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• Sponsorship Opportunities

  • Start
    April 01, 2025
  • End
    April 01, 2026

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  Help Us Tell Our Story, and We'll Tell Yours
  Great stories have the transformative power to inspire, connect, and change lives. At the National Speakers Association - Wisconsin (NSA WI), we empower professional speakers to hone their craft and share impactful stories that make a profound difference.

  We invite you to be part of this inspiring mission. By sponsoring our annual events, "Last Story Standing" (in January) and "Breaking Through Live” (in May), you’ll help amplify the voices of professional speakers, and in return, we'll shine a spotlight on your story.

  As a sponsor, your organization will receive:
  

  • Prominent recognition during our events
  • Exposure on our website and event promotions
  • Connection with our engaged audience of professional speakers and attendees

  Your sponsorship demonstrates a commitment to the art of storytelling and professional development, elevating your visibility and impact.

  How to Become a Sponsor
  Join us in making these events extraordinary. Full details are available here. Register now or contact Eliz Greene with questions.
  

  Thank you for supporting the power of storytelling and helping us amplify voices that make a difference!

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• Amplify Your Impact: Mastering Authentic Engagement & Influence (February Chapter Meeting)

  • When
    February 27, 2026
  •  
    10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Richard T. Anderson Education Center. C Building, 800 Main St, Pewaukee

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  Amplify Your Impact: Mastering Authentic Engagement & Influence
  presented by Mike Domitrz, CSP, CPAE

  As a professional speaker, your message is powerful—but are you delivering it in a way that truly resonates with every audience and with all demographics in the room?

  In this high-energy, interactive session, we’ll explore proven strategies to elevate your authenticity, engagement, and impact on stage (and how to specifically prove that impact). You'll learn how to dive into real conversations with your audience that results in each speech being tailored in-the-moment; you'll unlearn "professional speaking must-do's" from the past; and discover the key to audience members committing to positive behavioral changes.

  Whether you’re a seasoned keynote speaker or building your brand, this session will give you tools to maximize your influence and leave audiences wanting more.
  
  3 Key Takeaways:

  • The Conversation Formula – Discover actionable "Audience-Driven Experience" techniques to foster deeper audience connection (not to just get your audience to agree with you), truly get into your audience's world, increase interaction, and create lasting impact.
  • Overcoming Audience Barriers – Uncover strategies to help your audiences get past their own personal barriers for not implementing what you are teaching from the stage.
  • The Proof – Learn how to help clients bring you back over and over again by proving the impact of your programs.

  And at least one person will get to jump into a "Seat of Opportunity" to put your new skills into action live in the room AND get immediate feedback.

  You may have seen Mike Domitrz, CSP, CPAE, quoted in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, or as a featured expert on the Dateline NBC Special “My Kid Would Never Do That.” In the summer of 2022, you have seen him walk across the stage at Influence as he was inducted into the Hall-of-Fame for NSA (the CPAE).

  For over 3 decades, Mike has been one of the most sought after speakers for addressing sexual consent, personal boundaries, and reducing sexual violence. In the corporate and association space, Mike is known for helping organizations lead with respect as the foundation to all they do.

  As the Founder of The Center for Respect, his clients are the US Military, Fortune 500 Corporations, and educational institutions, including some of the country's most prestigious schools.

  Mike is known for tackling difficult topics that can be polarizing - through audience-driven conversations that adapt in real-time and are not scripted. His presentation can change at any moment based on the discussion he is having with the audience - whether that audience is 10 people or 6,000. Mike’s ability to foster genuine dialogue and measurable change has led clients to bring him to speak for 20 consecutive years. In this session, he looks forward to holding nothing back with you!

  Agenda

  9:30-10:30 -- In-Meeting Speaker Lab (requires separate registration if you would like to speak)

  10:30-Noon -- Mike Domitrz: Amplify Your Impact
  Noon-1:00 -- Networking, lunch, and announcements
  1:00-2:30 -- Mike Domitrz: Amplify Your Impact
  2:30-3:00 -- Inside the Speaker Studio
  3:00-4:00 -- Academy members with Mike
  
  

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• In-Meeting Speakers Development Lab

  • When
    February 27, 2026
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Richard T. Anderson Education Center. C Building, 800 Main St, Pewaukee

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  In-Meeting Lab
  Join us as a speaker and take advantage of the built-in audience at our chapter meeting

  One of the most valuable services offered by NSA-WI is the Speakers Development Lab. The Lab operates much like a Hollywood “Actors Studio” where speakers, facilitators, seminar leaders, those who sell products or services through public presentations, etc. can go to try out new material, revise current material, practice delivery techniques, etc. 

