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National Speakers Association
The National Speakers Association (NSA) is a US based association that supports motivational speaking, motivational and other public speakers. It is the oldest and largest of 13 international associations comprising the Global Speakers Federation. History NSA was founded in 1973 by Cavett Robert (1907–1997). Even though Robert suffered from stage fright in his younger years, he joined Toastmasters International and went on to receive his first paid speech at the age of 61. Cavett's idea for NSA began with 35 attendees of the Phoenix Summer Sales Seminar in 1969. He incorporated the National Speakers Association on 12 July 1973. In July 1979, Robert was honored with NSA's first Member of the Year Award, later renamed “The Cavett Award.” In honor of Robert's birthday, NSA celebrates the "Spirit of NSA" day every 14 November. The association launched the Academy for Professional Speaking in January 2004 to teach those exploring a career in professional speaking. The academ ...
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Motivational Speaking
Motivation is an mental state, internal state that propels individuals to engage in goal-directed behavior. It is often understood as a force that explains why people or animals initiate, continue, or terminate a certain behavior at a particular time. It is a complex phenomenon and its precise definition is disputed. It contrasts with #Amotivation and akrasia, amotivation, which is a state of apathy or listlessness. Motivation is studied in fields like psychology, neuroscience, motivation science, and philosophy. Motivational states are characterized by their direction, Motivational intensity, intensity, and persistence. The direction of a motivational state is shaped by the goal it aims to achieve. Intensity is the strength of the state and affects whether the state is translated into action and how much effort is employed. Persistence refers to how long an individual is willing to engage in an activity. Motivation is often divided into two phases: in the first phase, the indi ...
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Monica Wofford
Monica L. Wofford, CSP, is an American business executive and founder of Contagious Companies. Before founding the training and consulting firm, Contagious Companies, in 2003, Wofford began her speaking and training career in 1989 with her first keynote to 9000 fellow students. She has worked with leadership teams in companies such as the US Mint, the Transportation and Safety Administration, the FAA, SHRM, Hallmark, Combined Insurance, AT&T, Estee Lauder, the Non-Profit Times, Cabela's, Microsoft, and SeaWorld. She has spoken or trained in all 50 states and 27 countries for events and organizations including TED Talks, the Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals, and the Association of Legal Administrators. Her expertise is often requested by the media and magazines such as ''Fortune'', ''Forbes'', ''CNBC'', the ''Toronto Sun'', ''Miami Herald'', ''Entrepreneur'' magazine, ''CNN Headline News'', ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' and ''U.S. News''. She is the author of ...
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American Motivational Speakers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ...
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Professional Associations Based In The United States
A professional is a member of a profession or any person who work (human activity), works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skills necessary to perform their specific role within that profession. In addition, most professionals are subject to strict codes of conduct, enshrining rigorous professional ethics, ethical and moral obligations. Professional standards of practice and ethics for a particular field are typically agreed upon and maintained through widely recognized professional associations, such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE. Some definitions of "professional" limit this term to those professions that serve some important aspect of public interest and the general good of society.Sullivan, William M. (2nd ed. 2005). ''Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America''. Jossey Bass ...
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Public Speaking Organizations
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkeit'' or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, and suffered more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder. Etymology and definitions The name "public" originates with the Latin '' publicus'' (also '' poplicus''), from ''populus'', to the English word ' populace', and in general denotes some mass population ("the ...
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Ron Karr
Ron Karr is an American speaker, marketing consultant and author based in New Jersey. He was elected President of National Speakers Association for 2013–14 and he is the President of ''Karr Associates, Inc''. Karr is a National Board Member of the NSA and a past president of the New York City Chapter of NSA. In 1995, the New York Tri-State Chapter presented him with the ''Golden Mike Award''. Personal life and education He is the son of ''Miriam Karr'' who was an economist and served as the Vice President of ''Counter Trade Group'' at Chase Manhattan Bank. He graduated from the Skidmore College in 1978. Career Karr is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a past president of its New York City Chapter. In 2008, he appeared with Steve Forbes and was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Service for the second time. Karr is also a National board member of the NSA. He has also served on the faculty of the American Management Association and the ''Urban B ...
