Here are a few of the projects currently being pursued by the National Multifamily Speakers Alliance. Once you have joined, you may choose a project to become involved in and share YOUR expertise.

Innovative Resources Spotlight
Companies with innovations, new products, services, new technology data and current trend research can feature them here at MultifamilySpeakers.com in ready-to-use PowerPoint slides. Speakers will have 24/7 access to compliment training with the most current innovative resources. I know many speakers are dedicated to reporting current trends and product updates. This will give both the companies and the speakers an effective platform. Below you will find PowerPoint Slides from the products and services currently in the spotlight!

Emergency Speaker Exchange
Although we would like to think that every event will go off without a hitch, occasionally catastrophic events DO occur. It has been suggested that we create a volunteer group who will fill in for a speaker who has a medical or family emergency. This would be an exchange service so that if you fill in for someone, you then have an exchange “banked” for your future use. We will need to monitor this and create a system of rules. We need someone to investigate and create a plan for membership review. Thoughts to consider….

• This exchange will become an added “assurance” to the client that we will back each other up and they will be guaranteed a quality speaker for their event. This has been done in the past, however, the NMSA allows us to formalize and create a system for implementation.
• This will be optional in the NMSA Contract.
• Agree to participate in the exchange once a year, when dates are available.
• Open discussion ideas for “process of compensation agreement” regarding original speaker deposits VS. final balance fees due to exchange speaker

Apprentice Program
One of the key roles of this organization is to assist the Apprentices with guidelines, tools and forms to develop the “next generation of industry experts”.
If you remember how you got started and who helped, hopefully there is a list of speakers who offered you guidance. We need to create a formal NMSA program that would include NMSA Apprentice Guidelines and specific instructions to accomplish this goal.
Brenda McClain has offered to lead this team to investigate and create a plan for membership review. Please send your ideas to BrendaHMcClain@aol.com.

Industry Expert Groups (MEGs)
MEGs are groups of “special interest” within the NMSA membership. The purpose of these groups is to provide Apprentice opportunities for the general membership. MEGs provide members the opportunity to learn and grow in their specialty area. The following is a list of proposed MEG topics:

• Business Coaching
• Educators
• Humor
• Sales Experts
• Consultants
• Facilitators
• Seminar/Workshop Leaders
• Writers/Publishers
• Keynote
• Motivational
• Marketing
• Technology
• Distance learning / Webinars

NMSA Workshops
Many people have shown interest in learning from each other and hosting other speakers to present programs for improving our marketing, presentation skills and business administration.

Please let us know what subjects and topics that would be of interest for our Workshop outline.