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National Speakers Association Indiana Chapter Events
September 25, 2008
How to Re-Think, Re-Position and Re-Tool Your Way to Speaking Success
Phillip Van Hooser MBA, CSP, CPAE
Common Sense Thinking Regarding Uncommon Business Practices That May Help Grow Your Business and Possibly Make (or Save) You Gobs of Cash in the Process.
The Program:
Can you challenge the conventional wisdom and thrive? You bet!
Phillip Van Hooser did.
Listen as he explains why...
- taking any speech for any fee on your topic may serve to raise your fees...and bottom line
- negotiating fees can sometimes be a good thing
- bigger (as in staff, offices and inventory) is not always better
- creating products could be a really lousy idea
- paying big bucks for product development is just plain crazy
- letting clients go can get you more income
- refusing referral fees can result in even more business
- working with speakers bureaus may stunt your professional growth
- missing family birthdays, dance recitals and ballgames may make you a better parent
Maybe you don't consider yourself a contrarian, but you occasionally find that some common "wisdom" touted by self-proclaimed "gurus" just doesn't fit your personal business model. Maybe you want to grow your business, serve your clients better, get more repeat and referral business and sell more products, but you're just not sure how to make it all happen. Maybe you want to rethink and retool your business practices, but you're fearful of sacrificing where you are to get where you could be.
If any of these statements ring true with you, our guest for this session will help you see a different perspective that might help you generate more profits, passion and personal satisfaction from your work.
Phillip Van Hooser has learned to challenge conventional wisdom while creating business practices that work for him, his clients, and his family. Hear the thinking that has resulted in his creating a thriving 20-year business, a solid bottom line and healthy family relationships.
More about our chapter speaker:
Since 1988, Phillip Van Hooser MBA, CSP, CPAE has spoken, written, consulted and coached on leadership and customer service issues for more than 2,700 audiences worldwide. From his earliest business experience as a manager for FORTUNE 500 heavy manufacturing and consumer products companies, Phil knows the leadership methods that work to inspire employees to improve their performance and productivity...and those that don't!
Van Hooser is also a successful business author whose expertise has been published in numerous trade journals and publications including Investors Business Daily. In his best-selling book, Willie's Way: 6 Secrets for Wooing, Wowing and Winning Customers and Their Loyalty, Phil used his extraordinary storytelling ability to illustrate a proven customer service model that builds customer loyalty and improves profitability even in the most difficult business environments.
By way of pertinent content, engaging stories and real-world applications, Phil's audiences experience tried and true leadership and customer service lessons drawn from the real work world - ideas that can be enjoyed, embraced and easily transferred to current business circumstances to create immediate improvements and results.
A longtime member of the National Speakers Association, Phil currently serves NSA's membership as its national Vice President (leading to the NSA Presidency during 2009-2010). In 1993, Phil earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation and in 2006, Phil was inducted into NSA's CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame.
Register Today!
Members - Prepay online or by check - $39.00
Members - at the door - $49.00
Guest - $59.00
October 21, 2008
6:15 PM to 9:00 PM
at Pam Burks home
Members Only Event
Strategies for Building a Speaking Business that Lasts: Tips and Tools to Increase Your Repeat and Referral Business
By Patti Hathaway, CSP 
Profit from proven strategies designed to help you keep current customers and get referral business without making cold calls. Practical tips and techniques offered for speakers who want to increase their business and bottom-line profits without hiring staff. Extensive handouts will be provided.
Presenter: One of less than 7% of speakers worldwide who have earned their Certified Speaking Professional designation, Patti Hathaway, CSP, has built her reputation as The CHANGE AGENTTM. She has been consistently busy speaking and training since 1987 and she has never made a "cold call" or sent out direct mail. She will share the secrets behind her 95% repeat and referral business (with little speakers bureau work, by design). Patti is the author of five books that have been translated into 5 languages and have collectively sold over 100,000 copies. Patti works with organizations that want to solve their people challenges.
October 22, 2008
"Mission Possible: Mastering the Leadership Challenge of Change"
Patti Hathaway
** This will be a joint meeting with Meetings Industry Organizations. **
Strategies for Building a Speaking Business that Lasts: Tips and Tools to Increase Your Repeat and Referral Business
Profit from proven strategies designed to help you keep current customers and get referral business without making cold calls. Practical tips and techniques offered for speakers who want to increase their business and bottom-line profits without hiring staff. Extensive handouts will be provided.
Presenter: One of less than 7% of speakers worldwide who have earned their Certified Speaking Professional designation, Patti Hathaway, CSP, has built her reputation as The CHANGE AGENTTM. She has been consistently busy speaking and training since 1987 and she has never made a "cold call" or sent out direct mail. She will share the secrets behind her 95% repeat and referral business (with little speakers bureau work, by design). Patti is the author of five books that have been translated into 5 languages and have collectively sold over 100,000 copies. Patti works with organizations that want to solve their people challenges.
November 13, 2008
How to Discover, Develop, and Deliver Powerful Stories
Jean Gatz, CSP
The right story, well positioned and artfully told, grabs attention, connects with the minds and hearts of your listeners, and Creates "AHA" moments from simple truths. Master storyteller Jean Gatz will teach you how to find, craft and deliver your stories, tap into universal themes, and draw your audience into the story with you.
To quote Jean: "They might forget your 14 points, but they won't forget your stories! In this session you will gain the skills to become a master storyteller, even if you weren't born and raised in the South - bless your heart!"
Jean's Bio:
Blending wit with wisdom and humor with common sense, Jean Gatz is one of the top-rated keynote speakers in the country. She's one of only 195 women in the world to earn the designation of Certified Speaking Professional. Jean is a past president of NSA New Orleans, has served as chapter liaison, and presented at several NSA conventions and workshops.
Voted one of the Top Ten speakers for the Society for Human Resource Management at the largest HR conference in the world, Jean is also a Platinum Level Speaker for Meeting Professionals International. She's the author of "How to Be the Person Successful Companies Fight to Keep" (published by Simon & Schuster and translated into several languages) and "Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This."
Jean works with business, industry, healthcare, education, women's groups, government and associations to help her audiences bring Pride and Joy back to work and life. Her clients include Dell, the National Association of Realtors, the Federal Reserve Bank, IBM, Harley Davidson and the IRS. Not bad for a funny Southern woman who tells stories! Jean also shares her faith and brings her message of Humor with Heartâ to Christian women's groups across the U.S. Learn more about Jean on her website, http://www.jeangatz.com/.
Indiana Chapter Meeting Location and Logistics
Meeting Agenda:
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4:00 pm - Member's meeting
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5:30 pm - Dinner (members and guests)
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6:15 pm - Meeting starts
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9:00 pm - Meeting Adjourns