WOWW! September 7 Chapter Meeting 

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Join NSA Northern California as we kick off our 2013-2014 meeting season with four Women of Wit and Wisdom at a WOWW! NSA/NC chapter meeting.  

You’ll hear from four very experienced motivational and inspiring women from within our chapter and across the country. By attending this meeting you’ll learn their secrets as they share how they spice up presentation content with stories, make money, produce podcasts and build businesses.

This all-day event includes an optional lunchtime networking meal with chapter members and presenters. Or you can choose to make your own lunch arrangements and eat out.

Turning Content Into A Show

With Kelly Swanson
How to use stories, humor, characters, and other ideas to turn content into a show.

 Attendees will learn from award-winning storyteller, comedian, motivational speaker, and author of “Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale?” Kelly Swanson, as she takes you to Prides Hollow to meet the wacky cast of characters who have charmed audiences from coast to coast. Kelly will show you how she finds material, develops characters, writes comedy bits and stories, comes up with creative ways to illustrate content, and weaves it all together in a one-woman show that balances entertainment and content. Bring an idea that needs work, a story that needs developing, or a comedy bit that needs help.

About Kelly Swanson  Kelly Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, comedian, motivational speaker, and author of “Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale?”  Her career began 23 years ago, as a professional storyteller, where she created and fell in love with a town she calls Prides Hollow, and a cast of characters who make you laugh, motivate you, and delight you at every turn. When she’s not traveling the world making people laugh, she’s a frazzled wife and mom, trying to convince her family that chocolate is a food group. For more about Kelly go to www.kellyswanson.net.

The Optimist and the Realist: Wisdom from the Jammies and the Bra

With Wendy Hanson, M.Ed, CPPC and Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC

Two of NSA/NC's savviest and most successful women will share some of their best uncommon wisdom with their natural wit and humor. Even though they come from different perspectives, they've put their brilliant heads together to articulate 10 business lessons every speaker needs to hear, whether a neophyte or veteran.

You'll learn what they wish they had heard early in their careers, and what practices they still work to integrate. You'll hear how they see other speakers shoot themselves in the foot. They'll share their observations from decades in the coaching and speaking business -- you may be surprised what comes out of the jammies and the bra!

About Rebecca Morgan   Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC, specializes in helping entrepreneurs turn their intellectual capital into income -- in their jammies! She's appeared on 60 Minutes, Oprah, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Forbes.com and USA Today. Rebecca is the author of 25 books, including 2 bestsellers which have been translated into 9 languages. She travels the world to work and play and is able to serve her corporate and coaching clients wherever in the world she happens to be.

About Wendy Hanson  As a coach and business consultant, Wendy Hanson has over 15 years of experience. She assists managers and organizational teams to form the plans/goals/strategies — all the things needed to keep everyone moving in the same direction. Client companies include Google, AOL, Mapquest, Patch, AIPSO, and Verizon. Wendy is a co-author of The Sassy Ladies' Toolkit for Start-Up Businesses and the host of  “It’s All in the BRA: Business-Revenue-Assets” on ContactTalkRadio.

Going Virtual

With Jane Deuber

Are you a speaker or trainer with fabulous content and a proven process that prompts significant shifts for your clients? Are you looking to expand your reach, enroll new clients and impact greater change but need it to not require so much of you to make it happen? 

If this is you, it’s time to leverage your expertise and expand your reach by adding virtual training to your menu of services. But the challenge is that not all e-learning options are created equal.  To ensure high quality delivery, record breaking completion and measurable results, there are five absolute must-have elements when it comes to delivering your content virtually. This session will bring those five steps to you in a practical, manageable way.

About Jane Deuber  As a business strategist, entrepreneur coach, virtual training specialist, and six-time entrepreneur, Jane Deuber is leading a movement of small business owners to become big-thinking entrepreneurs who are reinventing their businesses for higher profits without sacrificing their sanity or personal fulfillment. 

Through her work as a entrepreneur coach and business strategist, Jane has combined 27 years of experience as a business strategist and virtual training expert with forward-thinking views of entrepreneurship to create lasting, positive change for her clients through business strategy, entrepreneur coaching, and virtual training.