NSA Austin welcomes all attendees to its meetings as Guests. Many speakers, consultants, and trainers who are not ready to join find that attending local meetings and presentations help them become more competitive and fine-tune their current or future business model as a speaker. However, Guests do not receive the same benefits as Members, such as discounted monthly meeting fees, free access to Deep Dive events, a listing on our website, or access to recordings of previous meetings.
Ask any NSA Austin Member! Fantastic educational opportunities, networking and relationship building at the local level are of monumental importance when building a successful speaking business. Membership will help you learn how to grow your business, give you a platform to discuss issues that impact your business and help you to create affiliations with associations and other organizations that will help you expand even more. Click for a list of member benefits.
NSA Austin will help you learn how to expand your opportunities and manage the profession of speaking. Some of our programs each year do address marketing.
To become a Professional Member of NSA Austin, you must also be a member of the National organization at the Essential level or higher. There are several levels of NSA National membership that are detailed here.
No. NSA Austin will accept Affiliates into our chapter who are not Members at the national level. We do encourage all of our Members to join the National association since there are certain benefits – both on the National and chapter levels – that can be quite valuable.
National Members are NOT automatically placed into a chapter. The Member will need to join the local chapter separately.
As with your national membership, the group is charged with providing education and community to help speakers develop their craft and build a successful practice. High-value, content-rich meetings are designed to attract speakers of all experience levels in an environment of sharing, networking and support toward individual efforts. Developing local, special relationships with those who face similar business and professional challenges can make all the difference in your career.
The Affiliate Membership is for aspiring speakers who have not joined the national organization. Affiliates receive the same benefits as other chapter Members, although Affiliates are not allowed to use the NSA logo.
You would be in good company. Most speakers start with some sort of expertise but realize that their professionalism requires continued attention to their presentation styles and changing business models.
There is a mixed group of attendees at every meeting – some very well known, accomplished, long time speakers and others who are new in their professional speaking career. The content of each meeting is geared toward professionals but most of our presenters are quite accomplished in modeling how to address multiple experience levels at one time. There is also ample networking time built into each meeting.
We are not a Speaker’s Bureau and we don’t market speakers or get them speaking engagements. However, with your involvement in the organization, you will meet others who could possibly recommend you for a speaking engagement. In addition, we actively promote our web site and online directory to meeting professionals, association executives, and the media.
Unless otherwise noted, monthly meetings are held at:
Norris Conference Center 2525
West Anderson Lane, #365
Austin, TX 78757
Special interest group meetings (Writer’s SIG, TechXchange, Speech Mastermind, and Happy Hours) are held via Zoom.
A refund will be processed if requested at least five days before the date of the event (example: by Friday, 11:30 AM CT for a Tuesday event that begins at 11:30 AM CT). After that period, no refund will be given. A refund request must be emailed to speakers@nsa-austin.com. Any refund will be given in full, minus a 5% fee to cover card processing and administrative costs. This refund policy also applies to duplicate and/or mistaken purchases. No refunds are given on membership fees, sponsorship fees, or special bundle offers.
The chapter does not issue credits. In the event that you cannot attend the event for which you’ve purchased a ticket, and you miss the refund deadline, you may send someone in your place. If you’d like your “substitute” to have a printed name tag, please notify the chapter’s administrative manager by email speakers@nsa-austin.com at least 24 hours prior to the event.
Members of NSA Austin have access to our full video library of past events. You will need to login to your account to access this feature. If you a have trouble logging in, contact us at speakers@nsa-austin.com.
Thank you for being a member!