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• Sponsorship Opportunities

  • Start
    April 01, 2025
  • End
    April 01, 2026

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  Help Us Tell Our Story, and We'll Tell Yours
  Great stories have the transformative power to inspire, connect, and change lives. At the National Speakers Association - Wisconsin (NSA WI), we empower professional speakers to hone their craft and share impactful stories that make a profound difference.

  We invite you to be part of this inspiring mission. By sponsoring our annual events, "Last Story Standing" (in January) and "Breaking Through Live” (in May), you’ll help amplify the voices of professional speakers, and in return, we'll shine a spotlight on your story.

  As a sponsor, your organization will receive:
  

  • Prominent recognition during our events
  • Exposure on our website and event promotions
  • Connection with our engaged audience of professional speakers and attendees

  Your sponsorship demonstrates a commitment to the art of storytelling and professional development, elevating your visibility and impact.

  How to Become a Sponsor
  Join us in making these events extraordinary. Full details are available here. Register now or contact Eliz Greene with questions.
  

  Thank you for supporting the power of storytelling and helping us amplify voices that make a difference!

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• (December Chapter Meeting) Booked, Remembered, and Referred: Your 2026 LinkedIn Glow-Up

  • When
    December 10, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Blue Door Consulting, 50 W. 6th Ave, Oshkosh

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  Booked, Remembered, and Referred: Your 2026 LinkedIn Glow-Up
  presented by Sheri Fitts

  Let’s be honest: most speakers’ LinkedIn profiles are a hot mess. They read like resumes instead of booking magnets, hide contact info like it’s a state secret, and showcase everything except why someone should pay you to speak. Planners and decision-makers aren’t going to dig for gold—they’ll just move on to the next name in their feed.

  That’s where this session comes in.

  Join longtime NSA member Sheri Fitts (teaching professionals how to crush it on LinkedIn since 2008) for a no-fluff, bring-your-laptop, roll-up-your-sleeves workshop. Together we’ll dive into your own profile and:
  

  • Fix the “resume trap” so your profile screams “professional speaker” in under seven seconds
  • Nail your headline, banner, and About section so you stop being scrolled past
  • Showcase your speaking skills with the kind of social proof and video planners crave
  • Learn how to connect without being cringey or salesy
  • Walk away with a LinkedIn presence that actually gets you booked, remembered, and referred

  This isn’t a lecture. It’s a working session. So grab your computer, park the excuses, and let’s make LinkedIn finally work for you.

  Sheri Fitts has been teaching professionals how to stand out on LinkedIn since 2008, long before “personal brand” was a buzzword. A dynamic keynote speaker and innovator, Sheri transforms the way leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers think about digital influence. She is the creator of digitalEQ®, a groundbreaking framework that fuses emotional intelligence with online presence, and the founder of SWAY | LIVE, a fast-growing conference that is redefining what it means to build a purpose-driven personal brand.

  A proud member of NSA since 2003, Sheri does not just talk about LinkedIn. She has been shaping the conversation for more than 15 years, helping thousands of professionals move beyond algorithms and into authentic connection. With her signature mix of humor, candor, and forward-thinking insights, Sheri inspires audiences to claim their voice, expand their influence, and lead with impact in today’s noisy digital world.

  Agenda

  9:00-9:30 am -- Networking
  9:30-9:45 -- Chapter Announcements
  9:45-10:45 -- In-Meeting Speaker Lab (requires separate registration if you would like to speak)

  11:00-11:45 -- Inside the Speaker Studio
  11:45-12:30 -- Lunch
  12:30-3:30 -- Sheri Fitts: Booked, Remembered, and Referred: Your 2026 LinkedIn Glow-Up
  

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• In-Meeting Speakers Development Lab

  • When
    December 10, 2025
  •  
    9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Location
    Blue Door Consulting, 50 W. 6th Ave, Oshkosh

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  New! In-Meeting Lab
  Join us as a speaker and take advantage of the built-in audience at our chapter meeting

  One of the most valuable services offered by NSA-WI is the Speakers Development Lab. The Lab operates much like a Hollywood “Actors Studio” where speakers, facilitators, seminar leaders, those who sell products or services through public presentations, etc. can go to try out new material, revise current material, practice delivery techniques, etc. 

