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Mastering the Art of Creating a Killer Keynote that Forges Deeper Connections with Your Audience | Presented by Karen McCullough, CSP
November 07, 2024
5:30 PM CST - 8:30 PM CST
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Brookview Golf Course
316 Brookview Parkway S.
Golden Valley, MN 55426
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In a world where audiences are bombarded with information and seem to have the attention span of a goldfish, capturing and maintaining their attention is more challenging than ever. Your presentation must rise above the noise and engage while create a genuine connection with your audience.
In this workshop, Karen shares a repeatable process you can use to help you connect to every audience and deliver a killer presentation. We will dive into the creative process, adding audience-focused pieces to your presentation.
You will walk away with a structure that will help you gain insights into what audiences in 2024 and beyond want, need, and demand!
Learning Objectives - just a few!!!!
- Gaining a deeper understanding of the audience and the buyer
- Developing your conference call strategy
- Adding empathy and vulnerability stories to your presentation
- Developing a great opener -Being the guide, not the hero
- Using Karen's keynote framework while preparing for every presentation
- Creating engaging content "chunks"
Karen McCullough, CSP went to her first NSA conference in 1999 in Dallas, Texas, and she was hooked. She graduated from Houston's Speaker Academy in 2000, got her CSP in 2006, and then ran the chapter's speaker academy for the next 3 years. She has presented to over 1000 top corporations from American Express to Zappos. Recently she and did a breakout session at Influence with CSP, CPAE Linda Larsen entitled Own the Stage, Master the Spotlight! She loves what she does, and she loves creating high content, high engagement, high humor, keynotes. She created her first Killer Keynote workshops in 2015 and has presented it to NSA chapters as well as her corporate clients. A few years back, she attended Donald Miller's Storyboard workshop and incorporated some of the StoryBrand concepts into her process. Today, Karen teaches speakers to rise above the noise, engage, and connect with audiences.
Come ready to roll your sleeve up and dive in! You are going to love this session!
Program Agenda
5:00 p.m. - Registration/Social Time
5:30 p.m. - Dinner
6:00 p.m. - Chapter Updates/Meeting
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Feature Program (with 15-minute break)
8:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Program Rates
- Early Bird registration before October 31, 2024
$ 0 - Professional and Speaker Academy members
$79 - Returning guest
$39 - First time guest - Registration between November 1-7, 2024
$10 - Professional and Speaker Academy members
$89 - Returning guest
$49 - First time guest
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
$10.00 Professional Member
$0.00 Earlybird rate before October 31
$89.00 Guest
$79.00 Earlybird rate before October 31
$49.00 First Time Guest
$39.00 Earlybird rate before October 31
