2026 - 2027 Meeting/Event Information
At NSA-MN we strive to provide our members and guests with the very best programming designed to inspire and share expertise in aspects of growing your speaking, training, or coaching business. Most of our guest speakers have been awarded the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation-one of the highest designations that can be attained as a professional speaker.
Our event season begins in September and extends through May. We provide 8 regular chapter meetings, each 3-4 hours in length generally on Fridays starting at 8:30am. At most meetings, a meal is provided.
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Good to Great Presentation the Inside Secrets | Presented by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
April 11, 2026
8:30 AM CDT - 12:00 PM CDT
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The Minneapolis Club
729 2nd Ave S.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
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Open with Impact, Connect to Every Audience, Transform Your Stories
You are invited to an action-packed, content-rich, highly-interactive learning experience with Patricia Fripp.
You will learn how to:
- Open your presentation with impact
- Captivate every audience and get buy-in for your ideas
- Find, create, and deliver superb stories
- Discover little-known and frequently-overlooked techniques to be remembered, repeated, and requested.
Willing-volunteers will experience the Fripp razor-focused min-coaching.
This program is designed for novices and long-time superstars alike. Patricia is ready, willing, and able to help you no matter where you are in your career.
Hear a message from Patricia about this April meeting - WATCH VIDEO HERE
About Patricia
In case you are not familiar with our honored guest speaker.
Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE, is a Hall of Fame keynote speaker, executive speech coach, and sales presentation skills trainer. She has delivered over 3,500 live presentations and hundreds of virtual. She was elected the first woman President of the National Speakers Association. Her coaching clients included executives, engineers, speakers and sales teams.
Her online learning platform, FrippVT Powerful Persuasive, Presentations is an easy, convenient cost-effective way to become a speaking superstar. It is embraced as a “must-have” by speakers and companies world-wide. Patricia is the coauthor of Deliver Unforgettable Presentations.
Meetings and Conventions magazine named her "One of the 10 most electrifying speakers in North America." Kiplinger’s Personal Finance wrote, “One of the best investments in your career is to learn presentation skills from Patricia Fripp.
Program Agenda
8:30 a.m. - Registration/Social Time/Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - Chapter Updates/Meeting
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Feature Program (with 15-minute break)
12:00 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Program Rates
- Early Bird registration before April 5, 2026
- $ 0 - Professional and Speaker Academy members
- $79 - Returning guest
- $39 - First time guest
- Registration April 5-11, 2026
- $25 - Professional and Speaker Academy members
- $89 - Returning guest
- $49 - First time guest
ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING
Accommodations, Special Instructions and Comments
- Cancellation Policy
We understand that sometimes you are not able to attend an event that you have paid for. All attendees are factored into our event expenses and therefore, we are not able to offer refunds, but would be happy to move your registration to the next event for you. Please contact our office for additional details. - Photography/Video Policy
NSA Minnesota reserves the right to use any photograph or video taken at any event sponsored by NSA-MN, without the expressed written permission of those in the photograph or video. - Accommodations
If you have a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in an NSA- MN chapter event, Please email your request to Jasmine Brett Stringer at: [email protected] a minimum of five (5) business days in advance of the event for arrangements to be made.
Tickets
$25.00 Professional Member
$0.00 Earlybird rate before April 4
$45.00 A-La-Carte
$25.00 Speakers Academy Student
$0.00 Earlybird rate before April 4
$89.00 Guest
$79.00 Earlybird rate before April 4
$49.00 First Time Guest
$39.00 Earlybird rate before April 4
$25.00 Legacy Member Ticket
$0.00 Earlybird rate before April 4
