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Save the Dates
Before August 20, 2010--
Update Your NSA Profile
www.nsavirginia.org
September--
Friday, 9-24-10
Sam Horn
Richmond, VA
October--
Friday, 10-22-10
David Newman
Chesapeake, VA
November--
Friday, 11-12-10
Laura Stack Richmond, VA
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UPDATE YOUR PROFILE ONLINE ASAP
 Do You Want Meeting Planners to Find You?
Make sure your Member Profile is accurate on our website NOW!
Our Trade Show Brochures come from INFO YOU PROVIDE, Soooo......
1) Go to www.nsavirginia.org and LogIn (Contact Jean Austin at jean.austin@verizon.net if you need this info).
2) Click on "Find a Speaker" (3rd tab across top) and select "National Member" or "Affiliate Member".
3) Find your name, then click on the folder icon in the upper right of that line.
4) Make changes, if desired, to your "Name, Phone Number, Email, Metro Area" blocks. (For example, add credential titles after name.
5) Fill in the "Bio" area. Up to the first 60 words will be used in the trade show brochure so write your text with this in mind. You may have a longer description for your web profile.
6) Fill in the "Description" area - describe your speaking area(s) or expertise. Only the first 15 words will be used in the trade show brochure. You may have a longer description for the web profile, if you desire.
7) Review and check your "Speaking Topics" at the bottom of the page.
8) Click "Update" to finish your profile.
PLEASE UPDATE BY AUGUST 20 Chapter Program so your correct info will appear in the new 2010-2011 Chapter Directory.
www.nsavirginia.org
& LogIn
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We'll toot our horn for you!
Jerry Teplitz, CSP,
will appear August 10 on "Virginia This Morning" TV show (Richmond WTVR CBS channel 6).
Listen in or record to see and hear Jerry!
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Enroll Now --
ProTrack 2010-11 Speaker Development Program Starts September 24, 2010
 Ask experienced speakers how long it took them to build a viable speaking practice, and most will tell you at least 3-5 years.
But NSA Virginia's ProTrack Program is here to help you accelerate this process dramatically by:
- Guiding you through a step-by-step process to find and fine-tune your unique message, practice and polish your delivery, and build a solid business platform.
- Bringing you the most relevant information in building-block form from experts in the field who have "been there and done that."
- Accelerating the learning process with interaction, practice, feedback, and a highly active support system.
Testimonial From a Recent ProTrack Graduate:
June 29, 2010
Thanks Dorothy!
I have been following up on your encouragement to write articles. I wrote a sample article (inspired by the "idol" speech material) and got hired to write part time for a local enewspaper on my signature
topic, which I would not be pursuing without ProTrack! You could say ProTrack got me on track. I was wandering in the freight yard before my year in ProTrack.
Thanks!
Pam
Pamela T. Rambo, Ed.D
Rambo Research and Consulting LLC
WHAT YOU WILL GET
This year's program includes ten 3-hour sessions, including lunch, one after each chapter program, culminating with the Virginia Speaker Idol Contest in June. In addition to the session topics below, your package will include assignments between classes, stage time, coaching, accountability partners, and mentors. Beginning on September 24, your sessions will feature:
1. Getting organized and ready to learn
2. Discovering your message
3. Structuring your keynote
4. Delivering your message
5. Managing your business
6. Marketing and social media
7. Making sales
8. Constructing one sheets
9. Connecting with your audience --Showcasing your talent ("Virginia Speaker Idol Contest")
By the time you present at the Virginia Speaker Idol Contest in June 2011, you'll be ready to go to market! Not only that, you could win a trip to the 2011 National NSA Convention and other valuable prizes.
Hold Your Space Today!
ProTrack is open to any NSA Virginia member* on a first-come-first-served basis. This year's fee is $699 if paid in full by the September chapter meeting or $799** if paid in three installments.
Contact ProTrack Dean Tom Davidson right away at 804-769-9794 or tom@davidsonleadership.com,
and make your $50 deposit to Chapter Administrator Jean Austin to hold your space.
Space is limited so call Tom today at 804-769-9794.
* Contact the chapter administrator, Jean Austin at (804) 740-1187, for application assistance and the correct prorated chapter membership amount before you apply.
**By choosing the three-installment option, you are agreeing to eventually pay for the entire program, just in three installments instead of one lump sum.
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REGISTER NOW! AUGUST PROGRAM:
August 20, 2010
6200 West Club Lane
Richmond, VA 23226
Phone: 804.288.60
Boring To Bravo:
Proven Presentation Techniques to Engage, Involve and Inspire Your Audience
 Kristin J. Arnold, 2010-11 National NSA President
Check In begins - 8:15 a.m.
Program - 8:45 a.m.
Optional Lunch with the speaker - noon-1:00 p.m.
Want Your Audiences Involved?
Event and meeting planners want to book professional speakers who involve audiences in meanngful ways.
Kristin J. Arnold, MBA, CMC, CPF, CSP is passionate about making your speeches more engaging, interactive and collaborative.
Featured in numerous publications such as Harvard Business Update, USA Today, and Selling Power, Kristin knows what it takes to lead, facilitate and participate on high performing teams.
Learn From An Expert Facilitator!
In this program Kristin Arnold will:
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- demonstrate different techniques to engage and hold your audience's attention
- provide a resource for you to inject more interaction into your speeches.
Kristin's fourth book, Boring to Bravo, was just launched on August 5, 2010, and will be available for purchase after the program.
