I asked a friend who climbs mountains if there was a term for a place on a mountain that looks like the peak of the mountain but isn’t. A place that once you reach, you realize the real summit still is up and ahead of you. He said, “Oh yea, it’s called a false summit….
Read moreIf It Works On TV, It Will Work On Your Audience
At the April meeting of the National Speakers Association Mountain West Chapter (NSA-MW), our guest speaker Bill Stainton , encouraged us to drive people up a tree and throw rocks at them. He assured us that people in trouble make for great stories, especially when it is someone else. Bill is an expert in audience…
Read moreGet Paid To Speak, Because Your Message Is Worth It
March is the month we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Besides wearing green, there are leprechauns. Leprechauns as we all know, have a pot of gold. It’s a trait they share with successful speakers. You could say that this month’s meeting of the National Speakers Association Mountain West Chapter (NSA-MW), Get Paid to Speak, Because Your…
Read moreLights, Camera, Action
In honor of February, the month we celebrate love, this month’s meeting of the National Speakers Association Mountain West Chapter (NSA-MW) the program was all about how to make love to the camera so your clients will love you in return (and want to hire you). Actually, the program was How to Use Video to…
Read moreRunning Un-Routine – How to Retread an Old Running Route
Keeping it fresh How do you keep your running routine and routes from becoming just that, routine and boring? I took up running four years ago and often run the same route over and over. Others I know have waxed and waned in their commitment to running as their chosen exercise. Although injury and other…
Read moreThe Emotions of Business
I had always figured that business was all about numbers and data. Becoming an entrepreneur was proving to be more of an emotional journey than I had ever imagined. I was by schooling and profession a logical, reasoning, “Let’s just deal with facts,” kind of person. Yet the further I pursued my entrepreneurial dream, the…
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I was a little apprehensive about this New Year. After all, it is 2013, as in the 13th year of this century. If buildings don’t number a 13th floor because of superstition, why are we having a 13th year? All my fears about 2013 however, were put to rest at our monthly meeting of the…
Read moreThe Gift Is You.
Dancing elves in green and red hats, a catered holiday dinner that delighted the taste buds and filled one’s stomach, company that filled one’s soul, gift baskets full of goodies that rivaled the swag of an Academy Awards gift basket, a show of music and comedy, and a sing along to Silent Night – just…
Read moreBecome A Master Story Teller!
“Now Johnny, don’t be telling stories.” Such is the rebuke of mothers the world over to little tykes who are prone to embellishments. Yet at this month’s National Speakers Association (NSA) Mountain West Chapter meeting, such admonitions were thrown to the wind with wild abandonment. November’s meeting was all about telling stories. It was about why we…
Read moreGet Booked, Make Money . . . And Make A Difference.
It sounds like the beginning of a joke. What do a quadriplegic, a paraplegic, a psychologist, an attorney and a magician who keeps bees have in common? The answer: Everyone one of them has built a successful speaking career and was at the October National Speakers Association (NSA) Mountain West Chapter meeting to share their…
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