Want help taking your professional speaking career to the next level?

Ask The Pros!

Each senior NSA-NT Pro is active in the speaking industry and is making a successful business work. These Pros will host small-group tables to spend some time teaching about their expertise and other time to answer your questions and offer their insight as it applies to your business. The Chapter meeting will include four 35-minute sessions so members can select their top four interests or needs and rotate from topic to topic. The Pros and their topics:

Niki McCuistion, CSP, “Ask the Pros” Co-Chair (45 years professionally speaking)

“How To Be Interviewed as an Expert and Interview Others as a Pro”

Jim Pancero, CSP, CPAE, “Ask the Pros” Co-Chair (43 years professionally speaking)

“How To Develop a Successful, Long-Term Career as a Professional Speaker”

Vince Poscente, CSP, CPAE (31 years professionally speaking)

“How To Be More Impactful on Stage and How to Tell Better Stories”

Linda Swindling, CSP, CPAE (26 years professionally speaking)

“Negotiating Your Topic and Price”

Randy Pennington, CSP, CPAE, Cavett Recipient (41 years professionally speaking)

“Mastering the Business of Speaking”

Yoram Solomon (10 years professionally speaking)

“Podcasts, Videography and Technology in General”

Chris Price, CSP (15 years professionally speaking)

“Managing Your Data Powerfully to Grow Your Business”

Michael Hoffman, CSP (30 years professionally speaking)

“Round Table Discussions for Our More Experienced Members”

Meet The Speaking Pros Who Want To Help You!

Niki McCuistion, CSP - (45 years professional speaker) - Executive Producer and Director of the award-winning McCuistion TV program, running 35 years on North Texas PBS (KERA). Nationally it is the longest running independent TV program on PBS. She has been interviewed and conducted interviews with world political and social leaders in Asia and the Middle East. She created and conducted the NSA-NT Spotlight series interviews of our most senior speaking professionals. As a speaker/consultant for non-profit organizations, she has helped them develop and implement sustainable change.

Jim Pancero, CSP, CPAE - (43 years professional speaker) - An advanced sales & sales leadership consultant, trainer and speaker for distribution & capital equipment markets. Delivered over 3,000 speeches, seminars or consulting sessions for 800 companies in 80 different industries. Over 90% of his clients are repeat clients.

Vince Poscente, CSP, CPAE - (31 years professional speaker) - He placed 15^th in the Olympics, no medal, no fame, and no built-in audience. Yet he turned that into a speaking care with thousands of keynotes worldwide. Vince will share exactly how he built demand from scratch. Crafting an Irresistible Hook - Meeting professionals don’t book speakers, they buy outcomes. Your Distinct Value Proposition (DVP) is your irresistible lure. He will help each participant define a DVP.

Linda Swindling, CSP, CPAE - (26 years professionally speaking) - NSA Hall of Fame Speaker, award-winning author, and negotiation expert. She is recognized as a Top 10 Global Guru in Negotiation, a Certified Speaking Professional, a recovering attorney, and an NSA North Texas Past Pres. She is a practicing professor of negotiation and dispute resolution at UTD, Linda is the author/co-author of more than 20 books including Stop Complainers and Energy Drainers and Ask Outrageously.

Randy Pennington, CSP, CPAE, Cavett Recipient - (41 years professional speaker). Niched around expertise of corporate culture, change, transformation, and strategy not the delivery process or a specific speech topic. Over 60% annually is long-term, multi-day, or intensive transformation work, not single speeches. Judges success of a presentation by: Does a senior leader with decision-making ability ask, “Can you help us do this?”

Yoram Solomon - (10 years professional speaker). Hands-on creator recording, editing and producing his podcasts and videos. No outsourcing, no excuses. 180+ episodes so far. He has learned what works, what doesn’t, and how to sustain long-term engagement. Tech Mentor for Speakers. During Covid, he helped fellow speakers adapt to remote and hybrid delivery—lighting, audio, framing, gear—the full stack. He didn’t just survive the shift; he helped others thrive through it.

Chris Price - (15 years professional speaker). Uncover how to organize your speaker office for maximum productivity and efficiency using modern, speaker-friendly tech. See how smart CRM tools can transform your contacts and follow-ups into more paid gigs. Take home actionable tips for turning your data into dollars: from managing leads to tracking clients, communication templates, and automating reminders that help you grow your speaking business.

Michael Hoffman, CSP - (30 years professional speaker. Built a career on picking clients to go deeper and build long lasting relationships. Some for as long as 23 years. “My message is not my business. That’s my topic. My business is my delivery systems. I don’t speak on everything. But I’ve re-crafted that message to stay relevant. You can too.”