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AWSA P.O.W.E.R Speaker Certification

Karen Porter and I are so excited that you are joining us as Founders for our first The P.O.W.E.R. Speaker Certification Course. For that, you will get the lowest price we will ever offer for this certification.

But besides our best price, you will also become a P.O.W.E.R. Certified Speaker; something you can add to your credentials, put on your marketing and website, something that will distinguish you from the thousands of other speakers who are hoping to get picked for the gig you win!

Why? Because you have earned the right to be called a P.O.W.E.R. Certified Speaker.

One day, I was visiting a church and I happened to meet the women’s ministry director. I was so excited and I couldn’t wait to tell her, ‘Hey! I could speak to your group!”

But when I tried to tell her that I was a Christian author and speaker, I could see she was thinking, So what?!

Maybe I could have tried to say, “Hey, I’m a wonderful, a really, really wonderful speaker!

(But do you think that would have helped my cause?)

The answer is ‘NO!’ because my social proof was only me, myself and I.

But now, when I find myself with an opportunity for an introduction, I can say, I am a certified P.O.W.E.R. speaker.

Now she raises one eyebrow. “What’s that?” she asks.

And then I explain I have been trained and certified in:

Powerful Presentations – how to create and deliver them.

•Outstanding Messages – messages with power to make a difference.

Winning hearts for Christ – making sure you leave no one behind.

•Exciting Stories. –it’s a sin to bore an audience, but that will never happen when you learn powerful storytelling techniques.

Radiant Audience Transformation – Don’t just tell them they show change, lead them into transformation.

Now that’s a WOW MOMENT. The meeting planner is interested, she’s engaged, and her next question is ready, “What are your speaking topics?”

Now I can go deeper into the heart of my speaking and ministry, and hopefully soon hold a microphone in front of her audiences!

This could happen to you if you become a P.O.W.E.R. Certified Speaker. Are you in?

Here’s what you’ll get:

  • Secrets to Creating Powerful Presentations including stage presence. (Value $497)
  • Create powerful, outstanding messages that will make a difference. (Value $497)
  • Win hearts for Christ – so you leave no one behind.  (Value $497)
  • Learn exciting storytelling techniques to spellbind and move an audience. (Value $497)
  • Learn how to create radiant audience transformation. (Value $497)
  • Live Q&A and coaching with Linda and Karen  (Value $597)
  • Personal Performance Skills Coaching (Value $997)

Plus our sign up bonus:

Our acclaimed session: How to speak without notes.

We are not charging you the $5000 this program is worth, and not even the $1000 we will charge in the future. Click below to see how much you will pay for our lowest Founder’s price, as you will be in our Founding Class!

You can pay in three easy payments. CLICK HERE

We’ll see you in September, either live or via our replays!

Linda Evans Shepherd and Karen Porter

2021 AWSA Conference Schedule

Thursday, August 12

  • Around lunch time? Drop in at the hotel restaurant and have lunch with the earliest early birds.
  • 7:00 Come as you are – dinner out

FRIDAY, August 13

  • 8:30 On Site Check In Begins- Downstairs Outside Junior Ballroom C
  • 9:00 Emcee: Beth Deuwel
  • 9:00 Prayer Warrior Class — Linda Evans Shepherd and Team- Junior Ballroom C
  • 10:30- Devotional: Erica Wiggenhorn- How to Get Unstuck
  • 11:00 Professional Seminar One: Kathy Howard: How to Sell More Books by Serving Your Tribe or Protege Seminar: Honing Your Message and Your Mission with Carole Leathem (Executive Board Room Floor 2)

12:00—FRIDAY LUNCH– Boxed Lunch with Us (If you registered for it) or on your own

  • 1:00 Emcee: Sabrina Black
  • 1:00 –4:00 Seminar: Edie Melson: Recent Changes to Social Media & How to Adapt to Future Changes- Junior Ballroom C
  • 4:00- 4:15 Arise Daily and Leading Heart Reports

Friday Day Sessions END – Check in moves upstairs to outside Ballroom C

  • 4:15 New AWSA Pro Member Meeting- Junior Ballroom C
  • 4:15 NEW AWSA Protege Member meeting- Executive Boardroom Floor 2

