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Special Guests  ::  Value Added Prizes  ::  Speaker Mega Mastermind

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Special Guest - Ed Blunt - BluntArtistry.com

If you would like to learn some of the techniques that Ed learned from Denzel Washington on how to connect with anyone anytime, or how Ed earned six figures in one month in speaking fees, or the one secret that Les Brown, Anthony Robbins and T.Harv Eker all personally shared with Ed for GUARANTEED SUCCESS, REGISTER NOW!!!  

For the first 50 that register in the next 48 hours Ed will be doing an invitation only special breakout session sharing all of this and much, much more!!!     

P.S. There will be cool stories shared about working with Denzel, Mary J. Blige and many others of our artists in service!



Speaker Mega-Mastermind Session

Collaboration on Steroids ~ Accelerate Your Success

Participate in the exciting interactive BSNA Mega-Mastermind Group workshop discussion in order to learn how to better grow your professional speaking business. Plus, move your professional speaking business in the right direction; Gain from the experience, expertise and knowledge of other colleagues that have preceded you in the professional speaking business and are willing to work with you in a cordial atmosphere of mutual support, cooperation and collaboration. Inspire, motivate and persuade your audiences.

REGISTER NOW TO WIN TIME WITH EXPERTS THAT CAN TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS:

Value Added Door Prizes:

 1 hour Coaching Session with Willie Jolley (Value $800)
Willie will work with you to define and plan your next steps to creating the success you have always wanted.  With his dynamic style he will coach a lucky winner using the strategies that sky rocketed him to phenomenal success.

Lois Creamer (Value $800)

One hour telephone consultation with one of the best sales strategist in NSA: Lois Creamer, President of Book More Business™ www.BookMoreBusiness.com

No one knows more about booking speakers than Lois Creamer. She worked as staff to one of NSA’s most successful speakers before building her own business. Now she teaches speakers and their staffs how to quantify prospect’s interest, close more sales, and use effective “sales speak”. Don’t pass up this opportunity to receive valuable insight and personalized feedback about your positioning statement, your marketing approach or your sales system.

Dr. Tina “Chickenlady” DuPree - Speaking is a Business

The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Tina
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Invest in yourself with this multimedia resource package from Dr Tina “Chicken Lady” DuPree. www.TinaDupree.com

You know our own Tina “ChickenLady” DuPree as one of the most dynamic and inspiring speakers in NSA. But did you know she also trains dozens of speakers each year through her nonprofit organization, Professional Speakers Network? This unique and practical package includes a book, a CD and a DVD that will help you go from slow start to professional and profitable in record time. The winner of her prize will receive her popular and successful 11 minute demo, HOT TIP Public Speaking Book and "Time to Stand & Deliver" DVD The Chicken Lady, Tina Dupree, Tina: www.TinaDupree.com.
Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP - The Magic of Mentoring (Value - $10K)

The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Lenora MP3 File
If you have between 2-5 years of experience as a speaker you’re eligible for a full year of mentoring from Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP www.LenoraSpeaks.com

With more than 20 years in the speaking business, Lenora Billings-Harris is an accomplished speaker, trainer and business person (and past national President of NSA). Lenora will provide 12 months of mentoring to one speaker who has less than three years in the business. You will participate in a monthly call (60 minutes each) plus scheduled face-to-face time at any 2008-2009 NSA national events at which you both are attending.
 Lou Heckler, CSP, CPAE. - Learn the Secret to Successful Speeches

The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Lou MP3 File
Combination phone/email coaching valued at $1,500 from master storyteller and amazing speaker, Lou Heckler, CSP, CPAE. www.LouHeckler.com

Lou Heckler is a keynote speaker with no book, no product and a consistently full calendar. He is such a talented speaker and master storyteller that word of mouth propels his career. He’s also a great coach. Send Lou one story (or up to 10 minutes of a speech) in either Word or MP3 format. He will review it, send you detailed feedback via email then schedule a 30-minute telephone coaching session with you.
 Pick Carole’s Brain - www.TellCarole.com (Value $800)

Sixty minutes on the phone with Carole Copeland Thomas to talk about sponsorships, self-publishing, syndicated radio shows or the subject of your choice.

Carole’s Empowerment Breakfasts are funded by sponsors. She has self-published a variety of books, audio programs and learning resources and is the founder of two national recognition days. Her syndicated radio show was broadcast on stations nationwide. Now she hosts a talk show on a local radio station that is also simulcast world-wide via the internet. Shorten your learning curve by tapping into Carole’s experience.
Francine Ward - info@fwardattorney.com (Value $300)
The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Francine MP3 File

Two 15-minute legal sessions with the following terms of use:
1. Only one question can be submitted, per each 15-minute slot
2. Question must be sent in advance
3. Consulting time must be used by December 31, 2008
4. The legal relationship only extends to the one question raised during the 15-minute consulting session, unless we agree to different terms in writing


Lawyer, author, professional speaker, Francine Ward is a 1989 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. She is admitted to practice law in both California and NY. The focus of her practice is helping entrepreneurs, information marketers, authors, and other creative people protect their valuable creative works.

