Pitch the Media with Jess Todtfeld

Ripley-Grier Studios 520 8th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Getting media attention for you and your business would be great... but what are the steps? This working session will take you from idea, to pitch email, and get you to actually pitch the media. Who will be the ones to get press? Maybe it will be you. This session will help you customize pitches that are irresistible to the media. You will learn what pitches work and what pitches don’t work. You will create hooks and sound bites designed to get the media to pay attention and desire your story.

Jessica Pettitt & Speaker Academy Showcase (Chapter Event)

Microsoft Office 11 Times Square, New York, NY, United States

Jessica asks, "Do you know what differentiates you from other speakers or trainers in your topic area? Do you really?” Be prepared for a highly interactive, high energy, humorous session where NO question is off limits as she leads an exercise to help you know how to lean on what makes you YOU and not THEM.

Holiday Party 2015

Microsoft Office 11 Times Square, New York, NY, United States

Enjoy the company of fellow NSA NYC Members in an end-of-year celebration. Hosted at a lovely Upper West Side location, with food, drink and merriment, this is an opportunity to get to know one another and to win some great prizes in our holiday party raffle. The party will be open to NSA NYC Members (and one guest each) as we celebrate the season and our accomplishments in 2015.

How To Build Your Personal Brand and Become A Local Celebrity Entrepreneur with Ramon Ray

Ripley-Grier Studios 520 8th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Ramon will share his lessons learned in building a strong, successful and profitable personal brand and how you can build your own. A strong personal brand ensures YOUR brand is first and foremost in the minds of your target market. While a "corporate brand" is important, it's also essential that business professionals have PERSONAL brands which can compliment and enhance their corporate brands. Attendees will leave this insightful, energized and humorous presentation with specific tools and best practices.

Sticky Content – How you can have memorable sizzle in your speech, training class or presentation with Brian Walter

Microsoft Office 11 Times Square, New York, NY, United States

Your clients say they hire you for your content expertise (would be nice if that were true). The reality is, they actually hire you to give their audiences an extreme experience. Brian Walter, communications consultant and corporate humorist with Extreme Meetings, will show you how to make your speech’s messaging dramatically more sticky. How will he do that? With an action-packed, example-laden, steal-these-ideas session on memory-enhancing platform skills.

$50

Bring your Humor 101 with John Garrett, Andrew Tarvin and Robert A. George

Stage 72 at The Triad 158 West 72nd Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us for an Interactive discussion where three funny guest speakers, John Garett, Andrew Tarvin and Robert A. George will share how to quickly use humor to be more effective speakers, facilitated by Jeanne M. Stafford, NSA Member and MeetUp chair.

Speakers will learn to:

- Incorporate humor into their programs
- Increase confidence when speaking
- Engage their audiences more effectively

$20

“ACTION!” How to use iMovie to Enhance Your Speaking Career with Dr. Bruce Weinstein

Ripley-Grier Studios 520 8th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

In this hands-on working session, you'll discover how to unlock the power of iMovie and turn photos and footage into a stunning, awe-inspiring videos that will deepen the relationships you have with present and future clients, promote strong word-of-mouth about your talks, and prompt your colleagues and friends to ask, "Wow, how'd you do THAT?"

$20

The Power of Perfect Story Telling to bring Passion and Profit to your Business with Dave Lieber

Microsoft Office 11 Times Square, New York, NY, United States

Are you unforgettable? Get people to pay attention. Scrap those bullet points. Talk in a way that makes hearts flutter. Learn how to tell your story so that everyone who hears it cares and remembers. Columnist Dave Lieber, CSP, has been working for 40 years to get his newspaper audiences to NOT turn the page on him.

$50

Inside the Speakers Studio: Crafting a Compelling Keynote with Mark Scharenbroich, CSP CPAE

Microsoft Office 11 Times Square, New York, NY, United States

Every speaker wants his/her presentation not only to be well received in the moment, but to be remembered and referenced afterwards. Such permanence shows that your message and delivery were impactful. So what makes a keynoter stand out from the crowd? What creates a buzz that permeates an audience member’s psyche and lives beyond the applause? What generates an ongoing impact that the group references for days, months or years afterward? What subtleties could you incorporate to make your speech more memorable?

$50

NSA NYC Speaker University – Virtual KickOff

Virtual Event

About the Event: We are very excited to welcome our new students to the current program of our brand new Speaker University. Details about this event will be send to participants via e-mail About the Speaker University: If you'd like to find out more information about the Speaker University, please follow this link.

Book more Business! Marketing for the Experienced Speaker with Lois Creamer

Microsoft Office 11 Times Square, New York, NY, United States

Ever wonder why some speakers “make it” and others don’t? It’s not a big secret. Successful speakers know the secrets of increasing productivity and profits by creating systems. Success systems that work. Systems that are repeatable.

$50

National CSP/CPAE Summit 2016

The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO

About the Event: This summit provides deliberate interactions that will challenge your business and stagecraft assumptions to help you expand your platform for greater exposure, financial success, and influence. Register online at www.nsaspeaker.org. For CSPs and CPAEs only.  

Salon Series – Featuring NSA NYC Members

Stage 72 at The Triad 158 West 72nd Street, New York, NY, United States

First Salon Series Event on April 19th, 2016 Get your ticket today. Members are invited to speak. Tuesday, April 19th 2016 6:30 to 8:30 pm (speakers begin promptly at 7pm) Stage 72 at the Triad 158 W 72nd St, New York, NY 10023The Salon Series The Salon Series in April is a pilot.  It’s new.  There will […]

$20

Enhance Your Persuasive Power on the Platform with Acting Improv! with Maria Guida

Ripley-Grier Studios 520 8th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Acting improvisation accommodates professional speakers to the fact that the audience is silently asking the question “Why are you telling me this? They want to know what’s in it for them. Improvisation teaches that you must be demonstrating the answer this question at each moment and do it in a way that is compelling for your listeners.

$20