NSANC November 8 Chapter Meeting 

Meet the Pros

Don't miss this opportunity to spend time with three different experts of your choice!

 

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NOTE:  Please register online in advance by noon Friday, 11/7/14.  

            

Our November 8 meeting will give you a unique opportunity to take your business and your career to the next level. For the first time in several years we are bringing back our popular Meet-the-Pros roundtables. Over the course of three hours you’ll be able to spend time with three of the chapter’s most experienced experts on the topics that matter most to you. Choose from this incredible menu:

OWN YOUR NICHE ON THE INTERNET AND BEYOND – Presented by Stephanie Chandler

We’ll cover strategies to increase website traffic and establish authority in your field by blogging, optimizing your website, leveraging social media, and getting exposure with other websites that reach your target audience. Come prepared to take lots of notes!

Presenter: Stephanie Chandler is the author of several books including Own Your Niche: Hype-Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service-Based Business. She is also founder and CEO of Authority Publishing, specializing in custom publishing for non-fiction books.

MAKING MONEY IN YOUR JAMMIES – Presented by Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC

Make money from your knowledge without even getting dressed or when getting on an airplane. Learn how to maximize your income opportunities by repackaging your intellectual capital. Create revenue from blogs, teleseminars, webinars, and related products.

Presenter: Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC is a best-selling author, a trusted advisor to executives, an international consultant, seminar leader and speaker.  She has been featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes and in several publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Forbes.com.

7 POWERFUL TIPS FOR PROTECTING YOUR AWESOME CONTENT, BRAND, BUSINESS, & ESTATE! – Presented by Francine Ward

You've invested a ton of money in learning how to create, market, and sell your products.  Yet, you ignore the most important step in the process--PROTECTION.  And if you don't pay attention, someone will come along and take it! 

Presenter: Francine D. Ward is a business and intellectual property attorney, with a practice focused on business contracts, IP law, and Wills and Trusts. She represents authors, entrepreneurs, and business owners regarding their trademark, copyright, privacy, social media, business law, and estate planning issues. A 1989 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Francine is admitted to practice in New York, California, the District of Columbia.

SPEAKERS… IT’S TIME TO WORK ON YOUR BUSINESS! – Presented by Jenny de St. Georges

If you are a speaker torn between how to balance your desire to create material and blossom on stage with your need to run a business, be practical, create passive income, and long term  financial stability, this session gives you a Road Map for your customization.

Presenter: Jenny de St. Georges’ broad based reputation has been earned through her ability to deliver her programs to Professional Speakers and Dental Professionals, with rock solid solutions, tools, techniques, and most importantly, the communication skills needed to “make things happen’!

 

ADVANCED LINKEDIN TECHNIQUES FOR SPEAKERS – Presented by Kurt Shaver

LinkedIn is the No. 1 social network used by business meeting planners. Learn the top Do’s and Don’ts to get found and get hired.

Presenter: Kurt Shaver speaks and trains corporate sales teams on advanced LinkedIn skills.  He has spoken at conferences like Sales 2.0, AA-ISP Social Selling, and LinkedIn’s Sales Connect.

YOU’VE GOT STORIES! – Presented by Craig Harrison

You don’t have to have beaten cancer, won a war or started a Fortune 500 company to have a story to tell.  Uncover your own unique personal stories with universal appeal for your audiences. Why tell folk tales when you can tell tales about you and your folks!

Presenter: Craig Harrison is a past president of NSA/NC, founder of NSA’s Storytellers PEG and Dean of the NSA/NC Speakers Academy. He is the founder and principal of Expressions of Excellence, providing sales and service solutions through speaking.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SPEAKERS – Presented by Karen Clark

Learn the differences between the major social media sites so that you can determine which might best suit your specific business. At least 2 actionable tips for each site will be shared and you will have the opportunity to ask your social media questions.

Presenter: Karen Clark, My Business Presence    Karen’s expertise in online marketing spans 16 years and includes social media, blogging, and email marketing. Along with corporate consulting and social media management for direct selling companies, Karen teaches small businesses and entrepreneurs how to best use the Internet to connect with people, not collect people.

THE FASTEST, EASIEST, MOST PROFITABLE WAY TO GET YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED….NOW! – Presented by Michael Larsen

Learn what you need to know about writing, agenting, and publishing to turn your idea into a career. Identify what publishers need to decide on your book, how to write an irresistible proposal, how to build an exciting platform, how to use technology to catapult your career, and why now is the best time to start writing.

Presenter: Michael Larsen is a member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives and a partner in Michael Larsen-Elizabeth Pomada Literary Agents and co-director of the San Francisco Writers Conference. He is the author of the new fourth edition of How to Write a Book Proposal and How to Get a Literary Agent, and coauthor of the second edition of Guerilla Marketing for Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work.

HOW TO BE A MEDIA MAGNET: TECHNIQUES FOR GETTING JOURNALISTS TO SEEK YOU OUT – Presented by Roberta Guise 

It’s not luck, brains or fluke why the same names keep showing up in news stories in print media, TV, radio, cable and online, but rather the relationships you develop with journalists, editors and influential bloggers. Embrace Roberta Guise’s top 6 principles, strategies and techniques for building enduring relationships with the media, and you’ll increasingly be sought out for your expert opinions.

Presenter: Roberta Guise is a trusted marketing and PR adviser to small business owners and experts on how to market and brand effectively, communicate their core messages, and be extraordinarily visible. She also specializes in advising women who are driven to shape public opinion and policy across society. Her opinions have been published in The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Business Week and Fortune Magazine.

This half-day event ends before lunch so you can either arrange to network with fellow attendees over an informal lunch or take off to spend the afternoon with your family.

 

Register Now!

 

NOTE:  Please register online in advance by noon Friday, 11/7/14.