Ed Robinson - ed@edspeaks.com (Value $800)

The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Ed MP3 File
Item: 1 hour coaching session coaching session on business development with an emphasis on rainmaking.

Ed Robinson, CPA, CSP is an energetic Business Growth Strategist, speaker and author who has provided strategies to Motivate professionals, Develop leaders and Grow revenue since 1990. Ed is the author of three books, “The Million $ Rainmaker”, “The 4 Giant Steps to Leadership” , “From Fighting the Storms to Dancing in the Rain; dealing with change and other storms in your life “ and his latest selling system “Rainmaking Strategies for Success”. Ed is a professed “Recovering CPA” and CEO of Robinson Performance Group serving clients such as KPMG, AICPA, Institute of Internal Auditors, Deloitte, Merrill Lynch, Department of Justice, Zurich Financial Services, Wells Fargo, Allstate , MetLife, and United States Postal Services to mention a few. Ed’s greatest achievement is being the father of his three sons.
Sarita Maybin - www.saritamaybin.com (Value $800)

The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Sarita MP3 File
1 hour coaching session to help you use free speaking to generate paid bookings, work effectively with speakers bureaus (she’s listed with 12 bureaus) and use a commission-based marketing person to generate business (she’s used this format for 7 of her 14 years speaking).

Sarita Maybin is a high energy speaker whose audiences have fun learning how to stay positive, constructively confront tough communication situations and work together better. Sarita’s clients include Hewlett Packard, NASA, Nokia, Kaiser Permanente, WD-40, Los Angeles County and the Las Vegas Convention Center among others. Since 1993, Sarita has spoken at conferences and companies in 47 states, Canada, England, Asia, Mexico and Iceland. Sarita is a former university administrator with a Masters degree in Counseling; a Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest winner and a past president of the National Speakers Association, San Diego chapter. She has been interviewed on San Diego area Fox News and ABC News as well as the Tavis Smiley Radio Show about her book entitled “If You Can’t Say Something Nice, What DO You Say?”
 Richard Little - www.robertlittlespeaker.com/planners.html

1 hour coaching session to help you market your business and make more money. (Value $800)


Coach T.C. Coleman, Business Growth Coach, Attorney, Speaker and Founder of UpwardAction® will spend 50 minutes (value $497) helping you develop your choice of the following customized business growth tools:

1)  Develop an overview  UpwardAction® Plan for using online marketing to build your brand and establish your expertise;
2)  Create an overview UpwardAction® Plan for using LinkedIn in generate leads; or
3)  Create an UpwardAction® Plan for using Facebook to increase your exposure.

Sign up for UpwardAction's bi-weekly business tips and strategies newsletter at www.UpwardAction.com.
Lethia Owens, Leadership Expert, Business Consultant and Founder of Lethia Owens International, Inc.  

Spend 90 minutes with Lethia and learn how to turn your speaking engagements into consulting contracts that generate consistent income and collaborative relationships with your clients (valued at $600).

Lethia will share the strategies she used to turn a one time speaking engagement with the country's leading aerospace company into four long-term contracts for 1) Speaking, 2) Consulting, 3) Onsite Facilitation and 4) Virtual Facilitation.
visit Lethia online at www.LethiaOwens.com.
Simon Bailey - www.SimonTBailey.com
 

Leverage the following products from Simon Bailey:
1) Book “Release your Brilliance”
2) A companion book: “Success is an Inside Job”
3) Best of Simon Bailey DVD
4) Brillionaire Observations Audio Series

Visit Simon online at www.SimonTBailey.com.


Marquesa Pettway,
www.mlpspeak.com
www.Nationalcenterspeakertraining.com  

As a Professional Speaker, Communications Expert and Speaker Business Coach, Marquesa has done very well with creating multiple streams of Income. Marquesa not only has a booked speaking schedule but additional profitable income streams all relating to the speaking industry.

