Elevate Your Craft. Amplify Your Impact.
Connect • Elevate • Thrive
The Southern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association — a thriving community of bold, generous communicators. Whether you're an established professional or just finding your voice, we help you clarify your message, grow your business, and make meaningful impact, on stage and beyond.
Welcome!
You've found your community.
NSA SoCal is your home base for strategic growth, meaningful connection, and speaking excellence in Southern California. We are speakers, mentors, and catalysts — committed to helping purpose-driven voices clarify their message, grow their businesses, and influence lasting change.
But more than that, we are a community — a place where speakers give generously, receive openly, and support one another. You'll find a network of working professionals who understand the journey, celebrate your wins, and challenge you to grow.
You've found your community. For speakers, by speakers.
Chapter life
Moments
from the room.
A consistent calendar. Lots of networking moments a year. A few thousand laughs. Here's what it looks like when SoCal speakers get in the same room.
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Who We Serve
Wherever you are on the path.
Speakers at every stage find their people here. Programming meets you where you are — and a strategic growth mindset takes you where you're going. Pick the path that fits today; grow into the next one when you're ready.
Aspiring Speakers
Profile: Exploring the profession. Building a message worth taking to the stage.
Focus: Roadmap, credibility, clarifying your message — and finding the audience who needs it.
Start Here: Speakers Academy 101 · Guest passes to chapter meetings.
Emerging Speakers
Profile: Actively building the business. Getting paid, getting better, getting booked.
Focus: Skills, bookings, visibility — the demo reel and the systems behind it.
Start Here: Demo Reel Day 2026 · Speakers Academy 201 · Chapter membership.
Established Speakers
Profile: Full-time professionals with consistent revenue. CSPs, authors, working keynoters.
Focus: Scaling, authority, peer learning — and meaningful impact, on stage and beyond.
Start Here: Influence 2026 · West Coast Alliance events · Mentor & lead a cohort.
There is something powerful about being seen by people who truly understand your journey. At NSA SoCal, you'll find more than education and resources. You will find a community of speakers who believe that we rise higher when we learn, share, and grow together.
Hilary Bilbrey — President · NSA SoCal
Events
Chapter meetings, coffee chats, and special programming. Members get exclusive pricing — guests welcome.
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Standing
Monthly Meetings
Regular touchpoints for members — how the community stays connected between bigger events.
| Chapter Meeting | Monthly chapter meetings (virtual/in-person/hybrid) |
| Board Meeting | Consider joining a committee and the board |
| Speakers Academy Sessions | 100% Virtual |
| West Coast Alliance Events | Attend our partner chapters' monthly programs |
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Membership
Our members are working speakers — keynoters, trainers, authors, coaches — each a purpose-driven voice bringing unique perspectives that enrich our community and influence lasting change in the audiences they serve.
Their voices represent the future of professional speaking, and we're proud to support them as they elevate their craft, grow their businesses, and make meaningful impact, on stage and beyond.
In The Room
Watch & Listen
The Official NSA SoCal podcast and YouTube channel — speaker spotlights, chapter highlights, and the conversations shaping our community.
Last Story Standing
YouTube · NSA SoCal
Member Spotlight Series
YouTube · NSA SoCal
Guest Speaker Spotlights
YouTube · NSA SoCal
Board Member Spotlights
YouTube · NSA SoCal
Special Events 2026
YouTube · NSA SoCal
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Partner Organizations
Beyond sponsorship,
true partnership.
Some relationships go beyond a sponsorship tier. These organizations partner with NSA SoCal to support one another and champion each other's communities.
ICF Los Angeles
Professional speakers often build sustainable businesses through multiple revenue streams, and coaching can be a natural extension of the expertise you already share from the stage. NSA SoCal is proud to partner with ICF Los Angeles (ICFLA), a leading professional community for coaches committed to excellence, growth, and meaningful impact. Whether you are considering adding coaching to your speaking business or are already an experienced coach, ICFLA offers valuable professional development, networking, resources, and opportunities to connect with a vibrant coaching community.
Additionally, ICFLA members get 20% off the Fall and Spring Speakers Academy, 9/2/26 – 5/19/27, which includes full NSA SoCal membership — limited seats available. Register now.
Join Our Community
We are a thriving community of bold, generous communicators who understand your journey and are committed to your success. NSA SoCal provides the training, resources, and connections to clarify your message, grow your business, and influence lasting change — while staying true to your authentic voice. Your voice matters. Your time is now.
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