The PSASA’s theme for its Convention 2014 embraces the notion that to flourish we, as professional speakers, must be true to the values we deliver from the platform.
Join us to explore the essence of true success as a speaker – and reap the rewards. The convention will be shorter than usual. Designed to suit the pockets of those who might be feeling the pinch of the challenging times in which we live and speak, it will run from Friday afternoon until the awards banquet on Saturday night. The latter event, following a day of truly rich presentations and networking, promises to be a party to remember!
Dates
11 & 12 April 2014
Times
11 April 15h00 to 22h00
12 April 08h00 to 17h30 / Gala Dinner 18h30
Convention fees
R2000 - PSASA members / R2500 - non-members
Gala Dinner fees
Included in Convention fees for delegates / R475 guests
Extra Bonus Session - Pre Con
Humor Me!
‘You should only consider using humor if you want to enhance your audience’s appreciation and comprehension of your materials and if you would like to grow your business and make more money.’ Tim Gard
On Friday, professional motivational humorist from USA, Tim Gard CSP, CPAE, will be presenting a workshop on learning the secrets of using humor as a professional speaker and how to implement these secrets quickly and easily into your own presentations. In addition, Tim will share his successes and mistakes with using humor on stage inside and outside the USA.
This workshop, which is open to the public, may be attended as an optional add-on by convention delegates.
Details
Friday, 11 April 2014
09h00 – 15h00 (including lunch)
R370 - PSASA members / R420 - non-membersSee you at this workshop!!
Extra Bonus Session - Post Con
Soweto Tour with Morongwa Makakane
Come and enjoy fabulous South African hospitality with your hostess Morongwa Makakane as she takes you through the streets of Soweto. A full day tour comprising of a visit to the Nelson Mandela House, Hector Peterson Memorial and the Apartheid museum will leave you having a fuller appreciation of what really went on during those tumultuous years in South Africa pre 1994.
Tour Details:
- Date: Sunday 13 April
- Departure Time: 08:00
- Pick up from the hotel
- Price: R950 per person (including the book)
- Price: R750 per person (excluding the book)
- Price includes entrance fee at all Museums and lunch at Wandies Place (drinks excluded)
Day 2 - Saturday 12 April
07h00 - Registration & refreshments
08h30 - Welcome
08h40 - Opening energiser
08h50 - Lorraine Jenks - Walking a Greener Talk
09h00 - Nicky Abdinor
09h45 - Story Strategy
09h50 - GSN / GSF Update - Lesley Everett FPSA, PSAE
10h00 - Refreshments
10h30 - Ron Karr CSP, FPSA
11h15 - Story Strategy
11h20 - Rob Caskie
12h05 - Story Strategy
12h15 - Lunch
13h30 - Learning Lounge (6 speakers) 15 mins per speaker
14h30 – Refreshments
14h50 - Tim Gard CSP, CPAE
15h50 - Story Strategy
16h00 - Playback Theatre
17h00 - Closing Ceremony
17h30 - End
18h30 for 19h00 - Banquet & Awards (Free to attendees, R475 for partners)
Day 3 - Sunday 13 April
Post Con
Not included in convention fee
Soweto Tour with Morongwa Makakane
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Come and enjoy fabulous South African hospitality with your hostess Morongwa Makakane as she takes you through the streets of Soweto. A full day tour comprising of a visit to the Nelson Mandela House, Hector Peterson Memorial and the Apartheid museum will leave you having a fuller appreciation of what really went on during those tumultuous years in South Africa pre 1994.
Tour Details:
Full Day Soweto Tour
Tour comprises of:
To secure your place, please book and make payment by 31 March 2014. Space is limited.
Payment details:
Bank Account: NSASA
Bank: ABSA
Account: 4054960719
Branch: Rosebank Central
Branch code: 632005
SWIFT code: ABSAZAJJ
Soweto Tour
This famous sprawling township is home to over 4 million people living in peace and harmony. We will visit the original homes of Nelson Mandela and Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu. Both home are situated in Vilikazi Street, the only street in the world to have housed two Nobel Prize winners. Our lunch stopover will be at Wandie’s Place, one of the most prestigious shebeens (restaurants) in Soweto. This tour of Soweto is not to be missed. In addition to the Soweto Tour, we will visit both the Hector Peterson Museum and the Apartheid museum.
Hector Pietersen Memorial and Museum
The Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto was erected in the early 1990′s as a memorial to Hector Pieterson, a 12 year old child, who is believed to have been the second school pupil shot by police during the Soweto Student Uprising on 16th June, 1976 – but the first fatality.
The Hector Pieterson Memorial in Khumalo Street is a few hundred meters from the spot where Pieterson was gunned down.
Apartheid Museum
The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story. A series of 22 individual exhibition areas takes the visitor through a dramatic emotional journey that tells a story of a state-sanctioned system based on racial discrimination and the struggle of the majority to overthrow this tyranny. For anyone wanting to understand and experience what apartheid South Africa was really like, a visit to the Apartheid Museum is fundamental.
Wandie’s Place
This cosy tavern in the middle of Soweto is popular with both locals and tourists alike. In the suburb of Dube, some 15km from the Jo’burg city centre, it has become a mandatory stop on the route for most Soweto tour operators.
The restaurant has played host to such luminaries as Richard Branson, Evander Holyfield, Jesse Jackson, Quincy Jones and the All Blacks.
For those who seek a touch of the exotic, the establishment serves indigenous cuisine in the form of dumplings, mogodu, ting (soft porridge), pap and umqushu (samp).
Meals are served buffet style and dishes include mutton, lamb, beef and chicken. Vegetarians are spoilt for choice, if salads are what you want. There are six on the menu, including coleslaw, French salad, beetroot salad, potato salad, tuna fish salad and chakalaka – a local hot salad made of tomatoes, baked beans, onion, chillies and green chillies.
To secure your place, please book and make payment by 31 March 2014. Space is limited.
Book via our administrator Simone – simone@psasouthernafrica.co.za or book online
The rates for the Sunnyside Park are as below:
Standard Single Room - R970 per night, bed and breakfast included
Standard Double/Twin Room - R1235 per room, per night, bed and breakfast included
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