Enhance Your Experience

AI-powered tools can assist you as a freedom-loving thought leader with the creation of brand-building content that will position you as THE go-to expert for the problem you solve.

AI can help with generating ideas, optimizing content for SEO, and even producing basic content very efficiently, thus allowing you more time for more creative and productive endeavors. 

Long-term entrepreneurs Gina Carr and Terry Brock are committed to helping speakers like you create more freedom through entrepreneurship with a “Live and Let Live” philosophy.

We embrace and live the “NAP - Non-Aggression Principle.” Don’t initiate force against others. Don’t take their stuff. 

Gina & Terry  will help you navigate the turbulent waters of this rapidly evolving technology.

In this highly interactive session, you will…

• Learn the best practices and strategies for content creators to thrive in the age of AI
• Discover mistakes thought leaders are making with this technology
• Transform into a "content entrepreneur" who can leverage AI to create exceptional content that engages and resonates with your audience.

Terry Brock, CSP, CPAE Cavett Award Recipient, has been speaking for his clients and within the NSA community for decades. He knows technology and shows his clients and fellow NSA and Global Speakers Federation members how they can use AI for items like getting ideas for posts, creating marketing materials, generating graphics (this is WAY cool!), turning text into (real human-sounding) speech (no kidding!) and a boatload of more!

As the CEO of Stark Raving Entrepreneurs, Gina Carr works with business leaders to leverage digital marketing for more impact, influence, and income. Gina has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and an engineering degree from Georgia Tech. Known as “The Tribe Builder,” Gina helps passionate people build powerful tribes of raving fans.

A serial entrepreneur, Gina has created several businesses. She is the past CEO of TEDxDupreePark. A native Atlantan, Gina now lives in Orlando with her fiance, Terry Brock. Gina is a passionate advocate for animals, freedom, and plant-based living!

Extend the fun, energy, and learning from the keynote as we continue to unpack even MORE stories. Kelly takes us even deeper into the art of story, character development, adding humor, crafting the message, and incorporating it into your content. Get your burning questions answered into this deep(er) dive into the mechanics of story. 

Kelly Swanson, CSP, CPAE, is an award-winning storyteller, comedian, motivational speaker, Huffington Post Contributor and cast member of The Fashion Hero television show. Sharing her own powerful journey through story and the formula she discovered, you come to that magical place where the art of story meets the business of persuasion.

John Register, CSP, is a decorated Persian Gulf War combat U.S. Army veteran, two-time Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, professional speaker, and global influencer. After a tragic accident that altered his life forever, he embraced a “new normal mindset” and shifted his focus.

John believes authentic relationships can transform lives and is committed to helping professional speakers maximize this power to achieve their goals.

In this unprecedented breakout session titled "Transactional to Transformational: Maximizing the Power of Intentional Relationships for Professional Speakers," John will draw from his business growth experiences and provide tactical steps to help attendees build authentic and intentional relationships and stay top of mind with potential clients.

Attendees will be inspired like never before to transform their client transactions into authentic relationships to achieve their professional goals.

John Register, CSP, failed to clear a hurdle as he trained for the Olympic Games—a move that led to a tragic accident and altered his life forever. He shifted his focus and embraced a “new normal mindset.”

The decorated Persian Gulf War combat U.S. Army veteran world champion became a two-time Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, certified speaking professional, and global influencer. Register “amputated his fears” and founded the U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Military Sports Program.

He authored 10 Stories to Impact Any Leader: Journal, Your Way to Leadership Success in Spring 2020 and works with business leaders to "Transform Adversity into Advantage" by mastering 5 Steps to Conquer Life's Hurdles.

Our new post-COVID world has created risk-averse clients who are still licking their wounds from event cancellations.

Join this panel of experts as we unpack the new legal language and demands like Force Majeure and Speaker Recording Rights and discover where and how you can push back and partner more effectively in this new era to create win/wins.

