on niche sites.
Think you don’t have expertise? EVERYONE has expertise.
Want to find yours?
-Think of questions your customers and prospects ask you all the time-there’s your expertise.
-Think of your hobbies and interests-more expertise.
2) How do you find those questions? On LinkedIn, you can search among the questions being asked. To find questions to answer on Twitter, go to http://Search.Twitter.com and search on keywords to find the conversations.
3) Look for people like you. The homophily principle is one of the most basic, but powerful social networking principles there is: we’re attracted to people who are similar to us.
That means we’re attracted to people who have similar interests, jobs, hobbies, etc. So if you want to make connections in social media, look for people who have children of similar ages, enjoy your hobbies, live in your local area-the list of possibilities is virtually endless.
4) To find these people, do keyword searches within sites, or at places such as http://Search.Twitter.com. So search on scuba or spin or whatever you like, to find OTHERS who have those same interests.
5) Once you find people who have similar interests or characteristics, you’ve got common ground on which to build. Strike up a conversation with them.
Once you get that conversation going, use our next 3, MOST IMPORTANT tips to make the most of it and start a relationship:
6) Ask questions-lots of them!
7) LISTEN to the answers and to the conversations that emerge. As you do, you’ll find LOTS of opportunities to make connections. And you’ll learn lots.
“Give to get.” The best way to start a relationship with someone is to give something-advice, resources, links, referrals, anything that might be useful.
9) To be sure you have a constant stock of info, tips, and links to provide to others, make the most of Google Alerts. Set up alerts on keywords related to your business, industry, or interests. Scan them daily and you’ll have a host of things about which to post and tweet.
10) Remember the most important principle: Making connections online, harnessing the power of social media isn’t that different from interacting offline. All the rules, all the basics of making connections with other people, and all the basics of respectful communication apply here, just as much as they do at the Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Create Your Own Private Social Network – Membership Site
Ever thought of having a Membership Site?
You can post articles, create groups and forums and even teach e-classes.
There are many ways to do Membership Sites. I recommend the one
that was created by the author of 1-shopping cart because it is an
easy to use, all inclusive solution. AND –
Your income becomes RESIDUAL rather than have to continually work your list!
Affordably create your own custom-branded private social network that combines e-Commerce with a social networking and membership website in less than 5 minutes!
Scalable from 10 members to 10 million members.
Prices start at just $7.95 per month.
No software to install, no servers to configure. Everything is handled for you.
No need to configure, apply or buy a SSL certificate.
We handle backups, RAID, firewalls and virus protection for you so you can focus on your business.
No HTML to program! Just upload your logo, create your forums and upload your content.
Create Membership Packages and set access rights according to your own business rules.
Use your own merchant account information so you can start collecting money immediately.
Everything is integrated and built for e-Commerce!
Forums and Discussion Groups (with complete access management control)
Recurring Billing – Membership fees/dues automatically collected
Member Profiles, Member Search, Friends and Photos
Membership Management System
Shopping Cart, e-Commerce Solution
Built in 2 Tiered Affiliate Tracking System*. Allows you to pay your members for referring others to your network
Event Calendar
Event Registration*
VAM™ Technology – Allows members to mine, upload and send network invitations to their e-mail contacts from Outlook, Hotmail, Gmail and many more
Classified Ad System
e-Course Content Distribution System
Article and Content Management System
Webconferencing – YOU live on video
How would you like to do a seminar right from your office and have everyone INTERACT with you LIVE?
This was never possible before.
You can also use this for coaching GROUPS or Individuals.
Show videos, have a Blackboard and PowerPoint, share your desktop,
as well as YOU live sitting or Standing..
Pre-launch special Email Campaign- it will CHANGE the way you do business forever…
Mastermind – Want to Join One?
Thinking about joining a Mastermind group?
If you have a desire to join or create a new Mastermind group , please submit your name & contact info to our chapter administrator, Nancy Montgomery. If you have particular questions related to the whole concept of Mastermind groups and what they can do to help you as a professional, then contact Frank Trunzo, our Chapter President Elect, at Ftrunzo@tampabay.rr.com.
The names of all those interested desiring to form new Mastermind groups will be available at the next chapter meeting on Nov. 21st. It will then be up to YOU to reach out to others on the group and determine if you want to create a Mastermind group with them.
We urge you to seriously consider this opportunity, as a Mastermind Group can be an excellent way to strengthen your skills and knowledge as a speaker. Committing yourself to a Mastermind Group is your opportunity to discuss your particular issues and needs related to growing your speaking business, and it is a way to challenge others to grow as you hold one another accountable to stated goals. Some of the NSACF members have been in their own Mastermind Group for years and have found the professional relationships formed to be of tremendous value. The successful Mastermind groups tend to be small in size (4-5 members); tend to meet on a monthly basis; and tend to meet at homes or offices of their own choosing. At all times, it is up to the members of the group to decide the focus and direction they wish to take, to decide what the group will do at each of their meetings, and how often they want to meet. Think about it and let us know if you are interested!
Frank Trunzo
NSACF President Elect
Welcome to your Blog for NSA- CF
We welcome all members and friends to our newest foray into the Internet world via WEB 2.0
We are starting with Blogging and moving into a strategy that includes multiple forms of Social Networking.
Let us know what you think.