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Walter Bond
Walter Thomas Bond (born February 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. A 200-pound, 6'5" shooting guard from the University of Minnesota, Bond was not drafted by an NBA team, but did manage to play in 3 NBA seasons. Career He was born in Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its .... Bond played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball, Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team from 1987 to 1991, averaging 8.1 points and 3.8 rebounds in 93 contests. Coming out of college, he made his professional debut in the World Basketball League with the Saskatchewan Storm. In the NBA, he played for the Dallas Mavericks (1992/93), Utah Jazz (1993/94) and Detroit Pistons (1994/95). In January 1995 Bond signed two 10-day contract ...
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Jim Cathcart
Jim Cathcart is an American entrepreneur, speaker and author. Career Cathcart has authored 27 books (including "What To Do When You Are The Speaker", "Mentor Minutes: Reach the Top 1% of Any Field", "HI-REV for Small Business", "Intelligent Curiosity", ''Relationship Selling'' and ''The Acorn Principle'') and numerous recorded programs while traveling internationally to provide speeches at seminars, conferences, and workshops. He is a TEDx presenter and serves as a strategic advisor and consultant. Cathcart is the original author and creator of the concept of ''Relationship Selling''. He is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) from the National Speakers Association. In the years 2015 through 2024 Mr. Cathcart delivered scores of presentations all over mainland China on behalf of World Masters Speakers Bureau (Dr. David Chu) based near Shanghai in the Song Jiang province. He spoke in 25 cities to tens of thousands of young business people and business owners. He also recorded ...
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Rich Hart
Richard Edward Hart also known as Dick Hart (born October 5, 1952) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. During the 1976–77 season, Hart played four games in the World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association () was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1978–79 WHA season, 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (N ... with the Birmingham Bulls. Career statistics References External links * 1952 births Living people American men's ice hockey defensemen Beauce Jaros players Birmingham Bulls (WHA) players Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey players Charlotte Checkers (SHL) players Columbus Owls players Dayton Gems players Providence Reds players 20th-century American sportsmen Rochester Americans players San Diego Mariners players Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL) players Ice hockey people from Boston {{US-iceho ...
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Zig Ziglar
Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar /zɪg 'zɪglər/ (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. Biography Early life and education Zig Ziglar was born prematurely in Coffee County, Alabama, to John Silas Ziglar and Lila Wescott Ziglar. He was the tenth of 12 children, and the youngest boy. In 1931, when Ziglar was five years old, his father took a management position at a Mississippi farm, and his family moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, where he spent most of his early childhood. The next year, his father died of a stroke, and his younger sister died two days later. He described his mother, who was left to raise the family alone, as having only a fifth-grade education "but who without a doubt graduated magna cum laude from the university of life" and someone who had a saying for everything. Between 1943 and 1945, he participated in the Navy V-12 Navy College Training Program at the University of South Carolina in Columbi ...
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Public Speakers
Public speaking, is the practice of delivering speeches to a live audience. Throughout history, public speaking has held significant cultural, religious, and political importance, emphasizing the necessity of effective rhetorical skills. It allows individuals to connect with a group of people to discuss any topic. The goal as a public speaker may be to educate, teach, or influence an audience. Public speakers often utilize visual aids like a slideshow, pictures, and short videos to get their point across. The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, a key figure in the study of public speaking, advocated for speeches that could profoundly affect individuals, including those not present in the audience. He believed that words possess the power to inspire actions capable of changing the world. In the Western tradition, public speaking was extensively studied in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, where it was a fundamental component of rhetoric, analyzed by prominent thinkers. Aristo ...
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Leave The Office Earlier
''Leave the Office Earlier'' is a self-help book by Laura Stack focusing on time management. It was published in 2004 by Random House. The book explores ten key factors that improve results, lower stress, and save time in the workplace. Background Stack is an American executive, author, and speaker focused in the fields of time management and workplace productivity. She is the president of The Productivity Pro, Inc. and is known by the moniker "The Productivity Pro". Stack is the author of seven books including ''Leave the Office Earlier'', and began the "National Leave the Office Early Day". Reception A review by ''Publishers Weekly'' stated "Quoting a 2003 workplace study by COGNA Behavioral Health called "Worried at Work: Mood and Mindset in the American Workplace," Stack argues that workers are stressed to epidemic proportions. Building on the platform of the acronym "PRODUCTIVE," Stack, who holds an MBA and gives inspirational speeches, introduces 10 quizzes and consecutive ...
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