Join us June 13th at the Doubletree hotel for a hands-on peformance workshop that you cannot afford to miss.

This workshop will help you:

• Enhance your stage presence with dynamic openings and colorful stories
• Add humor to create more powerful and energetic presentations
• Utilize key performance strategies that will have you commanding the stage
• Be more remembered and be more referred

Performance coaches will be:

• Judy Carter, top comedian
• Gary Hankins, Dynamic Speaker
• Joni Wilson

After the coaching sessions, Jill Lublin, master PR strategist will be giving us a program on publicity called, "Get Noticed, Get Referrals..., Build Your Client Base and Your Business by Making a Name for Yourself.

Judy Carter's Comedy Workshop

Judy Carter has been a main stage performer at two NSA national conventions.

Judy, the irreverent, wild and hysterically funny author of "The Comedy Bible" (Simon and Schuster), shows you that Your Life is a Joke - and that's the good news. She teaches how to comb your life for laughs and add those personal experiences to your speeches. The session is interactive and you'll walk away with tons of new material.

You'll learn...

• Openings: How to Make Them Love You in Five Seconds
• How to Punch up Your Stories
• Ways to Get Several laughs from One Idea
• Techniques that Successfully Put the Characters in Your Life in Your Speeches
• Secrets to Constructing a Joke

Judy is a master teacher, author, and humorous speaker. She started her career as a magician and later as a stand-up comic, appearing on over one hundred television shows. Ten years ago she formed Comedy Workshop Productions, a school for wanna-be comics. Carter also produces the annual California Comedy Conference, which is attended by top Hollywood VIPs including executives from HBO, Warner Bros, William Morris Agency and others. She is the author of Standup Comedy: The Book (Dell Books, 1989) which has sold over 150,000 copies. Her latest book – The Comedy Bible (Simon & Schuster; September 2001) – is the definitive guide to making a career out of making people laugh.

Carter's expertise at teaching others to use comedy to transform their lives and careers has created a nationwide demand for her as a corporate and college speaker and workshop leader. An outstanding motivational speaker, Carter has inspired thousands of people to use humor to deal with change, increase sales and punch up speeches – in short, to turn problems into punchlines.

Carter's success in corporate comedy has generated feature stories in the Wall Street Journal, LA Times, New York Times and Success Magazine. She has brought her "don't get mad, get funny" philosophy to Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, Lucent Technologies, Fedex, Blue Cross and Pacific Bell. They have found her "tell-it-like-it-is" (only funnier) approach advantageous when tackling sensitive issues like downsizing, layoffs, and dealing with diversity. Her pioneering approach to turning "problems into punchlines" has been profiled on CNN, ABC World News and Oprah.

Gary Hankins

Dynamic Speaker

Gary is the founder of Pygmalion Inc. and creator of The Great Communicator Program™. His program helps speakers secure more bookings and income, develop a stronger stage presence and become a master storyteller.

Gary will share tools from his program to help us increase our brand image and advance our speaking skills.

A popular and dynamic speaker, Gary conducts seminars and workshops and gives speeches to organizations throughout the world. The genesis of his public speaking career can be traced to the U. S. Army, where he taught military personnel how to make winning presentations. Following his service, he became a top producer in the financial services industry, where he built his business by speaking to audiences across the country and appearing regularly on radio and television. Kaplan Publishing released his first best seller, The Power of the Pitch: Transform Yourself Into a Persuasive Presenter and Win More Business, in January 2005. He is consistently rated as one of the top speakers for Cushman Wakefiled, The National Football League and Club Managers Association of America. Gary earned a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Joni Wilson

Your Voice IS Your Business Card—Is Anyone Listening?

In the competitive world of professional speaking, one voice size no longer fits all.

Today's speaker needs not just one voice for business; he/she needs a colorful pallet of voices to fit the many clients, peers and situations

It's a Fact:

As a speaker, your voice, more often then not, serves as the first—and often last—impression you will make on associates, bookers, and clients. That voice can either open or close the door to new speaking opportunities and money in the bank account. Let's face it, for a speaker to succeed in today's market, they will not only need a good, strong voice that demands attention, but a voice that can withstand the rigors of travel, stressful situations and those dreaded bouts with colds and flu.

What You Will Learn In Joni's Session

Joni Wilson internationally recognized voice expert, best selling author, and creator of the 3-Dimensional Voice Training System®, will give you all of the tools you need to create the perfect voice to deliver your message.

You will learn:

• How to use your voice correctly and avoid vocal damage
• Tips to help you create a strong telephone voice people will respond to
• How to take your voice from boring to dynamic in 5 easy steps
• How to keep your voice healthy-even when your not!
• How to turn a weak voice into a powerful business asset
• How to feel vocally confident, and vocally attractive: A good voice is a great people magnet!

Don't Let Your Voice Keep You Out Of The Big Time!

Publicity Program

Get Noticed, Get Referrals... Build Your Client Base and Your Business by Making a Name for Yourself Jill Lublin will be presenting a seminar based on her best selling book, "Get Noticed... Get Referrals" this session will help you get more paid speaking engagements by increasing your visibility. Jill shares her proven secrets for getting the attention of national and local media with low cost powerful publicity strategies and techniques. Get the media talking about you, your products, and services. Instantly increase your visibility, competitive edge, and market share Quickly respond to breaking news and trends in your industry Accelerate your current marketing efforts at no additional cost Gain new repeat business--all from word of mouth “buzz” marketing Learn the 7 guerrilla tactics for mastering any interview with magazines, newspapers, or TV Create name recognition so that people will want to do business with you Identify, contact, and convince the best referral sources Build strong referral networks Jill is a master PR strategist, speaker, and television and radio host. She is also co-author of the bestselling books Networking Magic and Guerrilla Publicity.

Schedule

8:00AM - registration opens
9:00AM-10:15AM - Experts: Joni Wilson, Judy Carter and Gary Hankins
10:15AM-10:30AM - break
10:30AM-11:30AM - (3) roundtable sessions with our performance coaches
11:30AM-11:40AM - break
11:40AM-12:30PM - Jill Lublin
12:30PM-1:00PM - awards recognition/prizes
1:00PM- lunch

Pricing

Advance Meeting Reservation:
(by 5:00PM on Tuesday June 9^th, 2009)

• Member/Apprentice: $59
• Platinum Member: $40
• Spouse/Staff: $40
• Non-Member: $79
• First Time Guest: $45

After Tuesday June 9^th, 2009 and at the door:

• Member/Apprentice: $79
• Platinum Member: $60
• Spouse/Staff: $60
• Non-Member: $99
• First Time Guest: $65

Location & Directions

The Double Tree Hotel is located just off of Interstate 5, between the Atlantic Avenue and Washington Boulevard exits, south and east of downtown Los Angeles.

From the north: Exit at Washington Boulevard and turn left to go under the freeway. Left at the first light onto Telegraph Road. Right after 1-1/4 miles onto Gaspar Avenue. Left at end of block into parking lot for hotel.

From the south: Exit at Washington Boulevard exit and turn left at end of ramp onto Telegraph Road. Right after 1-1/4 miles onto Gaspar Avenue. Left at end of block into parking lot for hotel.

Click here for a map to the hotel.