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Get to know the National Speakers Association and our Chapter, the leading organization for professional speakers in New York City and beyond. Learn about industry trends and take away key learnings from Influence 2018, the annual National premier event for professional speaking. It's your opportunity to celebrate and connect with Certified Speaking Professionals, Hall of Fame Speakers, and members from NSA NYC. It's our chance to get to know you-- we hope you'll join us!

Who said talk is cheap? There is difference between a professional speaker and a professional who speaks, and Bond aims to show us the difference. After this powerful session on the basics you will be ready to take your business to the next level.

Would you like to know what goes on inside of your brain (as well as your audience's) when you are presenting? Would you like to see how your brain lights up when it hears a familiar story (e.g., like the ‘Star-Fish’ Story)? Would you like to learn some brain-friendly techniques that you can immediately use in your presentations? 

Panels are lame. Except when they’re not. But a panel experience that audiences actually rave about is as rare as a unicorn sighting. To craft an Extreme Panel, speakers need to know both what you are trying to AVOID and what you want In Extreme Panels, Brian will vividly showcase 15+ formats for asking questions to panelists in unexpected ways, while also structuring how the panelists’ responses are delivered. Brian will also demonstrate every format with a star-studded diverse panel from our very own NSA NYC chapter.

About the Event: The Member Showcase and Speaker Industry Panel is one of the most exciting and highly anticipated events of the NSA NYC year. This is a two part meeting: Part one consists of five Professional members of the chapter presenting their best 5 minutes for their colleagues and a panel of three industry representatives—bureaus, […]

Breaking Barriers to Bookings: Secrets of Bookability About the Event: Are you bookable as a speaker? What is bookability, anyway? The speaking industry is saturated with hard-working, well-intended talent. On its own, a good story is just a good story. On its own, a killer marketing strategy is, well, a waste of money. Further, it […]

NSA NYC Goes Global Everything You Need To Know To Speak Internationally About the Event: Do you want to speak internationally? Would you like to know how to attract global clients? Are you ready to be paid to see the world? If you answered yes to any of these questions - and you want to […]

About the Event: Ever heard the saying "two heads are better than one"? Well, multiple minds organized to accomplish strategic objectives are even better! A mastermind can take numerous forms. From being part of a massive community, to creating a small board of advisors, to participating in single-day experiences, and everything in between, masterminds are […]

Join us to hear five of our national members present, followed by reinforcing and re-directive feedback from a panel of Industry Professionals with an expertise in booking speakers. The second half of the meeting will include a moderated conversation with the panelists, where we get to hear the straight talk on the speaking industry and how they personally feel speakers can help themselves and their bureau partners.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.