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	Past Events & News Midlands Chapter: News \| President \| Events \| Committee A Review of Past Events Tuesday 13th November, 3.00pm to 10.00pm 3.00pm-5.45pm - Mastermind Group - Where do you want to take your Speaking Business in 2008? MEMBERS ONLY - PREBOOKING ESSENTIAL 6.00pm-10.00pm - THEME - Successful Publishing and Successful Speech-making MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS WELCOME ----MASTERMIND GROUP 3PM-5.45PM---- Do you want to raise your speaking fees? Need more bookings? Want to niche your market? Need to hone your platform skills? Want to run your speaking business more effectively? If you have answered yes to one or more of the above questions then you need to join the Midlands PSA mastermind group! The first meeting was a resounding success with over 30 members participating and there is still time for you to join in! Take your opportunity to speak to other mastermind members at the PSA meeting and make a decision that can really benefit your speaking business in 2008! £10 fee (PSA Members Only) At The Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street,Birmingham, B3 3BS 3pm prompt start Click here for map and details http://www.bmi.org.uk/location.html More details will be published regularly on the new MMG page on the website or contact the committee ----PSA OPEN MEETING 6PM-10PM---- THEME - Successful Publishing and Successful Speech-making At The Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP Registration 5.45 for a 6.00 prompt start Click here for map and details http://www.orangestudio.co.uk/pdfs/thestudio_directions.pdf 6.05–6.35 Masterclass: Successful Publishing for Speakers: How to Create Books that Sell (You)! Sue Richardson Publishing books is high on most speakers’ ‘to do’ lists – both for the passive income books can generate and for the strength they can add to a speaker’s marketing arm. But how do you go about publishing a really successful book? Which is the right publishing route for you: through the traditional publishing house or independently? And how can you make sure that your books are of the highest quality and represent you as the professional that you are? In this masterclass, Sue Richardson will demystify the publishing process, offering all speakers, whether published already or not, her tips on how to be really successful at creating books that make people want you. Sue Richardson is an editor, writer and speaker. Her company, Word4Word, specialises in providing professional publishing services to authors. Sue has a passion for books that has endured since her mother taught her to read at the age of three. 6.35-7.05 Networking and Nibbles Break 7.05–7.15 Chapter News and Member Success Stories 7.15–9.05 - Six Steps to a Successful Speech Andy Clark from The Speaker’s Academy During this highly interactive and very enjoyable workshop, we will experience a complete system for crafting and delivering powerful messages that beginners and experienced presenters will find valuable. We will explore how to – Craft material that appeals to audiences at a logical and an emotional level Take control of all 7 phases of the audience experience Ensure that our audiences remember the key point of our messages by carefully planning what they will forget Discover the power of pre-performance rituals that ensure that we warm up off stage And realise why one of the most important things that a professional speaker must do is fart. Andy Clark and his team at The Speaker’s Academy have been sharing their ideas on presentation with the good and the great on both sides of the Atlantic for many years. Their clients include TV and sporting celebrities, politicians, business leaders, a bishop and quite a few actresses! “As liberating as running on the beach with your knickers off!”, Angela Egan, Pure Vision UK 9.05 Final words – close approximately 9.10 All of this for £15 PSA members, £25 non members Please register with Judith by 9th November so we can arrange catering – Future dates for your diaries 2008: January 8th Mastermind 3.30-6.30pm MEMBERS ONLY February 12th Mastermind 3.30-6.30pm MEMBERS ONLY PSA Meeting 6.30-10pm MEMBERS & GUESTS WELCOME March 11th Mastermind 3.30-6.30pm MEMBERS ONLY April - National PSA Day - Midlands Chapter Hosting - details tbc May 13th - Mastermind 3.30-6.30pm MEMBERS ONLY June 10th - Mastermind 3.30-6.30pm MEMBERS ONLY PSA Meeting 6.30-10pm MEMBERS & GUESTS WELCOME Tuesday 9th October, 6.30pm to 9.30pm Mastermind Group - Where do you want to take your Speaking Business in 2008? MEMBERS ONLY - PREBOOKING ESSENTIAL Do you want to raise your speaking fees? Need more bookings? Want to niche your market? Need to hone your platform skills? Want to run your speaking business more effectively? If you have answered yes to one or more of the above questions then you need to join the Midlands PSA mastermind group! At The Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street,Birmingham, B3 3BS Registration 