March 2019 Newsletter
A Note from Your President
Welcome to March! I love talking and finding out more about our fantastic NSA North Texas Members! So many of our members right now are laser focused with increasing their Speaking Momentum… and it’s exciting! Many of us are deep into developing and delivering our keynotes and client programs. We’re persistently responding to the challenges of constant change, complexity and maintaining a fast pace in this inspiring business!
And so is your NSA North Texas Chapter! Last month we set a record in activity! Your Board of Directors spent an entire day evaluating our current NSA NT Chapter’s status and discussing how we can “POWER UP” even better!
As I look at our members formidable activity and the bustle going on… I think about what it takes to succeed both personally and professionally for each of us (and our NSA North Texas Chapter) to reach our goals and achieve success! I come up with 3 words…
GRIT – RESILIENCY – TENACITY
Grit matters more than talent and luck to achieve extraordinary things! It’s a passion and perseverance you display for your long-term goals! Grit is the Momentum that when you’ve got the clarity and determination towards reaching your end goal – you’ll achieve it!
Resiliency – Resilience can be tough. We all experience setbacks. Resilience requires the courage to confront painful realities – have the faith that there will be a solution when one isn’t immediately evident, and strengthen our resolve to carry on!
An example of this is in Leadership. The true grit of a leader is not how they perform during the good times but rather how they display emotional strength, courage and professionalism during the most trying times.
Tenacity – As speakers, we all need a high TQ – Tenacity Quotient! We and our clients are constantly having to embrace change. The world is transforming faster than ever before and we have to be equipped to handle numerous upheavals, changes and challenges. Being able to sustain our commitment during tough times and never quit is what makes the difference between being exceptional or just mediocre in this business!
March is going to be outstanding month in our NSA North Texas Chapter! I can’t wait to explore the possibilities and learn more from each of you!
Betti Coffey
NSA North Texas Chapter President
June 2018-June 2019
NSA-NT March 9, 2019 Meeting — Mark Scharenbroich, CSP, CPAE
Program
Title: Building a Career by Mastering the Platform
What are you doing to master the art of speaking? The best speakers are busy because audience members come up at the end of the presentation and say, “We need YOU to speak to our group!” Wouldn’t it be great if every speaking event resulted in 2-5 spin off events?
Mark Scharenbroich, CSP, CPAE will share what he has learned from speaking to a wide range of audiences; from high school students to cardiac surgeons. Join Emmy award winning, Hall of Fame Speaker Mark Scharenbroich as he shares his best insights and observations based on delivering over 4000 presentations.
Key Takeaways:
- Sharing Dos and Don’ts on the platform
- Taking your audience on a memorable roller coaster ride.
- Creating rich characters to bring your stories alive.
ABOUT MARK SCHARENBROICH: Join Emmy award-winning speaker, Mark Scharenbroich as he takes you for a fun ride on how to be effective at making meaningful connections in both your professional and personal life. His Nice Bike principle is supported by three strong actions: Acknowledge, honor and connect.
Mark has spent his career working in both industry and education discovering how some of the best organizations and team leaders build a culture that encourages people to perform at a higher level through greater engagement.
Part motivational speaker, part thought-provoker and pure comedic entertainer – Mark Scharenbroich will inspire, teach and engage you with Nice Bike.
Credentials: Award Winning Author, Emmy Award® winner for an ABC TV special, National Speakers Association Hall of Fame Inductee, Golden Apple and Silver Screen Film award for his movie, The Greatest Days of Your Life…(so far), International film festival award winner. Twitter: @NiceBikeMark
Day / Time: Saturday, March 9, 2019
- 7:30a – 8:00a Morning Spark Event (optional)
- 8:15a – 8:30a First Time Guests
- 8:00a – 9:00a Breakfast / Registration
- 9:00a – 12:00p Program
- Ed Talk by the Pros
- Featured Speaker
- Speaker Spotlight
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 W. President George Bush Turnpike, Richardson, Texas 75080
Investment: Includes program and full breakfast.
Members, Candidates and Non-Local NSA Members
- $47 if pre-registered by Thursday before Meeting
- $57 onsite, morning of Meeting
Guests
- $20 Students/Staff
- $37 first time only
- $67 if pre-registered by Thursday before Meeting
- $77 onsite, morning of Meeting
New Mini Speaker Showcases at Spark Meetings!
On March 9th – we’re adding “More Spark” to our Saturday Spark Meetings!
