Okay, so we got a lot to cover today. So here are my goals for my presentation. I want to help you find your sponsors. I want to tell you why you want sponsors, although I think you already know. I want to help you get the most money, and I want you to stay till the end because we've got tips, we've got bonuses, we've got maybe a little gift for you. I really want you to be interactive. Is everybody good with being interactive? Okay, let's get some energy in the room. Stand up, please, and hug the person next to you.

Okay. Ah, thank you. Absolutely. Thank you. Okay. All right. Okay. Oh, thanks.

I'm never going to stop. All right, Come back to me. All right, so if I have an interactive portion of my talk, when I raise my hand, that's time to come back to me. And we've got an interactive portion right now. So you came here to NSA influence. You joined NSA because you have a big dream. So I want to know. I want somebody to be brave.

I want somebody to be bold. I want somebody to be gutsy and declare your dream. The more you declare your dreams, the more they are likely to happen. So, Paul, what is your big dream? And stand up. You're not going to be. Oh, and she's going to give you the mic. Stand up. You're not.

I'm from Hollywood. You're not going to be a star sitting down.

My dream. Hi, everybody. My name is Paul Weigel. You will not remember Paul Weigel, but you will remember Iron dad, which is who I am. Irondad.net is my website. Thank you for that. All right, what do I dream about being? I dream about being an iconic leader in the fatherhood space. I dream about taking my story of being an Ironman triathlete, finishing an Ironman six months after chemotherapy.

Thank you. And taking that story and relaying it to other fathers in a. In a visionary way that they can relate to their own fatherhood experience and be the best dads they could be. And I just made all that up in the last 30 seconds, so I hope it worked really well.

Great. All right.

Don't forget the website.

Thank you. Okay, so these are the three most common reasons why people don't reach their big dreams. Number one, lack of awareness and exposure. If nobody knows who the heck you are, you're not going to get the gigs, you're not going to make the business, you're not going to make revenue. So you need lack awareness and exposure, and sponsors can help you with that. And I am a big proponent of Media and sponsors can help you get media because you could have media sponsors. Lack of capital. Okay, he shared his big dream.

We all have big dreams, but we look at the big dream and we say, uh, oh, that dream is going to cost money and resources and capital. And according to the sba, a lot of businesses fail because of lack of capitalization. And sponsors can help you with that because they give you revenue. And it could even be recurring revenue. We'll see that. And then fear. Fear keeps most people from realizing their big dreams. So here's what sponsors will fund.

You're speaking. Where are my speakers? Woo hoo. Every hand should go up there. Your book. Where are my authors? Okay, social media. Where are my social media influencers? Okay, you got a couple. And then your business. My business owners.

My entrepreneurs. Where are they? Okay, your blog. Okay, podcasters. I know we have a lot of those in the room. Okay, virtual and live events. Where are my event producers? Cool. And then your nonprofit. So let's talk about a nonprofit.

Because somebody starts a nonprofit because they feel really passionately about a cause and they reach into their own wallet to fund it. But sooner or later you run out of money and that's why you need sponsors. And the real savvy nonprofits have absolutely mastered the art of corporate sponsorship. Think of St. Jude. Think of Make a Wish Foundation. Where are my nonprofit charities? Okay, great. And then your projects.