6.15 for a 6.30 prompt start Click here for map and details http://www.bmi.org.uk/location.html As this is the first Mastermind meeting the focus of the evening will be on deciding where you want to take your speaking in 2008, and creating a plan to get you there! Subsequent Mastermind Group Meetings will follow the schedule below: 6.30 Welcome 6.40-7.20 Achievements sharing/accountability session 7.20-8.20 Brainstorming in Sub Groups on your challenge/goal 8.20-9.00 Masterclass by guest presenter 9.00-9.30 Goal Setting/Action Points from the meeting & Buddy assignment 9.30 Meeting Close - networking in the bar Tuesday 11th September, 6.00pm to 10.00pm THEME - Creating a Fantastic Speaking Business. With Not One, But Two PSA Presidents! At The Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP Registration 5.45 for a 6.00 prompt start Click here for map and details http://www.orangestudio.co.uk/pdfs/thestudio_directions.pdf 6.05–6.35 Masterclass - Alan Stevens - Incoming PSA President 07/08 "Podcasting and other marketing methods you've heard of but haven't tried - a guide for the perplexed" 6.35-7.05 Networking and Nibbles Break 7.05–7.15 Showcase – Lynne Copp 7.40-7.50 Chapter News and Member Success Stories 7.50–8.05 Short Stretch Break 8.05–8.35 - Keynote Speaker No 1 – Alan Stevens - Incoming PSA President 07/08 "Free Publicity That's Worth A Fortune" - How to use TV, radio and print media to promote your speaking business, without a Marketing Budget" Alan is Director of MediaCoach, and has been both a TV presenter and expert interviewee. In the latter capacity, he has notched up over 1,000 radio and TV interviews, so is uniquely placed to give insights about presenting, and how companies and individuals can improve their image. He set up and ran a profitable Internet Service Provider, Which? Online, and was media spokesman for the UK Consumers’ Association for almost 20 years. His professional qualifications include - MCIPR (Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations), CITP (Chartered Information Technology Professional). He is currently President-Elect of the Professional Speakers Association. For the past 20 years, he has appeared regularly on BBC TV News, Sky News, CNN and CNBC as well as TV shows worldwide. He has been quoted in every national UK newspaper, and many international publications including the Wall Street Journal, Sydney Morning Herald and The Economist. A regular conference speaker, he was recently an advisor to the UK Cabinet Office on online communication. His company, MediaCoach, specialises in helping people to communicate with confidence and speak with style. His latest book, The Pocket Media Coach, was published by HowToBooks in October 2005. He is now writing a follow-up volume, MediaMasters, with his friend and journalistic colleague, Jeremy Nicholas. 8.35-9.05 - Keynote Speaker No 2 – Reg Athwal PSA President 06/07 Unleash Your Professional Speaking DNA - 3 Steps to Building a Prosperous Speaking Business Reg is the Founder & Chairman of The RAW Group of Companies and is a highly rated speaker for the world’s leading chief executive and entrepreneurial organizations, including Vistage International, The Academy for Chief Executives, CEO Clubs, Entrepreneurs Organization and the Young Presidents Organization. Reg has personally addressed and advised over 100,000 managers and 2,500 CEOs in 29 countries since 2002. Some of Reg’s clients include Dubai Holdings, Dubai World Trade Centre, HSBC, Kempinski, GE Money, Shell, Microsoft, Oracle and L’Oreal. Reg is the co-author of US bestseller Wake Up...Live the Life You Love series and the international published RAW Questions series. Do not miss this opportunity to meet and listen to not only our current President and an exceptional speaker, but also a highly successful entrepreneur, international businessman and published author...listen and learn how you too can live your dream! 9.05 Final words – close approximately 9.10 All of this for £15 PSA members, £25 non members Please register with Judith by 9th September so we can arrange catering between the Masterclass and the Showcase – Future dates for your diaries 2007: 9 October Mastermind - Pre-Booking Essential - MEMBERS ONLY 13 November Tuesday 10th July, 6.00pm to 10.00pm THEME - Are you being who you really are? Connecting with your inner passion in your talks At The Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP Registration 5.45 for a 6.00 prompt start Click here for map and details http://www.orangestudio.co.uk/pdfs/thestudio_directions.pdf 6.05–6.35 Meet the Pros Session (you will be asked to choose which of the speakers you wish to meet with when you sign in for the evening) Mary Collin The 8 Core Competencies of the PSA and which four to focus on first Nigel Vardy Mountain TLC: Teamwork, leadership, communication Andy Gwynn "Life's a mirror". Are you constantly developing an attitude that allows you to focus on success? Where are your beliefs holding you back? 6.35-7.05 