NSA Austin SpeakerU 2024 has been postponed

Thank you for your interest in our 2024 semester of NSA Austin SpeakerU. Our board has decided to postpone the upcoming semester originally planned to start in January 2024.

We will continue to make plans for our next SpeakerU. We expect that will begin late summer in 2024. We are contemplating a virtual SpeakerU and potentially leveraging our Texas Alliance relationship with NSA North Texas and NSA Houston.

We appreciate your commitment and contribution to our NSA Austin chapter. We’ll post to our website and social media and send emails when we have a more concrete schedule for our next planned SpeakerU. 

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please send an email to speakers@nsa-austin.com, or talk to a board member at any chapter event.

Thank you!
Trevor Perry
NSA Austin President-Elect 23-24

Eric Fletcher
NSA Austin Board Member at Large 23-24

 

Are you a novice or emerging speaker? Do you wish to learn how to become a proficient and practicing speaker?

Maybe you make your living speaking in another way – are you a Trainer, Teacher, Instructor, Comedian, Podcaster, Coach, Entertainer, Consultant, Author?

If you are on the road to becoming a professional as a speaker in the forum in which you speak, NSA Austin SpeakerU is for you!

Our first semester begins soon!

What’s included?

NSA Austin SpeakerU offers tools and techniques to guide you in learning the basics of building a speaking business.

Students will work on a signature topic and a 5 minute speech on that topic. The showcase event will be recorded as each student presents their speech. These speeches will be recorded and the raw video recording is a bonus for use in each speaker’s business. An editor will be available to hire for additional editing, formatting, and branding.

SpeakerU attendees will develop relationships with like-minded speakers, find accountability buddies, and learn more about the speaker community.

Who are the teachers?
President: Trevor Perry

Trevor Perry

President-Elect 2023-2024 & Facilitator 2024 1st semester

Eric Fletcher

Co-Facilitator 2024 1st semester
What’s on the agenda?

Lessons will be grouped into Stagecraft, Messaging, and Business topics.

SpeakerU follows the National Speaker Association Competencies found here: https://nsaspeaker.org/the-eight-competencies/

They are grouped as follows:

      • Environmental Trends and Impact
      • Content Development
      • Professionalism
      • Product Development
      • Business Development
      • Strategic and Operational Business Management
      • Platform Mechanics
      • Performance Mastery

SpeakerU 2024 Calendar​

  • January 5th, in-person: Speaker Goals & Topic Development
  • January 12th, virtual: Homework session
  • January 19th, in-person: Business Requirements & Storytelling
  • January 26th, virtual: Homework session
  • February 2nd, in-person: Stagecraft & Branding
  • February 9th, virtual: Homework session
  • February 16th, in-person: Marketing & Social Media and Technology/Tools
  • February 23rd, virtual: Homework session
  • March 1st, in-person: Sales & Managing your business and processes
  • March 8th, virtual: Homework session
  • March 15th, in-person: Showcase Rehearsal
  • March 22nd, virtual: Homework session

SpeakerU Showcase (Norris Conference Center)

  • April 7th
In-person sessions to be held at Norris Conference Center. Virtual sessions conducted via Zoom.

What does it cost?

Join NSA Austin and save $$$

What else?

If you have any questions, reach out to us at speakers@nsa-austin.com