If you are just starting out as a Professional Speaker or aspire to be one, The Australian Professional Speakers Academy is the perfect vehicle for you. You will learn all about how to become a success in the speaking profession and business from some of NSAA's leading lights.
Brief Overview of Academy
Key Objectives:
To provide delegates with the skills and strategies for success as proven by those who have succeeded
To become a pathway of excellence for associates, members, professional members and non-members of NSAA
To provide aspiring speakers with a credible fast track to success in this business
To thoroughly address the six key areas of professional speaking
To inspire participants to grow through strategic relationships formed as a result of attending and graduating from the Speakers Academy
To raise the standards of the professional speaking industry
To further grow the industry that attracts and books our NSAA members
Synopsis of the Speakers Academy:
The purpose of the Australian Professional Speakers Academy is to provide a structured learning program centred on the essential knowledge, skills and strategies necessary for long-term success in the speaking profession in Australia. The program will provide participants with a strategic pathway that can advance their professional speaking given individual efforts and commitment over time.
It is divided into six modules: Topic Development – What will you speak about? In what areas are you or will you seek to become an expert? Authorship & Product Development – How will you package your expertise and/or intellectual property and make it available to your market? Sales & Marketing – How will you market and sell your product(s)? Your Business Model –What is the best business model for you to achieve your goals? The Speaking Profession – What do you need to know about the speaking industry and what it takes to operate as a professional in this industry. The Speaking Craft – What you need to master to command the attention of today’s audiences.
Program Design and Structure:
Pre-Seminar information and exercises
Two-Day Workshop facilitated by experienced professional speakers
Post-Seminar learning activities with co-participants
Materials:
Participants Pre-Seminar Workbook
Participant’s Seminar Notes
Authorship & Product Development Pack consisting of 5 x DVDs, MP3 and workbook
Graduation Certificate
Strategy:
The Australian Professional Speakers Academy is one of several deliberate and planned national strategies of the NSAA Board to help build NSAA as an organisation of stature.
The success of academy graduates will be a positive impact across much of our industry. It will take NSAA a step closer to becoming the centre of excellence we desire that will cater for all level of experience.
The Australian Professional Speakers Academy is a registered business name in all states in which NSAA operates and has a trademark pending.
Academy Feedback
Here are just two of the many testimonials we have received from participants
“I have gained so much knowledge in the past few months that I do openly admit to feeling quite spoilt!
I have had a fantastic foundation laid through attending the National Speakers Association of Australia "Speakers Academy" in Brisbane last June 09. The generosity and ongoing availability of key NSAA leaders as mentors, industry advisors and encouragers has been a true blessing as I embarked on this fresh 'start up' enterprise. The growth in my business, and confidence, can be attributed largely to my initial and ongoing participation with the NSAA. The Speakers Academy I believe is unique in its content and affordability and the very nature of the integrity and generosity of the facilitators.
A special thanks to all involved with the Queensland Chapter for creating such a meaningful, comprehensive forum for emerging speakers. I consider it a privilege to endorse Speakers Academy.” Tarran Deane, Gold Coast, Qld
“There is no better way to fast track your speaking success. Speakers Academy was a critical step in my growth as a speaker. I give it my highest recommendation – it will save you incredible amounts of time, money and energy as you learn from some of Australia’s best speakers. In a word, it is awesome!” Blake Beattie, Sydney, NSW
Academy FAQ
I’d like to become a speaker, but I haven’t been paid to speak yet. Is it too early for me to attend? If you are serious about becoming a professional speaker, the sooner you know what’s required the better. That way, you’ll know where you currently stand and what you need to do to reach the necessary level of expertise. Some speakers do Academy very early in their journey to being a speaker, then do it again after some time speaking (and are encouraged to do this with a discounted graduate rate). I have done speaking courses before, how is this different?
This is not a speaking course; it is a program about creating a speaking business. One module looks at speaking skills and stagecraft, but even it assumes a certain level of competence at speaking to a group.
I did Academy two years ago and it was three days then; now it’s two days. Does this mean there’s less content?
The amount of content is the same, it is just delivered differently. Now, a lot of the information is provided weeks before the Academy Seminar Days in the Pre-Seminar Workbooks. These also contain exercises that require participants to consider the information in light of their specific circumstances. This means that when they attend the seminars, there is less time spent transferring information and more time discussing the implications and applications of it. This way, participants have a richer learning experience and can gain more from their contact time with the facilitator.
Who are people conducting the seminars?
The facilitators are experienced professional speakers with a broad range of delivery and business models. These are members of NSAA who model the spirit of the association with their generous sharing of their hard-earned knowledge. The fact that they can speak from their own recent personal experience keeps the seminars real.
Cost
Full Price - Members: $880.00
Full Price - NON-Members: $1180.00
Previous Academy Graduates: $550.00
Vic Melbourne - 22 & 23 October
NSW Sydney - 9 & 10 July
Qld Brisbane - 23 & 24 July , 29 & 30 October
WA Perth - 20 & 21 August
SA Adelaide - 8 & 9 October