Networking and Nibbles Break 7.05–7.15 Showcase – Phil Ingle 7.40-7.50 Chapter News and Member Success Stories 7.50–8.05 Short Stretch Break 8.05–8.35 - Keynote Speaker No 1 – Andy Gwynn How to simply and easily increase your profits by at least 61% (and your sales by a minimum of 46%) Andy is a leading Business Coach, Speaker & Author who has coached 100’s of Business Owners & corporate Directors to greater profitability, more free time and successful relationships across their business and personal lives. He has addressed audiences such as the Institute of Directors and international audiences throughout Europe and as far a field as New Zealand. Andy has developed a passion for sharing his philosophy that “we are all in the people business” and that our performance is linked to our ability to communicate effectively. He is Managing Director of U-Can (Un) Ltd, Property Investor, International Speaker & award-winning Action Coach Business Coach. Andy has over 15 years of experience in building & running businesses and teams. He studied Management at the Open University and a Diploma in Performance Coaching whilst coaching national sales teams. He sits on the Leadership Team of the top European Coaches within ACTION COACH developing Business Coaching throughout the UK & Europe. 8.35-9.05 - Keynote Speaker No 2 – Nigel Vardy Climbing to succeed What connects Mountaineering and Business Success? Come with me to one of the coldest places in the world and you will see! Nigel Vardy began adventuring when he joined a three-month Raleigh International expedition to Chile in 1994. For the next few years he travelled and worked in the worlds tropical rainforests before catching the climbing bug. Already a keen hill walker, he began to explore the Scottish Hills in winter before climbing at altitude in Bolivia in 1998. A year later came his near-fatal attempt on Mount McKinley, from which he escaped with his life, but minus all his toes, much of his fingers and most of his nose, all casualties of frostbite. His recovery was arduous, but with 18 months he had returned to rock climbing due to his enormous self-determination. He was soon back in the mountains and has since climbed in the Alps, the Himalayas, the Arctic and SE Asia. Through all these ordeals he has gained his incredible drive to succeed in life. Tuesday 12 June, 6.00pm to 10.00pm *THEME - USING HUMOUR & MAGIC At The Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP Registration 5.45 for a 6.00 prompt start Click here for map and details http://www.orangestudio.co.uk/pdfs/thestudio_directions.pdf 6.05–6.35 The Master Class – Kenny Harris - Writing and Capturing Humorous Material The most difficult job for many speakers is writing new material. Sitting at your desk, faced with a blank sheet of paper (or an unrelentingly blank word document), you search for inspiration, scream for new ideas ... and then decide to use the material you used last time. In this short Masterclass, Kenny will share with us his methods of finding, capturing and writing new ideas and new material for our speeches. 6.35-7.05 Networking and Nibbles Break 7.05–7.15 Showcase – Bernard Shevlin 7.40-7.50 Chapter News and Member Success Stories 7.50–8.05 Short Stretch Break 8.05–8.35 - Keynote Speaker No 1 – Simon Zutshi - Magician Magic Presentations Simon Zutshi, as well as being a successful professional speaker, is a magician and a member of the world Famous Magic Circle. Simon has trained many of the top speakers in the UK how to add magic to their presentations. In this session Simon will share with you how you can easily add some Magic to your speaking to make it more entertaining, enjoyable and memorable. 8.35-9.05 - Keynote Speaker No 2 – Kenny Harris What goes Ha! Ha! Ha! Bonk? The Power and Art of Humorous Speeches Kenny Harris is one of the few members of PSA excelling both as a keynote speaker and an after-dinner entertainer. A former advertising and marketing man – as well as stand-up comedian – in 2001 Kenny left agency world to develop Headsurfing™, his system for creative and productive thinking. Headsurfing™ is based on the habits of the highly creative people Kenny has worked with throughout his career. In 2005 he closed the PSA Convention with an after-dinner speech which won an unprecedented stand-up ovation. Even from the Americans. Humour is one of the most incredible tools in the speaker’s armoury. It can provide powerful openings, allow you to say the unsayable, engage your audience and get them ‘onside’. But many speakers use humour ineffectively – or worse, inappropriately. In this high-energy, high-content session, Kenny will show us how and when to use effective and appropriate humour, helping us develop our own material for adding humour to our speeches. 