I’m in Phoenix, Arizona at The National Speakers Association Convention. The National Speakers Association is the leading organization for professional speakers. The association provides members with resources and education designed to advance their skills, integrity and value as someone who speaks professionally. NSA has thousands of members which include experts in a variety of industries and disciplines, who reach audiences as trainers, educators, humorists, motivators, consultants, authors and more.
Yesterday I was officially sworn in to serve a three year term on the National Board of Directors for the National Speakers Association. I’m excited about having an opportunity to serve an organization that has had such a positive impact on my career as a professional speaker. I also know that it’s going to be a huge learning experience and it is going to give me an opportunity to grow as a leader.
In life I think that you are given opportunities to step up as leader. This is one of those opportunities and I’m grateful for it.
Some questions to think about:
As a leader, where have you been given the opportunity to serve and grow as a leader?
What’s one of your strongest qualities as a leader?
Where can you step up as leader in your family, community, and in your profession?
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Ed,
First off congratulations on your new role. I know that you will be an excellent leader.
For you questions. My strongest quality as a leader is my ability to listen process what is being said and break it down to what is truly being said. This has come in handy when I have had to mediate between people or groups.
I am an IZEA Insider and that means that I am a leader of a crew of other bloggers. I make sure that I welcome each and every blogger into my crew on IZEA’s SocialSpark platform. This has helped me gather 1,200 bloggers to my crew. I now spotlight as many as I can through crew interviews on my “I’m Not A Famous Blogger” blog. I see that building up other bloggers will help them and help me in the long run.
BTW: I mentioned you on today’s blog post on benspark.com