  Our goal for the Speakers Lab is to take speakers, facilitators, teacher/leaders at their current level of skill, impact, fee level, etc., and help them move up to the next level. Both those speaking, and observers benefit from the Lab, and the net effect is to increase the skills and impact of each participant.

  Click here or more information.

  If you would like to also attend the Chapter Meeting, register here.

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• Growing Your Business When YOU are the Business

  • When
    March 21, 2026
  •  
    10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Upper Dells Education and Research Center, N194 County Rd N, Wisconsin Dells

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  Growing Your Business When YOU are the Business 

  presented by Mark LeBlanc, CSP, CPAE

  What is the shortest path to your dream? Find out what you need to know and what you need to do – to fill your calendar with more of what you want. Would it surprise you to know your approach could be think like an artist and act like a business owner?

  Hall of Fame speaker Mark LeBlanc will bring a treasure chest of insights, ideas, and a strategy or two for you to choose from. Our aim is for you to create a new starting line in the direction of your dream and make the next twelve months the best year of your life and work.

  It will not be for the faint of heart. He will hold up a mirror to what you want and what you are willing to do in order to get more of what you want. With 43 years of experience, over two thousand presentations, seven books, and twenty thousand business coaching hours–you will hear what you might never hear from anyone else. His first book, Growing Your Business is an underground bestseller and over eight hundred orders of fifty copies or more, he published the enhanced (25th anniversary) edition of the book that put him on the map and effectively became the catalyst for his incredibly career.

  As a result of listening to Mark, people often share they are more focused, gain undeniable momentum, and have more impact and influence with the people they serve best. This is the experience you do not want to hear about from someone else. If you have heard Mark before, you know you are in for a treat.

  On a professional note, in 2025, Mark was inducted as a Legend of the speaking profession by the Veteran Speakers Network in Washington, D.C. On a personal note, this past Summer he went on a short, five-hundred-mile walk across Spain – for the fourth time! You can find out more about Mark at www.GrowingYourBusiness.com.

  Agenda

  10:30-11:30 -- In-Meeting Speaker Lab (requires separate registration if you would like to speak)

  11:30-12:30 -- Networking, lunch, and announcements
  12:30-3:30 -- Mark LeBlanc: Growing Your Business When YOU are the Business (Cont'd)
  3:30-4:00 -- Inside the Speaker Studio
  
  

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• In-Meeting Speakers Development Lab

  • When
    March 21, 2026
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Upper Dells Education and Research Center, N194 County Rd N, Wisconsin Dells

  Register

  
  

  In-Meeting Lab
  Join us as a speaker and take advantage of the built-in audience at our chapter meeting

  One of the most valuable services offered by NSA-WI is the Speakers Development Lab. The Lab operates much like a Hollywood “Actors Studio” where speakers, facilitators, seminar leaders, those who sell products or services through public presentations, etc. can go to try out new material, revise current material, practice delivery techniques, etc. 

  Our goal for the Speakers Lab is to take speakers, facilitators, teacher/leaders at their current level of skill, impact, fee level, etc., and help them move up to the next level. Both those speaking, and observers benefit from the Lab, and the net effect is to increase the skills and impact of each participant.

  Click here or more information.

  If you would like to also attend the Chapter Meeting, register here.

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• Beyond the Stage: Planting Roots, Expanding Reach, and Growing Revenue (Established Members program)

  • When
    April 21, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    6 Ralph Judd Ct., Sugar Grove, IL 60554

  Beyond the Stage: Planting Roots, Expanding Reach, and Growing Revenuepresented by Deborah Biddle for Established Members only

  The speaking industry is evolving. Today’s most successful speakers don’t just deliver keynotes—they create integrated businesses that blend thought leadership, consulting, training, and long-term client relationships. But how can you grow that kind of business when life changes your location, the market shifts, or your clients are scattered across the Midwest and beyond?