Mike Muhney, NSA NT Member, will be moderating the new “Mini Speaker Showcases” from 7:30 AM-8:00 AM (before our Chapter Meeting starts).
Each month this will give 6 people the opportunity to “show off or test out” a part of their keynote for 5 minutes each!
Great opportunity to let people see you in action, know what you talk about, and get feedback throughout the day!
Be there on time since the 6 people chosen for the mini showcases will be drawing numbers!
This will be a fun and great learning experience whether you’re one of the showcases or just learning about your fellow speakers!
March Special Event with Jim Pancero, CSP, CPAE & Stu Schlackman, CSP
Saturday March 2, 2019 / 9:00am-2:00pm
Get Ready to Use LinkedIn to Make More Money!
Learn the 8 steps you can take to grow your speaking business through LinkedIn
Want more speaking, consulting and product sales? Are you fighting to get your message heard? Do you have what it takes to establish yourself as a market thought leader? I don’t want your friendship on LinkedIn…I want your money. LinkedIn has become a business growth engine, no longer just a platform to make new business friends. Are you actually driving LinkedIn to get new clients and revenues? …or are you just “Riding the LinkedIn Bus” as a passenger (connecting with a few people, posting a few written articles, commenting on other’s posts…and seeing no results). This interactive lab will really be a “LinkedIn Mastermind Group” discussing what is working best among our chapter members doing the most on LinkedIn. We will also be talking about what we can all be doing to help and support each other’s LinkedIn efforts.
Warning! This is an advanced seminar (But all NSA-NT members are welcome!) This is not an introductory class to learn the operational basics of LinkedIn but instead will be a tactical marketing discussion giving you specific steps to increase your LinkedIn visibility and prospect connectivity. My goal is to offer you a day of advanced discussions with fellow active LinkedIn Geeks who are already using this tool to grow their business and are working to get better results. You will be welcomed no matter what your LinkedIn skills or how small your LinkedIn following! Just be prepared for us not to spend much time answering the most basic LinkedIn questions.
This interactive program will be led by fellow NSA-NT members and LinkedIn Ninjas Jim Pancero, CSP, CPAE and Stu Schlackman, CSP, CPAE. They will also be inviting chapter members already generating business from LinkedIn to contribute to the day and to offer their processes as case studies.
You will learn the 8 steps to mastering LinkedIn:
Step 1 – Get ready, research the landscape, follow the rules!
Step 2 – Identify market/industry targets and start connecting Step 3 – Become sticky touching everyone by automating and replicating Step 4 – Start screaming Step 5 – Integrate LinkedIn (and your #Hashtags) into your other selling efforts Step 6 – Initiate targeted outreach using your LinkedIn posting results Step 7 – Feed your tribe other people’s stuff to become a thought-leader Step 8 – Support your friends
Day / Time: Saturday, March 2, 2019 / 9:00a-2:00p
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 W. President George Bush Turnpike, Richardson, Texas 75080
Investment:
- Complimentary to all NSA-NT members
- $59 Guests
March Lab
Wednesday, March 13, 2019: Secrets of Getting Bureau Ready!
Labs are from 6:30p-9:30p at Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 W. President George Bush Turnpike, Richardson, TX 75080
Investment:
- All Access Pass Holders: Free (You must register to attend labs or you will be charged $69/at the door)
- Members: $49.00
- Guests (non-NSA Members): $59.00
- Walk-ins (anyone): $69.00
- First time guests of a chapter meeting: $25.00
Seating is Limited – Only 40 spaces available – Please sign up as early as possible.
Registration at the Door will be accepted ONLY if seating is available.
The Charbonneau Academy at North Texas Enrollment Extended to Wednesday, March 6!
Don’t miss the chance to be a part of the spring session. First class is Saturday, March 9.
See how the Academy has changed lives:
Inspired? Apply today!
NSA North Texas April Workshop with Dave Hill
Saturday, April 13, 2019 / 1:00p-3:30p Following April Chapter Meeting
Use stories and humor in speeches and presentations? You have to be kidding!
Everyone can develop and deliver funny stories…it’s an easy process, and if you don’t think you can be funny, this program is for you! Join storytelling expert, Dave Hill as he teaches his step-by-step process to develop and deliver funny stories and incorporate into serious substance. Imagine people sitting on the edge of their seats, listening to your stories, and belly laughing at your humor. The ability to craft a funny story and take your audience on a journey of emotions and visual images is exhilarating! Don’t miss this chance to up your story game.
