Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers

Recently an NSA member was contacted about a speaking engagement in London by a man by the name of Pastor Mark Graham Smith, claiming to be from the London Youth Conference. The scam revolves around the insistence of Pastor Mark Graham Smith, who required her to get a work permit before he would send her [...]

The Power of Your Words

by Mike Faber
Watching the confluence of celebration these past two days, I have been reminded of the humility and power of the spoken word. Like a lot of speakers, I’ll listen to members of our professional community and marvel at how true word-smiths can bring language alive. Smugly, I place myself on the fringes of [...]

News from John DiPietro

John DiPietro (john@johndipietro.com) has just been selected to provide a weekly blog for a daily newspaper owned by the New York Times Company.  One of the topics will be “motivational speaking.”  I am not going to give tips on how to be a good speaker, but bring stories out about how speakers have increased their [...]

Welcome!

Welcome to NSA’s member news blog!  Here members can post exciting business-related news to inform people what is happening with their speaking business.  And don’t let the term “blog” make you nervous, feel free to post a few sentences or just paste your press release.  If you do want to include details, feel free to–that’s the [...]