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Welcome to NSA Oregon, the Oregon chapter of the National Speakers Association. We are an organization of professional speakers whose expertise covers a broad range of topics, skills, knowledge and experience, and a chapter of the 4,000 member National Speakers Association - the recognized voice of the speaking profession that sets the benchmark for platform excellence worldwide.
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NSA Oregon holds meetings primarily for its members and candidates. Nine meetings a year and several member only events are held during the year in which members share their knowledge with each other. Some meetings include distinguished guests from outside Oregon who share their knowledge, while other meetings use the expertise of local people, including our own members.
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If you are a speaker, or would like to become one, NSA Oregon is dedicated to assisting with all of your business and career goals. Whether you are just getting started, or are a veteran breaking into new markets and fee ranges, there is a goldmine of value waiting for you at NSA Oregon! Membership in National Speakers Association provides many career-enhancing benefits.
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Kellie Poulsen-Grill, The Whirlwind Woman
Kellie is a talented and motivational speaker as well as an Author, Songwriter and Publisher. She guides her audiences to conquer fear and take chances and face business challenges and make business choices without remorse or regrets. Audiences leave revitalized and ready to go for their dreams. They are more FOCUSED, MOTIVATED, & POSITIVE! Kellie’s books include “HAPPINESS IS HERE-Simple Strategies for Staying Happy” and “Send Me a SIgn”. A portion of all book sales and speaking fees goes to breast cancer research.
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Sharing the Stage with A Champion
Submitted by Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP
The best-kept secret in the speaking profession is all the greatest in our business have a coach. The role of a coach is someone who will help you before, during and after your talk to improve and refine its content. When being coached you must be open to candid and honest feedback about your content, presentation style and stage presence. Oregon NSA was proud to host the 1999 International Toastmaster of the year, Darren LaCroix. Darren shared with us countless tips on how to improve your speaking career and move from good to great. After the talk I spoke with a few participants to see what their one key take away would be from Sierra Modoro she posted on Facebook her take away was to choose intentional stories with clear points to back up the key messages in her presentations. Brian Paxton commented on Darren’s suggest of Stage time, Stage time, Stage time referring to the fact Darren uses key words in repetition to help his audiences remember him days after he has walked off the stage. I was moved by Darren’s comments that a book is credibility and products are profit. Are you being selfish by not having products so people can take you home with them?
For the second half of the night Darren handed the stage over to a few participants for private coaching. Arty Trost a guest to the chapter was courageous enough to volunteer to share 3-5 minutes of one of her whirl wind adventures as an ultra light pilot. Speaking with Arty after the event she said, “Getting coached by Darren was an incredible learning experience! I KNEW I should stop and scan the room before launching into my speech. Yet, as Darren would say, I knew it in my mind yet hadn’t truly integrated my knowledge into my behavior. So I began speaking as soon as I turned to face the group. Darren stopped me and told me to scan the room first. “Well, duh…” I thought to myself. But my scan was too brief (I thought it was fairly long!) and so Darren stopped me and asked me to scan again. His coaching was very helpful – and so was the feedback from the group. Their energy around helping me improve was enriching. I’m glad I volunteered for the coaching.”
NSA Oregon is excited to offer Oregon’s professional speaking community access to regional and national speaking experts that help us all improve in our businesses and on the platform. Hope to see you at our May 13 event with Don Cooper, The Sales Heretic.