“It is impossible to outgive yourself, so never be reluctant to be generous.” -Cavett Robert
🎤I just returned from the National Speakers Association’s Influence conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
💝This conference was not great for what I got, it’s great for what I gave.
I gave:
- AI Video Editing and Production for LaughNSA
- Production and Karaoke Jockey for NSA Karaoke
- Production for the Chapter Leaders Meeting
- Production for the first HYBRID Sunday Church service
- Video of NSA Northwest Past President Denise Gabel’s on stage performance
- Emcee for the NSA Music Jam
- And so much more
Why do I do it?
- 💡It lights me up everyone in the room is energized and engaged.
- 👁️I love when attendees can focus on the meeting and NOT the mistakes.
- ⤴️I love when I know I’m helping to elevate the brand.
- 🫱🏽🫲🏽I love when networking is totally natural.
- 🥂I love smoothing out awkward moments (like when a presenter needed to swap in their laptop and it took 7-minutes).
- 🧑🤝🧑I love being a trusted advisor.
- 👀I love making people’s visions come true.
- 😁And so many good things happen when people see how generous I am.
What can you do today to be generous?
-John Chen
CEO, Engaging Virtual Meetings
Your experts in engaging virtual and hybrid meetings
—INVITATION—–
You are personally invited to The Engaging Retreat. 10/28/25-10/30/25
If you a speaker, planner or leader who wants to be more engaging, CLICK to join this community.
https://evmconference.eventbrite.com?discount=evmjohn
Tickets:
FREE – Livestream
$97 VIP – Zoom
$997 IN-PERSON – complete with video recording, coaching, after-hours networking and all food and beverage
—UPCOMING CALENDAR—–
8/16/2025 – NSA NW Confab with Lisa Ryan – Smiling and Dialing
Mercer Island, WA and Virtual
Featuring Past-President Denise Gabel and the FIRST NSA Northwest Cavett Award Winner Brian Walters
9am-12pm PST + Optional Lunch
I will be the Producer and President
https://nsanorthwest.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=372276&item_id=2600840
8/23/2025 – NSA NW Happy Hour and President John Chen Birthday Celebration
12pm-5pm
Shoreline, WA
https://nsanorthwest.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=372276&item_id=2620980
9/13/2025 – Florida Speakers Association
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
https://www.floridaspeakers.org
10/19/2025 – 10/22-2025
The Presentation Summit
The BEST place to learn how to make your presentations even better.
I will be the Main Producer and Speaker
https://betterpresenting.com/summit25
10/28/2025 – 10/30/2025 – The Engaging Retreat 2025
If you want to learn how to be more engaging as speaker or an event planner, this is your retreat to bring you NEW ideas.
The first 50 to register in-person get 5-minutes on stage with coaching and 4-camera video returned to you.
Bothell, WA and Virtual
https://evmconference.eventbrite.com?discount=evmjohn
11/5/2025 – 11/6/2025 NSA Activate
NSA’s Virtual Conference!
https://activate.nsaspeaker.org
11/15/2025 NSA NW Confab with Legendary Speaker Patricia Fripp!
Mercer Island, WA and Virtual
9am-12pm PST + Optional Lunch
https://nsanorthwest.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=372276&item_id=2607859
11/18/2025 – 11/20/2025 – Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education Symposium 2025
Phoenix AZ and Virtual
I am the Virtual Emcee