6:00 —FRIDAY DINNER (Reception at 5:45)– Ballroom C

  • Emcee Dawn Scott Damon
  • Worship Babbie Mason
  • Keynote Babbie Mason
  • 8:00 Members & Protégé Introductions

SATURDAY, August 14

  • Emcee: Tammy Whitehurst- Ballroom C
  • Worship Babbie Mason
  • Devotional: Laine Craft
  • 9:00 Special AWSA Prayer Time — Tina Yeager
  • 10:00 Break
  • 10:15 Professional Seminar Choose 1:
    • Kaley Rhea: Write to Your Strengths: Building Fiction Muscles with Less Fatigue- D1
    • Jeanette Windle: A Story to Tell: Writing Compelling True-Life Memoir Title- D2
    • Protege Session: Making the Most out of your Protege Membership, Get a Jumpstart to Getting It Done, Encouragement from Former Protege Christine Trimpe- Executive Boardroom

11:30—SATURDAY LUNCH– Ballroom C

  • Emcee
  • Special Announcements- Linda Evans Shepherd

SATURDAY PM Seminar– Ballroom C

  • Emcee: Carole Leathem
  • 1:00 – 2:00 Seminar: Carol Kent- Pro Speaking Tips- D1
  • 2:00- 3:30  Professional Roundtables (listed below)- Ballroom C and D3
    • Vlogging  – Christine Trimpe
    • Marketing Your Book from Pre-/writing to Post-Release; Develop the right plans that use Your Strengths and Connect to Your Readers. – Karen Whiting
    • Children’s Books – Crystal Bowman 
    • A Coaching Perspective: Close to the Heart of God – Phylis Mantelli
    • A Guide to Finding Healing by Telling Your Abuse Story – Dawn Scott Damon
    • Podcasting – Janell Rardon 
    • Branding Secrets – Sharon Norris Elliot 
    • How to Create Landing Pages that Convert – Patricia Durgin
    • Effective Devotionals – Julie Coleman
    •  Getting God’s Word Right in Your Writing – Kathy Howard
    • Detours, Roadblocks, and Speed Bumps How to get back on Track After a Difficult Season. – Cynthia Cavanaugh
  • 3:30-4:30- State of the Industry Panel: Karen Porter (Moderator), Sharon Elliot, Eva Marie Everson, Cherri Cowellm Edwina Perkins, Athena Dean, Cynthia Ruchti- Ballroom C
  • 4:30- 5:30 Counseling Panel: Sabrina Black (moderator), Deborah Maxey, Michelle Nietert, Tina Yeager- Ballroom C
  • 5:30-6:00 Final Charge – Karen Porter
  • 6:00-6:10 Announcements
  • 6:30 Girl’s Night Out- led by Tine Yeager
  • 6:30 AWSA Steering Committee Meeting
  • 8:30-9:30- Meet for Fun Discussion Groups- D3

SUNDAY, August 16 AM

  • 10:00 Prayer and Worship AWSA invites Bookstores to join us!
    • Worship: Babbie Mason
    • Speaker: Erica Wiggenhorn

11:30 GOLDEN SCROLLS AWARD BRUNCH

  • Emcee
  • Music — Babbie Mason
  • Award Announcements: Carol Kent and Dawn Scott Damon
  • Keynote — Cynthia Ruchti

AWSA CONFERENCE OFFICIALLY ENDS

MUNCE Christian Product Expo Officially Opens

Sunday August 16, Afternoon

AWSA-Led CPE Christian Writers Conference

  • Afternoon Session with Susan Neal- Upstairs Room 101
  • CPE Personality Party

MUNCE EXPO STARTS

  • CPE Banquet Starts

Monday

  • Christian Product Expo Opens
  • AWSA Booth – with booksignings open
  • AWSA Led CPE Christian Writers Conference AM Session-Edie Melson: How to Get the Most out of Social Media- D1
  • Lunch on the floor
  • AWSA Led CPE Christian Writers Conference PM Session- Cheri Cowell: Discover the Real Secret to Marketing- D1
  • CPE Banquet

Tuesday at CPE

  • Christian Product Expo Opens
  • AWSA Booth – with booksignings open
  • AWSA Led CPE Christian Writers Conference AM Session- Suzanne Kuhn: How to Build Your Brand- D1
  • Lunch on the floor
  • END CPE Christian Writers Conference.