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Mary C. Kelly
September 11, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Mary C. Kelly, PhD, CDR USN, CSP, CPAE
Generate more income. Be more referable to meeting planners. Book more business. Run your business like a business. Stop wasting time.
15 Ways to Grow Your Post-Pandemic Speaking Business in Every Economy
Don’t Make These 10 Common Speaker Mistakes! Grow Your Business NOW!
There are many gifted speakers on the platform. But many speakers are making at least three critical mistakes that is costing them in both revenue and personal income.
Are you running your business like a business?
Did the crazy of 2020 cause you to lose focus?
Did you take your foot off the gas pedal?
Are you looking long-term at your profits and expenditures, and effectively planning your business and personal finances properly?
Do you have a succession plan for your business?
Are you developing the products and multiple streams of income (no, that does not mean working as a greeter at Walmart AND working the window at Taco Bell) that provides you with a sustainable lifestyle?
In this fun, relevant, and irreverent session, Mary discusses:
- The top 10 ways speakers sabotage their own business success
- Business techniques that make you and your team more efficient
- Productivity tools to stay focused on what you do best
- Ways to turn your content into profits
- How to find leads, follow-up, and stay top of mind with meeting planners
- Deliverables that help you generate profits as well as bookings
CSP Accelerator:
In 2021-2022 we will kick off each chapter event with a CSP Accelerator, designed to support our chapter members as they accelerate and elevate their business in 2021.
This month we will… Learn How to Own the Stage from two World Champion Coaches!
What’s the fastest way for a speaker to go from good to GREAT?
One word: Coaching
Think you can’t be a great speaker? Think again. World Champion Speakers, Darren LaCroix & Ed Tate didn’t start with all the coaching secrets. But you will walk away with them.
Before becoming the World Champion out of 25,000 contestants, both Darren & Ed studied years worth of World Champion contests. They were mentored by world-class coaches. Their experience will shorten your learning curve. Discovered what separates the person who wins from the person who comes in second. Want to know what they are? Come to the program and hear it directly from Darren & Ed!
Participants will give 1- to 2- minutes of the opening of a speech and receive instant feedback from a master speaker coach! Objectives: To give you a champion’s perspective on common presenter mistakes, along with techniques & tips that anyone can use to correct them!
Be sure to block your calendar for lunch and the afternoon Deep Dive Session with Mary C. Kelly…
Get Booked and Stay Busy: High Stakes Speaking Tactics for Serious Speakers
How to approach new markets, be a resource, and get booked, even during a global pandemic
Ask Mary:
- How she managed to grow her business revenue in 2020 after the calendar was wiped out
- How she sells without being salesy
- How she manages a team that supports her
- How she published 4 more books in 2020
Ask Mary anything you want! No topic off limits!
Get to know our presenter…
Mary loves dogs, horses, and most people. She became a professional speaker and corporate advisor after retiring from the Navy after 25 years on active duty. A university professor for over 30 years, she taught leadership, business, management, and economics at the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, Hawaii Pacific University, and Colorado State University.
Mary is dedicated to helping people grow their businesses to be profitable.
Mary served on the board of the Colorado NSA Chapter, and published the NSA CO Directory to help meeting planners find and book local speakers. Mary was the Chair of the Editorial Committee of Speaker Magazine from 2014-2015, because she has not mastered the ability to saying “NO” to her NSA friends. She was also the Head Coach (another volunteer job!) of the Air Force Academy’s Equestrian Team for 7 years.
Mary grew up in Dallas, TX before going to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and as a result, she tends to drawl after a margarita or two.
Her future goals include eliminating world poverty, getting animals out of shelters and into great homes, and meeting Condoleeza Rice.