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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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• Virtual Speakers Development Lab

  • When
    July 31, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 8:15 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  Join us as a speaker or come for the fun and gain some insights and tips as you watch others get coached by our established professional members.

  One of the most valuable services offered by NSA-WI is the Speakers Development Lab. All members -- from Past National Presidents and CPAEs to new candidate members -- are welcome to attend. 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.

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• 7 Secrets to Starting a Professional Speaking Business

  • When
    August 14, 2025
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  7 Secrets to Starting a Professional Speaking Business

  Are you ready to get paid to speak (or get paid on purpose more often)? This session reveals 7 secrets (hard truths) about launching and growing a professional speaking BUSINESS.

  You'll learn what you need to know, have, and do to be successful. Join NSA Wisconsin Past President and former Academy Dean Eliz Greene in this fast-paced session full of implementable tips and strategies to set you on the right path.

  Surviving a heart attack at age 35 while seven months pregnant with twins, Eliz knows stress management isn't a 'nice-to-have' but rather an essential survival skill. For over two decades, Eliz has been on a mission to inspire busy people to pay attention to their heart health.

  Recognizing stress as an essential and often under-addressed risk factor, Eliz conducted a research study on job stress. She developed the Stress-Proof System to protect high-performing people from the stress they can't avoid. Eliz is an author and writes a Top Health and Wellness Blog. She was named a Top Online Influencer on Stress and Heart Health. She's been seen on CNN, PBS, Lifetime, TNT, and many national and local news programs. Organizations such as NASA and CVS have used her strategies to reduce workplace stress.

  Today, Eliz is happy and healthy living in Milwaukee with her wonderful husband, Clay, and their amazing (now adult) daughters.

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• 7 Ways to Scale Your Solo Business

  • When
    August 19, 2025
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  7 Ways to Scale Your Solo Business

  Ready to grow without grinding yourself into burnout? Join this energizing Zoom session where you'll gain seven powerful strategies to scale your speaking business with greater clarity, confidence, and freedom. Learn how to streamline your weekly planning, attract better-fit clients, outsource smartly, and create follow-up offers that convert. Whether you're speaking, coaching, consulting, or creating, you'll walk away with simple tools and fresh insights to amplify your impact, without sacrificing your sanity. Perfect for speakers ready to break through their next growth ceiling.

  Chris Kolenda works with trailblazing leaders who want to build unshakeable business endurance. He is an entrepreneur, speaker, and author who also bicycled 1700 miles to visit the graves of the six paratroopers from his unit killed in action in Afghanistan. He’s been a trusted adviser to cabinet-level secretaries, 4-star generals, CEOs, police and fire chiefs, NFL coaches, and more.

  His unique warrior-diplomacy has been featured in the New York Times bestselling books, including Jake Tapper’s The Outpost. He has also been featured and interviewed in the world’s leading newspapers and broadcast channels, and on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

  His books include Leadership: The Warrior's Art, and INDIES #1 War & Military book of 2021 Zero-Sum Victory: What We’re Getting Wrong About War.  He established the Saber Six Foundation to work with veterans to turn post-combat stress into growth.

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• 7 Strategies to Build Visibility with People Who Book Speakers

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    August 28, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  7 Strategies to Build Visibility with People Who Book Speakers

  You're already a talented speaker. The next step is getting seen, heard, and remembered by people who book speakers! In this session, you'll learn simple but effective tactics you can use to identify your audience, build brand visibility, and ultimately, getting more bookings. Come away with seven actionable marketing techniques you can use to stand out from the crowd!

  Meaghan Maybee in a Marketing Communications Specialist at pc/nametag and a content marketing professional who creates a culture of continuous learning through engaging, impactful content for people in the events industry. Her passion project is writing for and managing the tag/talk blog, an educational publication for events professionals. Read it or subscribe here.

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