2025 PMI-SNC ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERSHIP

Agenda

• Welcome and Check-In: 5:45pm - 6:15pm
• Board Presentation with Chapter Updates: 6:15pm - 6:45pm
• Food Served: 6:45pm
• Speaker: 7 - 8pm
• Professional Networking: 8 - 10pm

          (Walk-Ins welcome)

Additional Info

Dinner and Drink Tickets will be provided!

Menu:

• Mixed Greens Salad
• Chicken Piccata
• Brisket
• Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Maple Ginger Butter
• Green Beans with Garlic, Almonds, and Fresh Dill
• Orecchiette Pasta in a Sun-dried Tomato Cream Sauce
• WIld Rice
• Assorted Cheesecakes
• Assorted Fresh Baked Cookies
• Seasonal Fruit Platter

Please reach out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you require a vegan or vegetarian option. 

Professional Headshots for FREE!

• This event will feature a professional photographer. This is a great opportunity to refresh that picture on LinkedIn or Teams!

Don't miss out on the Raffle Prizes and SWAG!

• We will be providing PMI-SNC branded swag for all and have raffle prizes for multiple winners.

Meet a Special Guest from PMI!

• Connect with our PMI Region 7 Chapter Mentor and former Chairperson of the Phoenix Chapter.

Speaker

 Ed Tate, Certified Speaking Professional

Ed Tate is an award-winning international keynote speaker, author, and executive. He is "The Speaker Who Energizes, Educates, and Entertains." To date, he has spoken professionally in 50 states, 25 countries, and on five continents.

Ed won the "American Idol of Public Speaking," becoming the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking - Toastmasters International’s most prestigious speaking award among its 352,000+ Global members.

2008, Ed earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association. It is an honor bestowed on slightly more than 12% of its members.

Ed is a faculty member of the Dr. Robert Cialdini Institute of Ethical Influence-New York Times Bestselling Author of Influence and Pre-Suasion (over 7 million copies sold.)

Since 1998, Ed Tate has helped corporations, entrepreneurs, speakers, and salespeople win high-stakes presentations.

Topic

"How to Breathe Life into Business Presentations"

Speak, present, and communicate with poise, power, and persuasion. Make a high impact in a short period. Today, presentations and public speaking are very much a part of every business person’s responsibilities. Effective business presentations and storytelling are what separate you from everyone else. This skill is critical to both your individual and organization’s success. Learn to use powerful tools and techniques to turn every presentation into a memorable experience.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Clearly and succinctly deliver your message
• Move your audiences from bored to excited in a moment
• Learn 14 Different ways to Open or Close any presentation
• Master grabbing and keeping an audience’s attention throughout a presentation
• Lead and persuade without authority
• Persuade with presence
• Avoid Jargon and simplify your message with metaphors and analogies
• Improve Impromptu speaking ability with Planned Spontaneity
• Decrease PowerPoint Dependency
• Generate trust with colleagues, customers, subordinates & peers
• Discover how to make your presentations remarkable and memorable
• Understand the 3 Qualities of an Effective Presenter
• Practice the 4 Elements of Memorable Effective Story Telling
• Forge original, open, and honest stories
• Practice the 4 Most Effective Ways to Reduce Stress whenever you speak
• Deliver content in a way that all listeners understand quickly and apply it immediately
• Unravel the mystery of new brain research so you can deliver twice the material in half the time
• Infuse any content with life, fun, and excitement
• Rapidly Relate – Get your ideas across quickly to a diverse audience of thinkers and learners.
• Create authentic communication
• Overcome nervousness

 Venue

Sierra Gold

Address: 6515 S Jones Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89118

Second Floor Banquet Room