Sarah Michel, CSP, is Vice President of Professional Connexity for Velvet Chainsaw Consulting and works with conference organizers to create an improvement plan that focuses on monetization, alignment with core business and differentiation through improved education, networking and attendee experiences.

Holli Catchpole is the President and Founder of the premier speaker management company, SpeakersOffice, Inc. Her passion for the speaking industry started almost four decades ago when she began working for CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame speakers, Dr. Tony Alessandra and Jim Cathcart. When SpeakersOffice was founded in 2000 Tony and Jim were the first two speakers on their roster. Holli is an active member in the speaking industry, having served on the NSA/IASB Council since 2003, a board member for IASB from 2007 to 2014 and served as the 2012/2013 IASB President. She attended her first NSA Convention in 1985, has been a guest presenter at numerous NSA events, is a contributing author for PAID to SPEAK: Best Practices for Building a Successful Speaking Practice and in 2010 was recognized by IASB with the John Palmer Award for exemplary service to the association and industry.

With an unconditional love for the professional speaking industry, and 25 years of industry experience, Michelle Joyce effectively connects audiences and speakers, resulting in a memorable experience every time.

Recognized by Forbes as a Speaker Industry Expert, Michelle is a proven, trusted professional and is often called on to share her knowledge.

She is the Founder and President of Michelle Joyce Speakers, an exclusive management agency representing the top keynote speakers on topics such as customer experience, marketing, leadership, business growth, sales, customer service, organizational performance, communication, social media, the future of tech, and personal development.

Michelle has been acknowledged in several business books for input, ideas, and expertise; and her articles have appeared in a variety of blogs and newsletters. She is an active, professional member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the International Association of Speaker Bureaus (IASB).

In 2018, Michelle received the IASB Pace Setter Award for introducing a new program or service that moved the association forward. In 2020, Michelle was awarded the IASB Dottie Walters Helping Hands Award for recognition of exceptional willingness to assist others in the bureau and speaker management industry.

When she’s not managing speakers, Michelle can be found cooking and baking for one of her famous parties; traveling and seeking new adventures; or spending time on the lake with her beautiful family and their spoiled-rotten labradoodle.

Timothy Mathy is a Senior Partner of Speak, Inc. Speakers Bureau, which over the last twenty-five years has become the largest and fastest growing non-exclusive bureau in the country. He has been with Speak Inc. for over 20 years.

Mathy lectures from time to time on topics ranging from ethics in the speaker bureau industry to selecting the perfect speaker for your meeting at the best price. Over the years, he has delivered these talks and seminars at industry events for groups such as the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) and Meeting Professionals International (MPI). In 2023 he became the President of The International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB) and received the PCMA Supplier of the Year Award.

Speak, Inc.'s mission since its inception, has been to provide expert speaker consulting and service and Mathy has been instrumental in making sure that Speak Inc. has exceeded the expectations of all clients.

Mathy is a graduate of the University of San Diego, but also studied abroad in Oxford, England. He and his wife Jennifer have two boys, Kyle and Daniel, and one daughter, Sarah. In his spare time, he enjoys playing sports, a good game of hold-em, and diving into the latest best-seller.

Why "go it alone" when you can collaborate with people who bring their unique talents to the business? That's exactly what Candace did when she brought Gary into her CoreClarity organization.

Now over a dozen years later they are still leveraging each other's gifts to strengthen the business and build a thriving community of practitioners and clients. In this session learn what prompted the connection, how they've kept it healthy, and most importantly, if this is a good fit for you moving forward.

They will share insights into what worked and what didn't, how to identify the talents you need, and how to spend more time doing the things that bring you energy rather than the ones that drain you!

Gary Rifkin helps brilliant people shine! His work with CoreClarity is focused on helping individuals and teams understand how they are brilliant. His work with Gary Rifkin Presents helps individuals shine in front of any audience.

His varied client list includes American Airlines, Heinz Corporation, American Institute of Architects, Coca Cola Bottling Company, National Association for Healthcare Quality, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Southwest Airlines, Interstate Battery, MD Anderson, and the American Society of Association Executives.

