Toastmasters does a superb job helping people develop and fine-tune their communication, leadership, and presentation skills. National Speakers Association is an organization of and for those who speak professionally.

No. At the NSA NYC chapter, we have an Associate level membership available for those who are not professional members of NSA. If you are a member of NSA you are eligible to be a professional member with added member benefits. Anyone may attend at a guest rate to many of our events.

Come to one of our meetings, meet our members and see for yourself all the benefits of membership. We welcome non-members to our meetings and host an information session at the end of the main meeting.

Yes. Our Speaker University program offers a curriculum for those newer to the speaking profession, and many of our events offer high level industry expert information.

For some speakers giving keynotes is an important part of their business model. However, many of our members present workshops and seminars, and do quite well, but do not deliver many keynotes at all.

NSA NYC will help you learn how to expand your opportunities and manage the profession of speaking. Some of our programs each year do address marketing. The target audience of NSA NYC, however, are those who are already being paid – at least some of the time – to speak.

To become a Professional member of NSA NYC, one must also be a member of National NSA. There are minimum requirements for National membership that
are detailed here.

We strongly encourage those who are eligible to join National NSA since there are certain benefits, both on the National and chapter level, which can be quite valuable.

NSA-NYC welcomes all attendees to its meetings as guests. We also have a chapter associate membership available for those not yet members of the national NSA. Many who are not yet eligible to become professional members find that attending local meetings and presentations help them become more competitive and fine-tune their current or future business model as a speaker.

You would be in good company. Most speakers start with some sort of expertise but realize that their professionalism requires continued attention to their presentation styles and changing business models.

There is a mixed group of attendees at every meeting — some very well known, accomplished, long time speakers and others who are new in their professional speaking career. The content of each meeting is geared toward professionals but most of our presenters are quite accomplished in modeling how to address multiple experience levels at one time. There is also ample networking time built into each meeting.

No, we are not a speakers bureau. However, with your involvement in our association, you will meet plenty other speakers who could possibly recommend you for a speaking engagement, or connect you with speakers bureaus.