Register now - www.nsavirginia.org
About Kristin Arnold: *
A former President of NSA-Virginia Chapter, Kristin currently serves as the National President of the National Speakers Association of the United States.
An international consultant, facilitator and speaker, Kristin has authored four books and contributed to a dozen other books on teams in the workplace.
Uniquely within NSA, she has achieved three of the highest designations available within each of her core competencies:
--Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) from the National Speakers Association
--Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) from the International Association of Facilitators
--Certified Management Consultant (CMC) from the Institute of Management Consultants.
Kristin's list of facilitation expertise is well represented in her contributions to NSA: Past Chair of the NSA Facilitator PEG, Provost of NSA's University at MarcoIsland, Lab Director, faculty member of the Facilitation Skills Lab, and co-chair of the first Interaction Skills Lab.
(Contact Jean Austin at 804-740-1187 if you have registration problems)
*Want even more on Kristin before August 20?
See her websites--
www.qpcteam.com
maketeamswork.com
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From Our New Chapter President. . .
...Welcome, Cathy Lewis!
Dear Friends,
Thirteen of us have just returned from NSA's national convention in Orlando.
I can't recall a year where NSA Virginia made such a powerful impact:
Hayley Foster did a magnificent job of chairing the Youth Convention and made it one of the most meaningful yet.
· Sandy Dumont presented in the "20/20 Lightening Talks: the "Steeplechase of Speaking" - an exciting event in which each speaker had 6 minutes to make his/her presentation. All their PowerPointŪ slides were set to advance automatically every 6 seconds - ready or not. Sandy also had a booth at the conference where dozens of people got a mini-makeover.
· Dorothy Erlanger was a presenter for "Meet the Pros." She shared her expertise in working internationally based on her decades of work all over the world.
· Kristin Arnold, formerly President of NSA Virginia, was inducted as the new President of the National Speakers Association.
Our chapter made among the most generous contributions to the Professional Speakers Benefit Fund, which supports professional speakers who have fallen on very hard times. It was a proud time to be part of NSA Virginia.
If you have never been to an NSA Convention, you are missing something special: extraordinary inspiration, state-of-the-art tools, cutting-edge techniques, life-changing networking and friendships.
The NSA 2011 Convention is July 30-August 2 in Anaheim, California. I hope you will make plans now to attend with your NSA Virginia colleagues. It will transform the way you deliver your message to a world that needs it. If you need additional inspiration, head over to the NSA Virginia Facebook page, join up and check out the great pictures you'll find there of NSA Convention 2010. Please be sure to join us August 20 in Richmond when we welcome NSA President Kristin Arnold back to the Commonwealth. Why not register now while you're thinking about it at www.nsavirginia.org?
To Your Success,
Cathy
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2010 NSA VIRGINIA Idol Competition
By Liz Garrett
The "NSA Virginia Idol Competition," which took place on the afternoon of June 18, 2010, was the capstone event of NSA Virginia's ProTrack Speaker Development Program. ProTrackers worked since September 2009 to develop and hone a six-minute speech, with generous help along the way from mentors and Protrack "professors", to deliver to peers and colleaguesat this competition. Big prizes were an added incentive.
 "Graduating" ProTrack speakers included Tanya Blowe, Jewell Brown, Shirley T. Burke and
Dave Prestia. Others were: Barb Dodd sharing, "Wrecking an Airplane: Life Lessons from the Author of Lexus to Layaway;" Liz Garrett presenting, "Claim Your True Power;" Mindy Godding giving us, "A Glimpse of Chronic Disorganization;" Kittygayle McMoon deliveringred, "The Okra Story;" Adam Queen declaring, "Every Interaction an Opportunity," and Pam Rambo warning, "Don't Let Your Child Drive ALemon...Or Graduate From One!"
Each presenter wowed the audience with individual style and power that, by their own assessment, was but a faint promise at the beginning of the ProTrack program. Speakers received encouragement and feedback from a panel of judges that included Ron Culberson, MSW, CSP, as our "Simon," and Christine Walters and Susie Galvez, who battled it out with a funk-off to determine who was our "Ellen."
NSA members in attendance voted for their favorites by secret ballot. Votes were tallied, in a PricewaterhouseCoopers sort of way, by Chris Thomas, CPA, an independent accountant.
And the winners and prizes were...
1st Place: Mindy Godding- NSA National Convention full registration + $300 toward expenses
2nd Place: Pam Rambo - Series of coaching sessions with Smokie Sizemore
3rd Place: Adam Queen - Long weekend at The Lake House Writer's Retreat by Charlyne Meinhard
4th Place: Jewell Brown - 30-day Speaker Liftoff program with David Newman renowned NSA coach
5th Place: Kittygayle McMoon - Ron Culberson master of comedy, will take a complete keynote and do a comedy punchup.
Congratulations to ALL ProTrackers and proud (but exhausted) Dean Dorothy Erlanger!
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2010/2011 Leadership Team
President: Cathy Lewis
President Elect: Coleen Kenny
ProTrack Dean: Tom Davidson
Vice Pres: Ron Chapman
Secretary/Historian: Mindy Godding
Treasurer: Pam Rambo
Membership: Smokie Sizemore
Hampton Rds Rep: Dick Olenych
National Liaison: Dorothy Erlanger
Newsletter: Charlyne Meinhard
Publicity: Liz Garrett
Member at Large: Sandy Dumont
Chapter Administrator: Jean Austin
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"The Voice of Business
in Hampton Roads and Beyond"
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