Some Topics Dave Will Cover:
- Find your own funny stories
- Get your audience to erupt into laughter with “punch” words
- The power of the pause – maximizing the impact of humor
- Using the humor rule-of-three to create funny material
- Embellish to maximize the audience experience
- Poke fun at yourself to encourage laughter
- Incorporate humor into serious content or tragic stories
- Audience interaction – create fun energy
- Link emotions to relatable topics and act them out
- Use props to add funny and quirky perspectives
- And lots more!
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how to create funny stories audiences rave about
- Get step-by-step tips and tricks to make it easy and fun
- Find out how to experience euphoria from making groups laugh
About Dave Hill
Dave Hill is an award-winning storyteller and funny speaker. He was 1 of 10 finalists out of 20,000 in the World Championship of Public Speaking contest. Dave makes people laugh regularly as a presenter at Fortune 500 company meetings and conferences. A funny motivational speaker, trainer, and coach, Dave has travelled the world inspiring individuals and teams.
Day / Time: Saturday, April 13, 2019 / 1:00p-3:30p
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 W. President George Bush Turnpike, Richardson, Texas 75080
Investment:
- NSA-NT members $27
- Non-members: $47
you, the speaker: Pick Your Passion Project
by Dave Lieber, CSP, Dallas Morning News columnist
I apologize to all y’all. For the first time in my 14 years as a chapter member, I haven’t been around much. Missed meetings. Turned down opportunities to participate in our podcast project. Even missed the deadline for last month’s newsletter. (That’s not like me.)
No, I’m not sick. Not lazy.
Just working under the tightest of deadlines.
In addition to my twice-a-week Watchdog column in The Morning News and a bit of speaking, I’ve written a play – my first — that will debut in May. And I wrote a book – my eighth – to go with the play. It all happened at once.
How does this matter to you?
Well, so much of this project utilized skills I learned as a two-time Charbonneau Academy graduate, class of 2006 and 2007, and then afterward as I continued learning through our association.
As speakers, each of us has a dream project we’ve been longing to do. Finding the time and the perfect amount of inspiration are obstacles.
How do you ‘git er done?’ Tips to succeed (although I won’t know until Opening Night if I did.)
- A Passion Project: Let’s all agree there’s no time left in your life to build that passion project of your dreams. So what? You gotta do it anyway. There’s a reason we call these “passion projects.” How do you pull it off? Drive, discipline and focus.
- Study Up: I never wrote a play. I had to learn. I bought books on playwriting and studied plays. I joined the Dramatists Guild of America, where I worked my way up from associate member to full member. Sound familiar?
- Files, Files and More Files: Perhaps you saw my story https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2018/11/15/dallas-man-showed-fight-new-city-park-will-never-get-see on President Betti Coffey’s late husband Bruce and his quest to build a Dallas city park. Bruce’s secret was his maintenance of hundreds of paper files that told the story of his efforts. His files made him feel organized and on top of things. I borrowed Bruce’s methods in recent weeks and used files to organize a massive project – a play and a companion book with 100 historic photographs. I was swimming in it. Bruce’s final lesson: organization is key.
- Perseverance: I wish I could show you a stack of rejection letters from the many theater companies to whom I sent my play script. Only I don’t have a single rejection letter. It’s not what you think. No one bothered to write back and reject me. Crickets.
Every theater ignored me. Even the one that ultimately accepted the play didn’t open the envelope for four months – and only after I asked about it.
Final note: If you’re wondering, the play – AMON! The Ultimate Texan – is about Amon G. Carter Sr., one of the most consequential figures in Texas during the first half of the 20th century. He owned the largest paper in the state, the Star-Telegram, and also created the first radio station (WBAP) and first TV station (Channel 5). He was also a bit nuts, but a marketer that would make you proud. This novice playwright had plenty of good storytelling to work with.
AMON! The Ultimate Texan opens in Hurst on May 9-25 at Artisan Center Theater, the largest community theater in North Texas. (With real actors, not me.) Tickets on sale here. http://www.artisanct.com/event/37177a2cea80fc0e48df8d80bf65308a
Now that it’s mostly out of my hands and into the theater’s, we can catch up. I’ll see you at the next meeting. And maybe even at the theater.
Read Dave’s latest columns every Friday and Sunday in The Morning News and at DallasNews.com/watchdog
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