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Greetings!
 
 
What are your New Year's resolutions? Do you want to attract more clients? Sharpen your platform skills? Implement new marketing strategies? Revamp your brand?  
 
Attend the 2010 NSA Winter Conference for a unique, content-rich, interactive learning experience designed to help you launch, sustain and increase your speaking business so you can thrive in 2010.
 
Visit www.NSAWinterConference.org for details and registration.
 
Coming Soon! 
17 Speaking Experts Auctioned Off! 
 
Marjorie Brody, PCC, CMC, CSP, CPAEJoe Calloway, CSP, CPAEJim Cathcart, CSP, CPAERon Culberson, MSW, CSPPegine Echevarria, MSWPatricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Randy GageWilley Jolley, CSP, CPAEVic Osteen, MSSteve Rizzo, PhB, CPAELenora Billings-Harris, CSPGerard Braud
Joachim de PosadaScott McKain, CSP, CPAERobin CreasmanKeith HarrellJoe SugarmanNSA Foundation
 
Get in on the bidding action! Some of NSA's best-known speaking masterminds will put their knowledge and expertise on the auction block at the 2010 NSA Foundation Online Silent Auction, February 13-27.  
 
All proceeds will be donated to the Professional Speakers Benefit Fund to provide assistance to speakers facing health or natural disaster emergencies. For more information, visit www.NSAFoundation.org.
 
Winter Conference Checklist
 
The NSA Winter Conference is right around the corner. Are you ready? 
  1. Register to Attend - Click here or call (480) 968-2552
  2. Book Your Room at Nashville Airport Marriott - Click here or call (800) 770-0555 and ask for the NSA rate of $129, which is in effect while rooms are available or until Wednesday, January 20.
  3. Design Your Conference - Choose from Intensive Tracks, Mega Sessions and Concurrent Sessions on hot topics that impact your business. Click here to view the full schedule.
  4. Connect with Fellow Attendees - Join the 2010 NSA Winter Conference group on Facebook to connect with friends and colleagues before you arrive in Nashville.
 
Submit Your CSP Application
 
Don't forget to submit your CSP and CSP Candidate applications by Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Contact Sarah Best with any questions. 
 
Join NSA Professional Expert Groups
 
Join one or more of NSA's 13 Professional Expert Groups (PEGs) for access to teleseminars, Webinars, handouts and more. You'll connect with like-minded individuals and learn secrets from the masters in your focus area. Each PEG membership costs $25 annually.
 
To join or renew, call (480) 968-2552 or click here.
 
NSA Signs with Loews Atlanta Hotel
 
Mark your calendars to attend NSA's only mid-year Conference scheduled for 2011 at the Loews Atlanta Hotel in vibrant midtown Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 18-20, 2011. 
 
More info coming soon!
 
Recruit Speakers, Win Prizes
 
You already know that NSA is the ultimate resource for information, education and networking in the speaking industry. Share the wealth and win cool prizes when you recruit new members.
 
Click here for more information. Campaign ends June 15, 2010.
 
Upcoming Events
  
NSA Winter Conference - Feb. 12-14, 2010 - Nashville, Tenn.
 
NSA Foundation Silent Auction - Feb. 13-27, 2010 - *Online*
 
PSA Holland - Mar. 19-20, 2010 - Amsterdam
 
NSAA Convention - Apr. 16-19, 2010 - Queensland, Australia
 
PSA South Africa - Apr. 30 to May 2, 2010 - Johannesburg
 
For more information, go to www.NSASpeaker.org. Details for Global Speakers Federation (GSF) events are available at www.IFFPS.org. 
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Exhibit Space Available at the 2010 Winter Conference
The Fall Conference was a huge success for our six exclusive tabletop exhibitors. Only a few openings remain for the Winter Conference, so don't delay!
 
Contact Mandy Schulze at (480) 264-4297 or  Mandy@nsaspeaker.org.
Plan Ahead for Big Success at the 2010 Convention
Exhibitors: Reserve your space in the Exhibit Hall at the 2010 NSA Convention NOW to guarantee better placement. 
 
Contact Mandy Schulze at (480) 264-4297 or  Mandy@nsaspeaker.org.
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2010 IASB Convention Program Ads
Through a new and unique partnership with the International Association of Speakers Bureaus, NSA members have the opportunity to advertise in the 2010 IASB Convention brochure! Don't miss this chance to be seen by the industry's most prominent bureau owners. 
 
For details, contact Damon Goude, IASB's sponsor coordinator, (615) 482-1350.
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