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Info from the Award-winning North East Region of the Professional Speaking Association
This Saturday 24th March 2012
9:00 Carrwood Park, Nr Garforth, Leeds
Labelled ‘Mr Network’ by The Sun, Andy Lopata was called one of Europe’s leading business networking strategists by the Financial Times. Andy is the author of three books on networking, as well as a blogger for The Huffington Post and NatWest Business Sense.
Andy speaks internationally and has worked with companies from one-man bands to organisations such as Deloitte, Merrill Lynch and Mastercard to help them realise the full potential from their networking.
He is also a Fellow and former vice-president of the Professional Speaking Association.
"It's Who Knows You"
One of the first things most professional speakers are told to do is 'go out and network'. What follows is a flurry of activity at local networking events, at the PSA and on sites such as LinkedIn and Twitter. But what do we actually achieve from all of this networking?
Andy Lopata believes that most speakers struggle to achieve anywhere near the potential that networking can offer us. While many of us speak about the importance of goals and objectives in our presentations, these are precisely the qualities lacking from much of our networking.
The day before this meeting, Andy will be speaking on the main stage of the Federation of Small Businesses Conference alongside some of the biggest names in British business and politics. In his interactive presentation, Andy will share some of the content he shares with audiences around the world, as well as a personal insight into how his advice has helped his own speaking career.
Andy will also be asking you to consider just how you can network to develop your speaking business and challenge you to leave this masterclass with a clear idea of the help you need...and where you can find it.
Every decision you make is based on your core values whether you are consciously aware of it or not. Jo Simpson is a leading authority and inspiration in Values Based Leadership and through the successes she has achieved in her International work with Leaders in Organisations, Business Owners and Individuals, Jo will share with you how living and leading from your core values (your personal motivators) is the key to success in all areas of your speaking business and indeed life. Learn how to make better, more profitable decisions for your business and personal success by understanding and aligning those decisionswith your values. To discover what drives your success (or lack of it), Jo’s session is a must.
This event is not to be missed.
If you haven’t already registered….Register Now
Book online or email Katherine Aitken to register your attendance. Email: katherine@spacecraft-events.co.uk or call 07895 033 391.
Registration….
please email katherine@spacecraft-events.co.uk to book your place or
http://www.professionalspeaking.biz/Default.aspx?pageId=706432&eventId=46...
And don't forget Collarboration Live in London 14th April with our very own Lee Jackson + more - http://www.professionalspeaking.biz/Default.aspx?pageId=1232541
See you soon! The PSA North East Team
Further dates for your diary...
Mon 19th March - Newcastle - see post below
Sat 24th March - Leeds - see post below
Sat 14th April London - see post below
Sat 28th April - Leeds
May curry night social :)
Weds 20th June - Leeds
Sat July 14th - venue tbc TEDx style event
August off!
Sat 15th Sept venue tbc
Our UPDATED upcoming meeting dates...
We've been meeting, phoning, skyping and emailing to offer you the best value we can as the Professional Speaking Assocation North East Region,
Here's the latest meeting schedule (please ignore any others previously published)...
Monday 19th March 2012 18:30 In the true North East!
We are meeting in partnership with Toastmasters in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The brilliant international speaker Clive Wilson and the award winning Andy McKechnie.
DZUKANI – the wake-up call
When Nelson Mandela was asked for the secret of his success, he told journalists simply “I
know who I am.” From this powerful foundation he transformed the darkness of apartheid
to the compelling future of a rainbow nation. He and other notable leaders have shared
common traits: facing up the future with honesty and courage and transforming tension into
opportunity. In a challenging world this technique which Primeast calls Dzukani must be
understood and applied by every leader (and speaker) who wants to make a difference. Clive
Wilson will share this simple process in a manner that can be replicated again and again.
Clive has been speaking at conferences and facilitating workshops on the release of human
potential since 2000 and has worked in all continents except South America. He is a long-
standing member of PSA and was our northeast chapter president between 2004 and
2006. He is deputy chairman at Primeast, a global consultancy specialising in leadership,
change and teamwork since 1987. He was MD between 2002 and 2008 during which time he
and his co-directors grew the business over four-fold and delivered a stretching vision (in full
and early).
Andy McKechnie: Fit to Lead – A New Generation
Andy McKechnie is an international motivational speaker and the Junior Chamber
International World Public Speaking Champion 2006. He is an accomplished professional
speaker, peak performance coach and wellbeing consultant. Andy has an amazing ability
to tailor his presentations to inspire lasting change. In recent years, he has delivered
motivational speeches in the UK, Switzerland, Estonia, Sweden and South Korea. A
former member of the national freestyle ski team, Andy believes that we must be mentally,
emotionally and physically “match fit” for leadership, business and modern life. Andy now
speaks at over 50 conferences every year. Famed for his contagious enthusiasm, Andy
shares powerful tools and strategies to allow any individual business or organisation to be FIT
FOR LIFE AND FIT FOR LEADERSHIP!!!
We are living in turbulent times. Competition in business is no longer local or national, it is
truly international. With many of the baby boomers retiring, there are legions of young people
now entering the workplace, and many of them will become key decision makers in the next
few years. With the click of a computer mouse or mobile device, modern audiences can
be “instant experts”. This inspirational new session will allow you get the results you want
every time you speak to a younger and techno savvy audience.
This event is a collaboration between Toastmasters and PSAwho will have one of their members delivering a short talk which will be evaluated by PSA members as well as Toastmasters. Their will also be a whole lot of fun with speakers from both associations taking part in the table topics challenge.
Due to the collaborative nature of the event we expect it to fill up quickly so please book
early.