Marquesa is offering three months in her coaching group ($150 value) plus her best-selling Fast Track to Paid Speaking Boot Camp via audio downloads ($200 value) plus access to her recently launched Income Streams Team Series ($600 value). This expert gift is ideal for any speaker desiring to create multiple streams of Income in their speaking business.
Ed Blunt - BluntArtistry.com

Ed Blunt is the founder of BluntArtistry, a company that specializes in Life Design for Compelling Futures.  Blunt began his incredible journey performing on stages in England, Russia and throughout America.  Forging working relationships with Pulitzer Prize-, Tony Award-, Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning giants, Blunt garnered critical acclaim as a classically trained stage and film actor.  Shortly after dedicating himself to the professional speaking industry, Ed Blunt made an auspicious debut sharing the stage with Les Brown, training for T. Harv Eker’s Peak Potentials and being a featured speaker for George Fraser’s International Frasernet. 
One hour “Authentic Voice Review” with Norma T. Hollis  www.NormaHollis.com   

The Authentic Voice Review is an intense one-hour consultation with Norma T. Hollis, America ’s Leading Authentic Voice Doctor and founder of Black Speakers Online and Speakers Etcetera. Your one hour consultation condenses years of learning into an extraordinary session that will focus on your specific needs as a speaker. You will receive concentrated and targeted coaching to assist you in boosting your Authenticity Factor, (www.cashinonvoice.com) while developing a roadmap to success and enabling you to monetize your speaking career and take it to the next level. Norma’s Review not only includes practical career development strategies but also intuitive guidance to uncover your best position and path within the professional speaking industry.
Donna Satchell - www.JustGetSerious.com

Isn’t it time you decided to get serious about your dream to be a professional speaker. This one hour consultation entitled “So You Want To Be A Speaker” was one of the sessions presented during the “Meet The Pros” segment at 2005 NSA Convention. Designed for new or aspiring speakers, Donna will cover her suggestions, insights and lessons learned in becoming a Professional Speaker and Success Skills Trainer.
Get your FREE copy of "The high-content Client Attraction Audio CD "How To Attract All The Ideal High-Paying Clients You Need" .    

Also Fabienne is offering a 30 minute coaching session (value $500).  Fabienne Fredrickson, The Client Attraction Mentor, is founder of the Client Attraction SystemR, the proven step-by-step program that shows you exactly how to attract more clients, in record time...guaranteed. To get your F.R.E.E. Audio CD by mail and receive her weekly marketing & success mindset articles on attracting more high-paying clients and dramatically increasing your income, visit www.ClientAttraction.com.
One hour consultation with Rebecca Morgan  www.RebeccaMorgan.com   

Learn more about "Managing your Speaking Business with more Profits” (value $500).

Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC Certified Speaking Professional, Certified Management Consultant Bestselling author, workplace effectiveness consultant, speaker Featured on Oprah, 60 Minutes, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, USA Today and numerous others Retained as Microsoft's workplace effectiveness spokesperson
Tom Antion - http://www.GreatInternetMarketingTraining.com

The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Tom MP3 File
One hour consultation on Internet Marketing for Speakers (Value $1000.00) plus a website critique (Value $500.00)

Tom Antion is an Internet multimillionaire. When other speakers are killing themselves flying all around the world to make ends meet Tom is sitting home watching money come in over his computer. He only speaks when he wants to and only when very large amounts of money are on the table. Tom has been asked to speak to NSA and it's worldwide affiliates over 90 times and he's raised tens of thousands of dollars for NSA chapters.

Tom is the author of "Click: The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Marketing for Speakers" and the founder of the infamous "ButtCamp" Seminars where you learn to make money sitting home on your rear end. Tom has the largest email database in the speaking industry with over 90,000 subscribers in 80 countries. Tom is also the owner and founder of the Great Internet Marketing Retreat Center in Virginia Beach, VA, the only facility of its kind in the world where people live with Tom over an immersion weekend as part of his year long mentor program http://www.GreatInternetMarketingTraining.com
Andrew Morrison - www.smallbusinesscamp.com. A free ticket to his small business camp (value $500)    

Andrew Morrison is the founder of Small Business Camp - an entrepreneurial training, coaching and marketing services firm. The company delivers an intensive 2-day program that allows the participants to walk-in with just an idea and leave with a marketing plan, public relations strategy, money-making website, direct-mail campaign and 90 days of follow-up coaching. In New York City, Andrew hosts a weekly show on 98.7 KISS-FM called, "Money Making Mondays" He is also an adjunct faculty member at New York University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Previously he built a multi-million dollar company by providing innovative direct marketing services to Fortune 500 companies. He was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Crain's Magazine 40 under 40 and Advertising Age. He also appeared as a "Young Millionaire" on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Patricia Fripp  www.fripp.com  - A speakers tool kit: a package of learning resources (books, CDs, DVDs) valued at $320.

Patricia Fripp turns salespeople into master presenters and transforms speakers into superstars. Known for her innovative programs, Meetings and Conventions magazine named Fripp "one of the country's most electrifying speakers!"
Chris Clark-Epstein  www.ChrisClarke-Epstein.com (Value $800)

A phone conversation/consulting on how to go from someone who wants to write a book to someone who has a well written book whether they self-publish or look for a mainstream publisher”.

