President’s Newsletter

December, 2006

What’s in this Newsletter?

1.  David Glickman on December 13

2.  NSA Pittsburgh Member News

3.  The rest of the year…

4.  Our future

5.  Yahoo! Group 

1.      Don’t miss David Glickman / NSA Foundation Event   Wed., December 13^th

If you haven’t registered to hear David Glickman yet, make sure you do!  You won’t want to miss this program.  You can now register online at www.NSAPittsburgh.org.  

“Be More Funny, Make More Money!”

The bottom line is that the funny line gets results.  Raise your “LPM” (Laughs Per Minute) and your fees will follow.  In this session, David Glickman shares specific techniques for writing and customizing humor for your audiences.  You’ll learn Ten Tips For Creating Great Humor and Five Ideas For Customizing Humor, along with other valuable information that will help you become a “laughter crafter.”

David doesn’t just deal in “humor theories” but gives you practical (and easy) “how-to’s” that will literally take years off your humor learning curve.  He will show you how to look at your speech differently, find new ways to insert humor to your existing material, and the importance of a “Big Funny Finish.”   

Click here for more information     

NSA Foundation Event!

Do you have a surplus of gifts that you’ve never given or unopened products that you’d like to donate?  Well, forget about eBay.  Bring them (with price already marked) to the NSA Pittsburgh holiday event on December 13^th at 5:30pm and we will sell them for you!  Members and friends are asked to bring new items such as books, CDs, DVD's, jewelry, baskets of wine and cheese or beauty products with or without gift certificates... anything that could be a great gift for the holidays.  All proceeds will benefit the NSA Foundation.  Bring your checkbooks and wallets (checks and cash will be accepted) and do your holiday shopping while benefiting NSA Foundation. 

Can’t make it to the event this year but would still like to make a donation?  Items can be dropped off at KEYGroup before that day – be sure they are priced.  Just contact Sandy Brown at KEYGroup (724-942-7900 or sbrown@keygroupconsulting.com) to make arrangements to drop off your items and they will take them to the event!  KEYGroup needs to know by December 4th what will be sold on December 13^th, whether or not it's brought to their office or brought the night of the event.  

You won’t want to miss this event!

2.       NSA Pittsburgh Member News

If you have any news you’d like to share with the chapter, please forward it to me for the next newsletter.  In the meantime, you can post any achievements or announcements on the Yahoo Group. 

3.       The Rest of the Year...

Mark your calendar for February 7, 2007 in the evening for the NSA Pittsburgh panel (see attached).  The yearly flyer of events is also attached – please put all the dates in your calendar so you don’t miss our great speakers.  Take a minute to forward the flyer to your email list as well.

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4.   Our future

I can’t believe that my term as your NSA Pittsburgh president is already half over.  As I sit back and think about what I wish for the future of NSA Pittsburgh, I can’t think of anyone better to be sitting in the president-elect seat than Barbara Thompson.  She has your best interests firmly planted in her heart and will make this organization flourish for you.

Wait until you see the lineup of speakers that Barbara has in store for next year!  Let’s just say, 2007-2008 will be a year to remember.

In the near future, we will be planning for our next board of directors and there will be several seats open.  Please take a moment to think about all that NSA Pittsburgh has given to you and consider giving back by serving on the board of directors.  It is an honor to serve and have an impact on our future. 

If you are curious of the experience of serving, feel free to contact our current awesome board members at http://www.nsapittsburgh.com/contact.htm to ask them any questions you may have.

Look for nomination information soon.

5.       Yahoo! Group

If you haven’t signed up yet for the NSA Pittsburgh Yahoo Group, don’t be left out…sign up today!  It’s so simple.

HERE’S HOW:

TO JOIN: If you already have a Yahoo ID, click this invitation link

NSAPittsburgh-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and sign in to join.

If you don't have a Yahoo ID (or have forgotten it), go to http://groups.yahoo.com

and create a new account first before coming back here to click

the link and join. After you join, it would be nice if you sent a post

to everyone introducing yourself.

TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE GROUP, write an e-mail to NSAPittsburgh@yahoogroups.com

After you've registered, to sign into our site, go to http://groups.yahoo.com  then

click "Sign In.” After signing in with your Yahoo ID, you should then see a list of

all the groups you belong to and you can click your choice to enter the site of that

group.

After you register, please go to the site and update your personal profile. Click on

"Members" and you can look at mine for an example.

If you will be out-of-town and you plan to use an "auto-responder" e-mail message

telling people you're away, please remember to go to the site and change your

preferences to "NO E-MAIL." Otherwise, every time someone sends mail to the

group, the whole group will continually get your auto-respond message.

Please e-mail the moderator, Barbara Thompson privately with questions at

Barbara@BarbaraThompson.net.  

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Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Patty Kreamer 

President - NSA Pittsburgh

National Speakers Association Pittsburgh Chapter  
Your Resource for Experts Who Speak Professionally    nsapgh@aol.com