Monday 19th March 2012 18:30 arrival – 21:30 close
Jurys Inn, Time Square, Newcastle upon Tyne
£15 members and guest
And then... Saturday 24th March 2012 9:00 Carrwood Park, Leeds
Back home in the wonderful Carrwood Park with the legend and PSA Fellow Andy Lopata
delivering his sensational "...and Death Came Third!: The Definitive Guide
to Networking and Speaking in Public" content.
Sat. 24th March 2012 09:00 arrival – 12:30 close
Carrwood Park, Leeds
£15 members and guest
Registration….please email katherine@spacecraft-events.co.uk to book your place,
stating which event you would like to attend.
And don't forget Collarboration Live in London 14th April with our very own Lee Jackson + more - http://www.professionalspeaking.biz/Default.aspx?pageId=1232541
See you soon!
The PSA North East Team
Christmas is approaching and have we in the North East got a present for you. Our next meeting is definately one that will help us finish the year on a high. First of all we have secured the winner of the 2011 PSA Speaker Factor competition and for anyone who was not at the conference, Chis Mathewman was hilarious.
Chris Matthewman is a writer, communicator and self proclaimed expert on all things to do with love and relationships. Whether in our personal lives or careers there are very few things that have the power to affect us for good or ill, more than the relationships we have and the people that we know. Through comedy, music, discussion and a humorously presented catalogue of romantic mishap, Chris presents the principles that have helped him to handle his relationships in less disastrous ways. Chris has spoken on relationships to audiences as diverse as business owners in Cardiff, sixth form students at Harrow and comedy lovers at the Edinburgh fringe.Shonette Bason is the Mary Poppins of motivation! She is a national and international speaker who inspires and impacts on the workforce. Shonette started her career as a primary school teacher working in a variety of schools, even abroad in Switzerland and Cyprus. As a single mother of 4 she has learnt how to juggle family life with running her own successful business. Her passion, energy, enthusiasm and dedication radiate out of her and infect those around her in a positive way. Listening to her present ' Send You Soaring' will entertain you and she will certainly make you smile with her humourous style. Its all underpinned with long lasting thought provoking strategies to influence all aspects of people lives.
Pete Wilkinson (CHECKOUT ZONE)AGM: 9.15pm - 9.30pm
Venue Carrwood Park, Swillington Common Farm, Selby Road, Leeds LS15 4LG http://www.carrwoodpark.com/contact-us/
Cost: £10 inc 20% VAT
Best wishes
Richard McCann
President PSA North East 'Region of the year 2011'.
Thanks to all who attended the first ever PSA North East BBQ we had a great time as we built relationships, listened to great music, ate good food and made new contacts.
Some of you have asked for the caterers contact details - Justin Thomas (ex-Masterchef contestant) can be contacted via justinleeds@gmail.com or 07984 938500.
S Factor Competition
Next up is our Speaking Competition - The S Factor is coming very soon on Saturday September 3rd.
We currently have 8 people ready to take part, the wonderful…
Nina Morton-Brook
Reg Atkinson
Karen Asemper
Roger Masterson
Christine Mclean
Angela Whitlock
Tom Fitzsimons
Paul Kerfoot
Jon Archer
…but we still have space for more! Are you up for it?
Full details, info and terms are here - http://psanortheast.posterous.com/psa-speaker-factor-comp-2011-information-for
Take part, be a judge, give feedback and also listen to one the UK's best speakers, Yorkshire's very own Phil Hesketh...
Now firmly established as one of the country’s top professional speakers, Philip Hesketh both commands the attention of an audience and captures its imagination.
It might be an inspiring sixty-minute talk or a highly bespoke and interactive two-day seminar. Both are delivered with the same ruthless aplomb that combine a potent mix of thought-provoking, well-researched, persuasive techniques with his own highly entertaining and unique brand of humour. The result? Audiences are enthralled as well as informed from first minute to last. Smiling throughout and often laughing out loud. But more importantly, they leave the event inspired and better informed on how buying, selling, persuading and influencing actually work. For it is the transference of this knowledge of how the process of influence works that empowers delegates to become more persuasive and influential themselves from that moment on.
Plenty of speakers can address an audience about the powers of persuasion. However, few can actually teach them how to become more persuasive in a ‘Key Note’ talk of 30, 45 or sixty minutes that is highly tailored to their particular organisation or industry. This is the specialism of Philip Hesketh.
His audiences include accountants, lawyers, IFAs, bankers, engineers and sales specialists in a wide variety of fields. And although the outcome of each presentation is the same, the content and delivery is always different. One delegate said recently, “I didn’t seem to go more than ten minutes without feeling the need to either laugh out loud or write something down.” And as another delegate at a two-day course commented “It was highly interactive and yet had none of that awful role play stuff!”
He is the author of the Amazon number one best selling book, ‘How to Persuade and Influence People’ which has been described as ‘The definitive guide to persuasion and influence.’ His second book, ‘The Seven Golden Rules for a Happy and Successful Life’ is available in hard back from his web site. He is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University and current holder of Vistage UK’s ‘Outstanding Performer’, ‘Most Requested Speaker’ and TEC Australia’s ‘Overseas Speaker of The Year’ awards. More details: www.heskethtalking.com
Register now!
Date: Sat 3rd September 2011
Time: 9.00am registration to 12.30pm finish
Venue: Carrwood Park, Selby Road, Leeds, LS15 4LG <------NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE!!
Cost: £10 for members and £10 for guest for their first two visits, £50 thereafter (Payment can be made on the door either by cash or cheque made payable to PSA NE).
Please register your attendance with Katherine Aitken on katherine@spacecraft-events.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you there!
Richard McCann President, Professional Speaking Association, North East
We the Professional Speaking Association (PSA) North East are a friendly group of people who speak for a living or as part of our business. Come and join us at our regular meetings and hear and learn from some of the best speakers in the UK.