Chris Clarke-Epstein believes if you ask great questions you will get great answers. For 20 years, Chris has asked today’s leaders thought-provoking questions – pushing them to find new ways to do old things, changing old mindsets to meet new challenges, and supporting those leaders as they search for creative solutions to long-standing problems.
Burt Dubin  www.BurtDubin.com   

Two wonderful prizes:
1) A $600 full hour of phone consultation on attaining more success as a paid expert who speaks.
2) Any one of Burt Dubin's recorded programs that retail for $477 to $777.

In November 1988, Burt shared his techniques with an audience of professional speakers at a NSA meeting. After the presentation, many in the audience called and asked him to help them. To serve their needs, while he continued to speak, write and travel, he created The Speaking Success System, which has evolved to the huge body of knowledge that it is today.
Rene Godefroy - www.goanextramile.com (Value $800)    

“Crafting a Money-Making Keynote” a one-hour consultation with the incredible Rene Godefroy.

Rene will share with you strategies he uses to create keynote speeches that has his audiences riveted to the edge of their seats, earns him countless standing ovations, and makes him one of the favorites among speakers bureaus. Because of his amazing keynotes, Rene has worked for major companies like AT&T, Bell South, Cox Enterprise, Marriott International, Coca-Cola, and the Napoleon Hill Foundation. He frequently appears and is interviewed on radio and TV programs like CBS 60 Minutes and CNN. This consultation will allow you to learn from one of the best speakers in the business.
The Speakers Choice: Partnering up with a Virtual Assistant - www.ultimatevasupport.com

Offering A Day With A VA will be a gift of time. Lucinda Cross has a virtual assistant company with a focus on speakers authors and coaches. Ultimate VA Support helps small business owners spend more time working on their business instead of in their business. Working with independent professionals in the administrative and marketing fields, her team helps clients gain time, increase efficiency and make more money by taking on their administrative burdens and helping instill strong administrative foundations in their businesses.

Lucinda recently completed her e-book entitled, "10 Tools A Speaker, Author or Coach Must Use”. Visit www.ultimatevasupport.com for more information.
Debra Dixon - www.lightofgoldpr.com   
The Speaker Mastermind Moment Interview with Debra MP3 File

- 1 hour of free New Media and PR Coaching about strategies on how you can best use Blogs, Webcasts, Podcasts, and Social Media in Promoting your business.

- Free 1 - 2 minute Gold Profile Video interview with Debra Dixon Packaged on DVD or a .mov file for use on your Website or Electronic Press Kit.

Debra Dixon is the President and CEO of Light of Gold PR and Marketing LLC, a boutique PR and Marketing Firm with offices in both New York City and Atlanta, GA. She has over 16 years of Technology and PR experience, having worked as a Consultant, Trainer, Public Speaker, and in Marketing, Publicity/Promotions and Media Relations. Light of Gold PR provides Press/News Releases, National Media Campaigns, Marketing Strategy, Event Planning, Web Development, Branding, New Media Marketing which includes Internet and On-Line Marketing, Webcasts, Podcasts, E-Books, Blogs, and how to use Social Media. Light of Gold PR also hosts live seminars and workshops as well as Webinars on PR, Marketing, Technology, and New Media. Additionally, Debra hosts the “Gold Profile” Webcast and Podcast (check out http://www.youtube.com/lightofgoldpr or go to http://www.lightofgoldpr.com), Blogs, and the “Gold PR and Business Tips”, a free e-magazine.
Randy Gage's "How to Become a Copywriting Stud!" (Value $197)  www.RandyGage.com   

Randy Gage is a brilliant marketing strategist and copywriter, having twice built multi-million-dollar information entrepreneur businesses. He has authored more than 50 books, audio albums, videos, and other information products. Randy's personally sold more than $12 million of his own information products, and hundreds of millions more for his clients and protégées. Randy's books and other resources have been translated into Chinese, Norwegian, Spanish, Korean, German, Russian, Czech, Indian, Portuguese, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian, Indonesian, and Dutch.

Randy is a self-taught student of direct response marketing. Although he rarely works for others, he is considered by many people in the know to be the world's foremost copywriter. He was a pioneer in utilizing "magalogs" to dominate specific market segments, and he's quite well versed in direct mail, space ads, and other direct marketing strategies.

This manual is like no resource you've ever seen before. Randy lays bare his entire treasure chest of copywriting secrets, revealing to you exactly how to do what he does better than anyone else. He reveals the psychological triggers that get people to take action.

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