Influence Panel

Couldn’t make it to INFLUENCE? We’ve got you covered. Join our INFLUENCE Insights Panel as members fresh from the event share their biggest takeaways, game-changing strategies, surprising ah-ha moments, and practical ideas you can put to work immediately in your speaking business. From marketing and sales to thought leadership, AI, storytelling, and business growth, you’ll walk away with actionable insights designed to help you attract more opportunities and build a stronger, more profitable speaking career. Don’t miss this chance to tap into the collective wisdom of INFLUENCE!

We will be sharing updates, tips, strategies, and ah-ha moments from Influence to help everyone build better speaking businesses this year!

 Most Games Are Won in the Second Half

 How to make the rest of your year the best of your year.

Rarely does an early lead guarantee a great finish. But the right actions at the right time will produce amazing wins. Come and discover what you can do now to assure that you finish 2026 with record-setting income and breakthroughs.

Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE has been a full-time speaker since 1977 and has done just about everything a speaker would aspire to do. Golden Gavel Award, The Cavett Award, Speaker Hall of Fame, Sales & Marketing Hall of Fame, TEDx 3 million views, National President of NSA, 3,500 highly paid convention speeches all over the world, hired by the US White House to train speakers, keynoted at the United Nations HQ, and authored 28 books!
Jim knows how to think about your second half and assure that you get all the opportunities you are seeking.

Take a fresh look at:

• The Problems You Solve (what others pay you to achieve)
• The Position You Occupy in the Client’s Mind (how they see you)
• The Strategies You Are Following (only do what will continue to work for you)

About Jim Cathcart

Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE has done just about everything a speaker has on his or her career bucket list. National President of NSA 1988-89, Speaker Hall of Fame 1985, CSP 1981, Convention chair 1982, Opening Session Convention Keynote 1993, The Cavett Award 1993, Voices of Experience Host 2010-11, US Delegate (GSF board member) to the Global Speakers Forum for 2 years, plus serving 10 years on the national NSA board of directors. His TEDx video is in the Top 1% with over 2.6 Million Views. He has received The Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International in 2001 joining Earl Nightingale, Walter Cronkite, Jeanne Robertson, Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins and Les Brown among others. He was a member of Speakers Roundtable mastermind with Cavett Robert and other top speakers for 29 years. Jim has written and published 24 books and delivered over 3,400 highly paid speeches around the world, including 23 major cities in China. He has spoken for pay in all 50 US states.

Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE joined NSA in 1976 and has held virtually every position in NSA leadership at the local and national level. He has also received the Cavett Award, CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame and CSP, plus Toastmasters International’s Golden Gavel.

His TEDx video has 3 million views and he has spoken, for pay, in all 50 US states plus around the world. In this program he will show you how you, too, can do these things. As a Mentor to Professional Experts he will explain the path to your Top 1% and give you the confidence to travel it boldly.

• Define your Level of Aspiration
• Laser Clarify your Value Message
• Grow your Brand Identity

Author of 28 books, Sales & Marketing Hall of Fame, Veteran of 3,500 highly paid convention speeches, 50 year member of NSA, Jim Cathcart has done it all! Come and learn how the biggest names in speaking have built long lasting careers and you can too.