9.05 Final words – close approximately 9.10 Tuesday 8 May, 6.00pm to 10.00pm At The Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP Registration 5.45 for a 6.00 prompt start Click here for map and details http://www.orangestudio.co.uk/movie.html 6.05–6.35 The Master Class – Phil Jesson, Director of Speaker Development, The Academy for Chief Executives Phil is going to share with us an insight into The Academy and what it is looking for from its speakers and workshop leaders and provide us with guidelines for measuring the value that you create. 6.35-7.05 Networking and Nibbles Break 7.05–7.15 Showcase – Fiona Hudson-Kelly 7.40-7.50 Chapter News and Member Success Stories 7.50–8.05 Short Stretch Break 8.05–8.35 - Keynote Speaker No 1 – Graham Jones - Internet Psychologist How to Ensure Your Website Gets You More Bookings What kind of web site do you need to get you more bookings as a professional speaker? Graham Jones lifts the lid on this issue and provides you with a straightforward plan which will help ensure that you get more bookings. Using his own experience as an Internet marketer, he'll explain what you need to do to make your web site really connect with event planners and meeting organisers. 8.35-9.05 - Keynote Speaker No 2 – Phil Jesson, Director of Speaker Development, The Academy for Chief Executives How to become an A.C.E. speaker Phil is going to share with us an insight into The Academy and what it is looking for from its speakers and workshop leaders and provide us with guidelines for measuring the value that you create. About Phil: I began my career as an Army officer where I learned what leadership and teams were really about, then a career in sales and marketing management prior to entering the consultancy and training world. I started my own business in 1988 (www.business-pulse.com) which also now includes my work as a professional speaker (www.philjesson.com) My two speaker topics are:- 1.. How to form effective partnerships with customers 2.. How to form effective partnerships with people 9.05 Final words – close approximately 9.10 March 2007 As usual this was a meeting crammed with great content and fantastic value. The host for this meeting was Barry Mapp who added his own brand of sparkle to the evening. Our Theme for the Evening - Marketing Master Class - Make Your PSA Web Page Work For You & Keynote 2 - Transform Your Business With Social Media Rikki Arundel, Fellow of the PSA There were two keynotes from Rikki Arundel (Past President and Fellow of PSA) - the first a Masterclass about how to get the best from the PSA website and the second a session on “Social Media”. Rikki was off to a flying start with quips about men’s bodies and women’s minds and taking the host’s gender slips in her stride with lines like “you can’t change gender without a sense of humour”. With regard to the PSA website, Rikki said it was clear that many PSA members were not making full use of the built-in features that make this a great marketing tool and discussion forum. This session is to be recommended to all PSA chapters. Rikki’s second slot was the equivalent of a half-day workshop on Social Media packed into a 30-minute session and we left with a full menu of things to do back at the coalface in order to improve our web presence and enhance our global visibility as speakers. Check out Rikki’s own PSA web page (www.rikkiarundel.com) demonstrating the use of many of the features covered in the presentation. Showcase – Pen Sevier, Vital Health The showcase session was by Pen Servier on the topic of Weight Management. We then moved into small groups to discuss what Pen did well and also how she might improve (some pictures of showcase discussions taken from previous meetings) Keynote 1 - Rob Brown, Fellow of the PSA Stand Up, Speak Up & Stand Out! How to Build Your Personal Reputation as the ‘Go To’ Speaker Rob Brown was our second keynote speaker for the evening. Rob is continually upping his game (he turned his annual income into a monthly income) and urged us all to do likewise. His focus was on our ‘reputation’ (we all know we have got one, but we often don’t know what it is, nor what we have done to get it). Rob took us through a simple exercise to find the main driver for our reputation – did we have a ‘pleasure’ profile (driven by feeling good); a prosperity profile (driven by money) or a popularity profile (driven by the celebrity status)? Rob also suggested that we find our niche and then say ‘no’ to all the other things we can do (whilst pointing out that saying ‘no’ doesn’t mean we won’t do other things if they come our way – saying ‘no’ means putting all our focus on our niche and targeting our marketing effort toward our niche). There were four aspects to developing a niche: the topic niche (what you are an expert on); the delivery niche (how you deliver your product and services); the geographic niche (where and when you choose to deliver your expertise) and the target market (who you do it for). Brilliant stuff from Rob as usual, who also mentioned in passing that in his experience there was only one other PSA chapter that generated the same energy and enthusiasm as the Midland Chapter! 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