At CoreClarity, he serves as Chief Learning Officer, guiding organizations, teams, and individuals to capitalize on their gifts and talents. Gary’s key responsibility is leading the Facilitator Certification program. Also, as a highly motivating speech coach, Gary has prepared hundreds of clients to deliver content-rich presentations that both hit the mark and inspire listeners to action.

Gary earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Penn State University and Bowling Green State University. He is a Past-President of the North Texas Chapter of the National Speakers Association and served as the Chair of NSA’s Academy for Professional Speaking.

In July of 2015, Gary received the highest honor in the National Speakers Association – the Cavett Award. The annual award is presented to the member whose accomplishments over the years have reflected outstanding credit, respect, honor, and admiration in the Association and the profession, and whose actions (in terms of sharing, guiding, and inspiring other members) most closely parallel the illustrious career of Founder Cavett Robert.

Candace Fitzpatrick, CSP, is founder and Chief Executive Officer of CoreClarity, Inc., a company focused on uncovering the core competencies of individuals, teams and organizations. In addition to developing and delivering learning programs to identify and maximize the innate talents and strengths of the participants, she works with organizational leadership to not only promote, but also enable, cultural change from the top down and the grassroots level up.

CoreClarity has been on the forefront of the strengths revolution that was boldly declared in 2001 by Marcus Buckingham and Don Clifton in their best-selling book, Now, Discover Your Strengths. A budding rocket scientist turned Thought Rocket, who has expanded the understanding and teaching of the results of the Clifton StrengthsFinder®
assessment, Candace has personally worked with thousands of individuals and hundreds of teams to help them articulate their unique value proposition. Clients include Texas Instruments, the FAA, Duke Energy and Southern Methodist University, among others.

A lifelong learner, Candace earned an MBA with honors from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a BA in Physics from Texas A&M University. She is a trained mediator and was a licensed real estate broker in Texas for over 25 years. After a distinguished career in the corporate world, she retired in 2003 and found a new career in the budding field of Positive Psychology. She is an associate in IPPA, the International Positive Psychology Association, and a member of the National Speakers Association where she has earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation and has served on her local chapter board.

Candace is married and currently lives in Plano, Texas. She enjoys nature, reading, traveling, computers, photography and bicycling. One of her goals is to visit a country for every year of life she spends on the planet.

Early in her career, Candace made a conscious decision that work should be fun. When a friend challenged her to distill the essence of her passion into five words or less, she responded (after two weeks of contemplation and soul searching) with: I turn dreams into reality.

Today she is having fun helping others turn their dreams into reality – and in turn is realizing her own.

What makes you unique from other speakers? How are you using that differentiator to catapult your speaking business? It's time to harness your unique strengths by transforming your intellectual property into a content model that sets you apart – and lands you the deals no one else can.

Join Darcy Luoma as she shares how she combined her 25 years as a triathlete with thousands of hours of executive coaching to develop the Thoughtfully Fit leadership model. Thoughtfully Fit uses the same principles of peak physical performance to achieve peak performance in business and life by building your mental muscle to handle any challenge thoughtfully. 

In a twist of fate, five days after completing her model, Darcy had to put it to the test when her own life fell apart making headline news. Not only did her model help her navigate that nightmare, but it continues to positively impact her life and her clients’ lives to this day. As a matter of fact, transforming all of her content – workshops, keynotes, blogs, and book – around her model boosted her client engagements by 256% and profits by an astounding 1,127%. 

Darcy will share a simple strategy to mine your IP for its most valuable content to turn it into a model customers will covet. She’ll reveal her lessons learned, fabulous failures, triumphs and tips on how to use your new framework to better market and sell.

Get ready to unleash your true potential as a speaker. Join us for a session that's anything but ordinary!

Darcy Luoma, CSP, and author of Thoughtfully Fit®, is a highly sought-after coach and consultant who has worked with more than five hundred organizations in forty-eight industries to create high-performing people and teams. She balances running her thriving business with raising her two energetic teenage daughters.