  Deborah Biddle, The People Culture Architect™, leads The People Company Consulting Group. She is a certified diversity practitioner, consultant, and speaker, who offers a personalized approach to helping her clients feel empowered, seen, and heard. With tailored workshops and consulting sessions, she is committed to helping organizations maximize belonging, productivity, and performance. 
  

  In this engaging and practical session, Deborah shares her real story of moving during the pandemic while maintaining and growing a successful dual business in speaking and consulting. From staying connected with Wisconsin clients to expanding into new markets in Illinois and across the region, she highlights what it takes to stay visible, credible, and connected—no matter where you are.

  This program provides speakers with a roadmap to turn their expertise into a flexible, scalable business that extends beyond their ZIP code. If you’re ready to expand your influence, diversify your income, and build a practice that gains recognition—not just locally but regionally and nationally—this session is for you.

  KEY TAKEAWAYS
  Participants will learn how to: 
  

  • Develop a business model that combines paid speaking engagements with consulting, training, and advisory services. 
  • Maintain and expand a geographically diverse client portfolio, even after relocating. 
  • Create design systems that enable a mobile, multi-state practice while maintaining client connection. 
  • Boost visibility and trust in major Midwest markets and prepare for nationwide expansion.
  • Transition from transactional speaking to becoming a strategic partner clients depend on year after year. 
  • Create a specific regional expansion plan based on your expertise and goals. 

  WHO SHOULD ATTEND
  Established Members who are professional speakers, consultants, trainers, coaches, and aspiring thought leaders aiming to increase revenue, deepen influence, and develop a sustainable business across regions.

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• Boosting Voice Health for Speakers (May Chapter Meeting)

  • When
    May 14, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Madison Location TBA

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  Boosting Voice Health for Speakers
  presented by Brienne Hennesy

  Voice is an integral asset as a speaker, yet most don’t know ways to keep it healthy and vibrant long-term. Brienne Hennessy, M.A., will provide evidence and experience-based voice health and wellness strategies, plus playful exercises so that NSA-WI members learn key concepts about protecting their voice function, reducing strain, and tuning into embodied presence so their sound resonates with more speaking prowess -- all of which benefits their communication and  livelihood. The intention is to bring high-value interactivity with tangible takeaways for all attendees.

  Brienne Hennessy (she/her), founder of Your Vocal Vitality, LLC, is a highly-sought after voice activator, intuitive listener, speaker, and author. For 17 years, she has specialized in voice and how it connects to our well-being and self-worth. Brienne has expertly guided executives, entrepreneurs, and speakers to communicate with more assertiveness, speak without fatigue or strain, and listen to their intuitive voice to show up as their truest selves. 

  Brienne is also a former speech-voice pathologist with 14 years of clinical experience and 60+ public speaking appearances. Her clients have succeeded in protecting against hoarseness and voice loss while improving clarity, stamina, and ease. All while elevating communication confidence, which has resulted in more captivating presence and profit for their businesses!

  You’ll often find Brienne incorporating water into her day, whether hydrating, lounging at the lake, or blowing bubbles to warm-up her voice!

  Agenda

  10:00-11:30 -- In-Meeting Speaker Lab (requires separate registration if you would like to speak)

  11:30-Noon -- Networking

  Noon-1:00 -- Lunch

  1:00-3:30 -- Brienne Hennesy: Boosting Voice Health for Speakers
  3:30-4:00 -- Inside the Speaker Studio
  

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• In-Meeting Speakers Development Lab

  • When
    May 14, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Madison location TBA

  Register

  
  

  In-Meeting Lab
  Join us as a speaker and take advantage of the built-in audience at our chapter meeting

  One of the most valuable services offered by NSA-WI is the Speakers Development Lab. The Lab operates much like a Hollywood “Actors Studio” where speakers, facilitators, seminar leaders, those who sell products or services through public presentations, etc. can go to try out new material, revise current material, practice delivery techniques, etc. 

  Our goal for the Speakers Lab is to take speakers, facilitators, teacher/leaders at their current level of skill, impact, fee level, etc., and help them move up to the next level. Both those speaking, and observers benefit from the Lab, and the net effect is to increase the skills and impact of each participant.

  Click here or more information.

  If you would like to also attend the Chapter Meeting, register here.

  Show details