Motivating the Motivators

In 1977, several National Speakers Association (NSA) members heard that a highly respected speaker and his wife were facing severe financial difficulty due to the speaker’s prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s. They began sending checks in various amounts that were forwarded to the speaker’s wife. The speaker was Frank Bettger, author of bestselling book, How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling.

Both he and his wife were feeling the weight of medical bills and outliving their saved assets. When Frank passed away in 1981, his wife still faced a financial challenge. Frank, however, had been in the insurance business so the proceeds from his policy provided her with the income she needed.  After Mrs. Bettger passed away, NSA learned that she had made the necessary changes to her will to repay what had been given to them when they needed it most.

Realizing that other members might one day be in a similar situation, NSA used these funds to form a Foundation called the Professional Speakers Benefit Fund (PSBF).

Since that initial act of generosity, the PSBF has helped hundreds of members with financial assistance during serious health emergencies, catastrophic loss from natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, and the outliving of their assets.

I have been a member of the National Speakers Association for 20 years and have met several motivational speakers who were helped by funds from the PSBF. Today’s gift was a donation to the fund to help motivate the motivational speakers in need.

In Giving,

Robin