Ed
Rigsbee's Speaker Introduction for NSA and CAPS Chapters:
Ed
Rigsbee, CSP, is the author of three books on business relationships [show
the books], PartnerShift-How
to Profit from the Partnering Trend,
Developing Strategic
Alliances and The Art of
Partnering. As a regular contributor to business, trade and
professional publications throughout
North America
, he has more than 1,500 published articles to his credit. And, he’s an
internationally recognized authority on strategic alliances. Today he’ll
be talking about partnering with association editors to get your articles
published.
While
Ed has never received a bachelor’s degree, through alliance
relationships, Ed has been an adjunct professor for both the Universities
of California at
Santa Barbara
and
California
Lutheran
University
. Further, he served, perhaps survived is a better word, as a trainer for
Dun & Bradstreet during 1994 & 1995 delivering full-day seminars
across the
USA
. Ed’s real gift is the ability to quickly synthesize
information…you’ll experience that soon enough.
From
the business perspective, Ed brings extensive strategic management,
marketing, and sales expertise to the platform. He has real‑world
experience to share. His work experience ranges from working in a car
wash, sweeping floors, pulling orders at a distribution center and as a
room service waiter to retail and sales management positions, president
and owner of a manufacturer representative and today, Ed is a nationally
recognized author and professional speaker. Ed’s relationship based
presentations hold at the core, “Understand what creates value for your
partner and deliver that value.”
Besides
his speaking, writing and consulting activities, Ed and his wife
Regina
have two sons, Ryan and Jonathan. They have been married since 1974. Ed
enjoys refereeing soccer, skiing and scuba diving.
Ed has been an active member of the National Speakers Association
since 1988. He has presented at several NSA National Conventions, Winter
Workshops and for other chapters. Ed was GLAC Member of the Year in 1990.
But his proudest achievement, in 1999 he founded the Cigar PEG at the NSA
national convention. The Cigar PEG, now an IRS recognized 501 (c ) (3 )
public charity and had donated $125,000 to the NSA Foundation’s
Professional Speaker Benefit Fund, and additionally, over $100,000 to
medical research.
What
does this mean to us? He’s got some kick-_ _ _ content for those of us
too lazy or too reluctant to pick up the telephone.
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