  Our goal for the Speakers Lab is to take speakers, facilitators, teacher/leaders at their current level of skill, impact, fee level, etc., and help them move up to the next level. Both those speaking, and observers benefit from the Lab, and the net effect is to increase the skills and impact of each participant.

  Click here or more information.

  If you would like to also attend the Chapter Meeting, register here. 

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• Virtual Speakers Development Lab

  • When
    December 11, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:15 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  Join us as a speaker or come for the fun and gain some insights and tips as you watch others get coached by our established professional members.

  One of the most valuable services offered by NSA-WI is the Speakers Development Lab. All members -- from Past National Presidents and CPAEs to new candidate members -- are welcome to attend. The Lab operates much like a Hollywood “Actors Studio” where speakers, facilitators, seminar leaders, those who sell products or services through public presentations, etc. can go to try out new material, revise current material, practice delivery techniques, etc. 

  Our goal for the Speakers Lab is to take speakers, facilitators, teacher/leaders at their current level of skill, impact, fee level, etc., and help them move up to the next level. Both those speaking, and observers benefit from the Lab, and the net effect is to increase the skills and impact of each participant.

  Click here or more information.

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• Story Makeover with Kelly Swanson

  • When
    December 18, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  Join us for an online deep dive into what takes stories from good to amazing. Settle in for a highly interactive Q&A to discuss the challenges you face when creating stories for the stage. Kelly will do a few story makeovers to show you how to level up your stories.

  Kelly Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, comedian, funny motivational speaker, and cast member of The Fashion Hero television show Season 1. She is also author of Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Land of If Only, The Story Formula, and The Affirmation Journal for Positive Thinking. She was a featured entertainer for Holland America Cruise Lines, keynote speaker for the International Toastmasters Convention, and has keynoted major conferences and corporate events from coast to coast. In July of 2022 she was inducted into the National Speakers Association Speaker Hall of Fame.

  Kelly’s wacky wit and powerful stories have charmed hearts and tickled funny bones for over 18 years. In addition to her role as a funny motivational speaker, Kelly teaches people how she does it by sharing what she has learned about connecting and engaging to have more influence in business, through the use of one tool – strategic storytelling. Sharing her own powerful journey through story and the formula she discovered, you come to that magical place where the art of story meets the business of persuasion.

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• Virtual Speakers Development Lab

  • When
    January 17, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  
  

  Join us as a speaker or come for the fun and gain some insights and tips as you watch others get coached by our established professional members.

  One of the most valuable services offered by NSA-WI is the Speakers Development Lab. All members -- from Past National Presidents and CPAEs to new candidate members -- are welcome to attend. The Lab operates much like a Hollywood “Actors Studio” where speakers, facilitators, seminar leaders, those who sell products or services through public presentations, etc. can go to try out new material, revise current material, practice delivery techniques, etc. 

  Our goal for the Speakers Lab is to take speakers, facilitators, teacher/leaders at their current level of skill, impact, fee level, etc., and help them move up to the next level. Both those speaking, and observers benefit from the Lab, and the net effect is to increase the skills and impact of each participant.

  Click here or more information.

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• February Chapter Meeting: Speaker Lab Support & Amplifying Your Impact

  • When
    February 27, 2026
  •  
    10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    TBA

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  Topics: Speaker Lab Support & Amplifying Your Impact
  Presented by Mike Domitrz

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• May Chapter Meeting: Boosting Voice Health for Speakers

  • When
    May 14, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    TBA

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  Topic: Boosting Voice Health for Speakers
  Presented by Brienne Hennessy

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