Do you want more engagements with less clients? Do you want to add exponential value to your clients (which is what it’s all about anyway)? 

Yes? Great - You're in the right place! In this session, Justin will share simple strategies that have doubled his income since 2019 (and currently on track to triple his income this year). 

This interactive and engaging session will teach you how to start selling beyond the single engagement and leave you with the beginning of your own Action Plan!

Immediate Takeaways:

• The 10x10x10 Model to produce more valuable content for clients and audiences alike
• The language to keep the conversation going beyond the single event (both before and after the event)
• How to create your aftercare action plan to maximize the value you provide to your client and increase your income

Disclaimer: This is not a slick salesperson presentation about how to get more from your clients but rather, a session on how to give more to your clients and get paid to do so!

Justin Jones-Fosu, MBA, CSP is a proud daddy of 2 high-energy kids, and he also happens to be a highly sought-after business speaker, social entrepreneur, and DEI/meaningful work researcher.  He is the founder and CEO of Work. Meaningful. where he speaks 50-60 times per year to companies, organizations, and associations in the US and Internationally on meaningful work and diversity/inclusion.

He is passionate about helping organizations and individuals take ownership of their mindset, purpose, and performance to achieve amazing results. He is the author of two books and his latest book “The Inclusive Mindset: How to cultivate diversity in your everyday life” challenges the reader to see diversity and inclusion as someone they choose to be rather than something they have to do.

He is passionate about turning events into memorable experiences with his humorous and engaging delivery as well as his research-based content!  Get ready to laugh and learn with Justin as the speaker who can make even the grumpiest of audiences crack a smile. With a personality as big as his sense of humor, Justin will have you thinking, laughing, and pondering all at the same time. 

His company donates 5% of their revenue toward educational initiatives on the continent of Africa and the country of the United States and they are currently constructing a new middle school building in his dad’s home village in Ghana.   

The NSB & IASB have joined forces to present to you the (real) secrets of working with speakers’ bureaus – secrets that will only be revealed at Influence 2023! 

In this session, you will learn from three lecture industry veterans: Hall of Fame Speaker Shep Hyken, CSP, CPAE, CEO & Co-Founder of Impact Eleven, Jordan Broad, and CMM, Sr. Vice President of the National Speakers Bureau, Brian Palmer.

This is a can't miss opportunity! Each expert will spend quality time teaching YOU:

• How to Shine on Pre-Booking and Pre-Event calls
• How to Become a Bureau’s Favorite Speaker (aka the ones they constantly book for clients)
• The Top Misconceptions Speakers Have about Speaker Bureaus

Shep Hyken, CSP, CPAE, Hall of Fame Speaker

Jordan Broad, CEO & Co-Founder of Impact Eleven

Brian Palmer, CMM, Sr. Vice President of the National Speakers Bureau

Are you ready to scale your business while freeing up time? Join productivity expert Marcey Rader, CSP and technology futurist Crystal Washington, CSP in this two-part session and learn how to break free from the clog of non-revenue-generating activities! 

By the end of this session, you will know how to activate recurring tasks in a system of your choice, onboard and offboard team members in days, and provide consistent white-glove service to your clients – all while freeing up time to take weeks off! 

Part One Objectives:

• Identify where your business is clogged and discover the one shift you need to turn on the flow of opportunities.
• Gain a clear understanding of what should be systematized in your business for better team collaboration, customer service, and increased revenue.
• Receive a template for activating recurring tasks in your system of choice so you never have to worry if things are getting done again! Hello Vacation Time!

Part Two Objectives: 

• Identify the best technology systems available to implement the items from your Part One template.
• Know where to plug in the items you generated in session one so you can have your systems in place by tomorrow!
• Sign up for post-event support for your systems.

Crystal Washington, CSP works with organizations that want to leverage technology to increase profits and productivity! 
As a technology strategist and certified futurist, Crystal takes complex social media, app, and web topics and makes them easy to understand and accessible for everyday people. 

