Update From Our President |
Welcome NSA Pittsburgh Chapter members! I hope you are enjoying the summer and are looking forward to a new year of great speakers. We have a phenomenal line-up planned for you. We will start off the first half of the year with not one, not two, but THREE Hall of Fame Speakers from NSA, followed by our chapter holiday party at the Grand Concourse. Mark your calendars now and I challenge you to bring someone who is interested in a speaking career.
September 7: Mark LeBlanc will talk about when YOU are the business. For those of you who are contemplating a career in speaking, you don’t want to miss his presentation.
October 5: Patricia Fripp at The Hotel Indigo Pittsburgh University Oakland. Patricia is going to focus on how you begin your presentations and offer mini coaching, using audience members. This is our inaugural “Let’s Talk it Up Pittsburgh” event, where we invite and encourage non-members to come and join NSA Pittsburgh. We are opening up the audience to 100 participants. This will be an exciting morning.
November 16: Ross Bernstein will tell us how he books 100 keynotes a year. If you are looking to expand your speaking business, then this will be an important meeting for you.
December 5: Annual chapter Holiday Celebration at the historic Grand Concourse.
These Hall of Fame speakers are energized to help our Pittsburgh chapter members expand their speaking, training, and coaching businesses. See you September 7, October 5, November 16, and December 5 as we end the year with our holiday celebration.
Thank you NSA Pittsburgh.
Karin J. Lund
Proud President
NSA Pittsburgh
| 2024-2025 Chapter Programs |
Here are the 8 speakers we have lined up for you. |  |
Mark LeBlanc, CSP, CPAE
Hall of Fame Speaker
When YOU Are the Business
Saturday, September 7
9:00am – Noon
CO-HATCH
Mark LeBlanc, CSP, CPAE is known for his approach to business development, based on his first book, Growing Your Business. He is a CSP and was inducted into the Minnesota Hall of Fame in 2006. In fact, he is a newly minted, 2023 Hall of Fame CPAE speaker having been inducted this past July.
Little does anyone know that Mark was ready to throw in the towel on the elusive, keynote speaking side of his career until a turning point in the summer of 2014. That defining moment led to a banquet speech in Nashville six months later that he will say, “…was the best speech of my career even to this day.”
Find out what he did and how it could help you turn up the volume in your keynote speaking career. He will also shine a light on what you need to know and what you want to do in elevating your speaking career and grow your little empire.
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Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Hall of Fame Speaker
Let's Talk It Up Pittsburgh
Captivate Your Audience - Your First 30 Seconds
Saturday, October 5
8:00am – 12:30 pm
Hotel Indigo
Bring Your Friends: $79 each
Little-Known and Frequently-Overlooked Techniques to Open Your Presentations with Impact.
Learn how certain speech openings captivate, mystify, and create an emotional bond that keeps an audience in the palm of the speaker’s hand. In every presentation, your opening remarks set the tone for your audience’s experience.
Get ready for an action-packed, content-rich, interactive program with presentation skills expert Patricia Fripp. After her program you will:
- Understand the purpose of your opening
- Realize how many options are available to you
- Incorporate the “magic” word for audience acceptance
- Appreciate the number one secret of persuasive presentations
- Improve even your best stories
Part two of the program is an interactive-coaching experience. Willing participants will experience Fripp’s razor-focused mini coaching of their best presentation opening.
Why not come prepared with the first three lines of your best presentation opening? Patricia’s program is perfect for novice, intermediate, and seasoned speakers, trainers, consultants, and coaches. If you are interested in gaining a competitive edge, join us. |  |
Ross Bernstein, CSP, CPAE
Hall of Fame Speaker
The Champion's Code: How I Consistently Book 100+ Keynotes a Year
Saturday, November 16
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
CO-HATCH
The best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, Ross consistently speaks at over 120 events per year and has even keynoted conferences on all seven continents. He’s a solopreneur who has built a million dollar lifestyle business with no employees or assistants, which allows him to travel nonstop with his wife and daughter. He purely keynotes and doesn’t have other profit centers, so he’s laser focused on booking gigs.
Ross will peel back the curtain and share the inside secrets on how he’s built his business by building relationships, negotiating win-win deals, and ultimately just doing things very differently.
In this session you will discover: Innovative ways to give and receive referrals, not just to your fellow speakers, but to your clients. How to leverage video testimonials, philanthropy, and social media in order to grow your business. Ideas on creative negotiations in order to find “Value” when clients don’t have your “full fee.” Methods to be more creative in your sales pitches, your customization, and how to create “slump-busters” in order to keep your calendar full. Ideas on pre and post gig networking that could hopefully lead to more international travel and lifestyle destinations.
| | Beth Ziesenis, CSP
How to Turn Your Content Into a Mini-Book Over a Weekend
Saturday, January 18
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
CO-HATCH
Frank Kitchen, CSP
S.P.I.C.E U.P. Your Speaking Business!
Saturday, February 8
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
CO-HATCH
Lois Creamer
Book More Business: Growing Your Business in a Competitive Market
Saturday, March 15
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
CO-HATCH
| | Rob Ferre, CSP
Next Level Audience Engagement
Saturday, April 12
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
CO-HATCH
Tami Evans, CSP
ShowBUSINESS: Ideas to Punch You Your Presentation
Saturday, May 17
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
CO-HATCH
| | | This event is free for NSA Pittsburgh members. | Help With Committees
We are looking for NSA members to serve on the Welcoming, Registration, Setup, Sponsor, and Book Sales committees for the Patricia Fripp event. Please contact Charlie if you want to join us at charliekrebs1000@gmail.com. | Steel City Speakers
Steel City Speakers is a dynamic new Facebook group, proudly created and supported by NSA Pittsburgh. This vibrant community is for anyone in the Pittsburgh area with a passion for speaking. With an already thriving membership of 90 individuals, the group is a treasure trove of information, offering valuable insights and resources on various aspects of public speaking. Whether you’re looking to enhance your presentation skills, find speaking opportunities, or network with like-minded individuals, Steel City Speakers is the place to be. Join us to share your experiences, gain knowledge, and elevate your speaking game alongside fellow enthusiasts. | New Member
Please welcome our new member Greg Incardona. We will do our best to enhance your journey, Greg!
| Enjoy the Rest of Your Summer Everyone!
And we'll see you in September!!
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