Sunday, August 15, 2010

Monetize Your Expertise ?

Washington, DC, August 12, 2010) by Mitchell P. Davis.

Kristin L. Arnold, MBA, CMC, CFP, CSP is an expert on various business models: Speaker, Trainer, Consultant, and Facilitator. She is the 2011 President of the National Speakers Association.

Ms. Arnold spoke about various sectors speakers could serve, and to think of the relationship of the prices they charge for their services.

This chart shows these: ?Business Sectors, ?graphed on two Axes: Left: Process Delivered, Bottom: Content Delivered -- Process to describe the involvement between provider and client. Content to describe the amount of content and instruction provided.



Ms. Arnold said: Facilitators offer high process and low content. Trainers offer high process and high content. Consultants offer low process and high content. Speakers offer low process and low content.

The leading relevant associations are;

National Speakers Association: http://nsaspeaker.org/

International Association of Facilitators: http://iaf-world.org/

International Coach Federation: http://coachfederation.org/

ASTD (American Society of Training & Development: http://www.astd.org/

Institute of Management Consultants: http://www.imcusa.org/

Ms. Arnold?s Website is http://www.ExtraordinaryTeam.com The National Speakers Association?s site is: http://www.nsaspeaker.org/

Ms. Arnold?s earned professional credentials as noted above are: MBA, from St. Mary?s College in California.CMC, the designation: Certified Management Consultant from the Institute of Management Consultants. CFP, the designation: Certified Professional Facilitator from The International Association of Facilitators.CSP, the designation: Certified Speaking Professional from the National Speakers Association.

By Mitchell Davis, a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, at a presentation by Kristen Arnold, on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at the NSA Washington, DC Chapter, their site is http://www.NSADC.org