Crystal’s clients comprise Fortune 500 companies including Google, Microsoft, and GE, and as a sought-after keynote speaker, she has entertained and educated audiences around the globe. 
As one of Forbes’ 50 Leading Female Futurists, She appears weekly on season two of the Emmy nominated show, Life 2.0 and she’s appeared in numerous publications including Entrepreneur and Bloomberg Businessweek. She is regularly called on by major television networks as a tech expert. Crystal is the author of the books One Tech Action and The Social Media Why. 

Marcey Rader, CSP, believes that health powers productivity. She is a multi-certified health and productivity expert, one of 800 Certified Speaking Professionals® worldwide, Certified Virtual Presenter, digital wellness practitioner, three-time author, and creator of the Powered Path™ Playbook. As the founder of RaderCo, Marcey helps executives, teams, and individuals banish burnout, keep good people, and move forward through practical, tailored tools, healthy, sustainable habits, and coaching accountability. 

Sought after by start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, she’s spoken to over a hundred thousand people on five continents. As a multi-award-winning global speaker, she trains her audiences to improve their focus, maximize their energy, conquer the calendar, master tasks, and extinguish their email. To change your career, team, or organization one habit at a time, learn more or connect with Marcey at marceyrader.com.

Looking to take your speaking career to the next level? Don't miss out on this session hosted by the CSP Committee!

This 45-minute discussion will feature experienced CSPs who will share their insights on the requirements for earning the coveted CSP designation and how to avoid common mistakes that can derail your application.

Learn from the experts and gain valuable tips to help you stand out in the competitive world of professional speaking. Register now to secure your spot and take the first step towards achieving your CSP designation!

It’s never been more important to understand your customers, and customer journey mapping is one tool that can help in this process. But it’s about more than just creating a map; this is about truly defining customer moments that matter. Future-focused journey mapping will allow you to center the lens to innovation around the customer experience.

In this session, you will learn:

• Why understanding customers is harder than we think, and what to do about it.
• How you can develop the journey for the future based on the knowns and unknowns of today.
• How mapping can improve empathy, compassion, and understanding throughout your organization.

Jeannie Walters is an award-winning customer experience expert, international keynote speaker, and Founder of Experience Investigators, a firm that’s pioneered helping companies increase sales and customer retention through elevated customer experiences.

Trailblazing the movement from “Reactive Customer Service” to “Proactive Customer Experience,” Jeannie is considered the leading authority for improving both employee and customer relationships. A Certified Customer Experience Professional and charter member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association, Jeannie’s worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies including Orangetheory Fitness, SAP, Comcast, and JPMorgan Chase.

As a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association, Jeannie has spoken to tens of thousands of people across three continents on the power of proactivity to increase brand loyalty.

A sought-after business coach and educator, Jeannie’s partnered with MarketingProfs as a Masterclass Instructor and has had over 300,000 people go through her courses on LinkedIn Learning.

Passionate about demystifying the process for improving customer experience, Jeannie has published thousands of articles, and her insights have been featured in Forbes, The Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and many more.

Do you want to generate additional revenue to complement your speaking business?

Have you wasted money on a "revenue generator" you were told was simple, easy, and right for you?

Would you like to learn from the best before you try and fail - again?

If you answered YES to just one of these questions, this session is for you!

Join panelists Tony Chatman, CSP, Phil M. Jones, CSP, CPAE, Lisa Ryan, CSP, and Sam Silverstein, CSP, CPAE, as they share insights into the complementary revenue streams they each have perfected to generate revenue, complement their brands, and elevate their speaking businesses!

Session facilitator, Liz Weber, CMC, CSP will guide your journey as you learn from these pros how to really identify, implement, tweak, and leverage complementary revenue streams.

Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

Tony Chatman, CSP

Phil M. Jones, CSP, CPAE

Lisa Ryan, CSP

Sam Silverstein, CSP, CPAE