Listen while you work! NTA produces short podcast Q&As with travel industry leaders. All podcasts are introduced in Tuesday and archived here.
Click here to listen to quick social media tips from NTA presenter and international speaker, Catherine Heeg.
| August 24, 2010: 'Simple, Doable, Effective Marketing Skills'--Free at Convention '10 Grab your prospects' attention, keep it and demand response. Expert Larry Mersereau previews his Convention '10 session. Marketing Makeover will demonstrate ways to punch up the impact of real-world materials in his session. Listen Now... |  Business growth revivalist and marketing expert, Larry Mersereau, CTC, |
| July 26, 2010: Social Media 101
Professional speaker, trainer and social media expert Catherine Heeg of Customized Management Solutions shares tips on getting started with social media, examples of what NTA members are doing successfully and some common mistakes to watch out for. Heeg has more than 30 years experience in the travel and hospitality and industries, and will be speaking this November at the NTA Convention in Montréal. Listen Now... |  Catherine Heeg, professional speaker, trainer, social media expert and two-time NTA event speaker |
| June 29, 2010: Parks Canada
Parks Canada is celebrating two important milestones--the 125th anniversary of the creation of Canada's first national park (Banff National Park, Alberta) in 2010 and the 100th anniversary of the Dominion Parks Services, the first national park service in the world and now Parks Canada, in 2011. Andrew Campbell, Parks Canada's director general, shares with Courier's Doug Rentz the events, programs and experiences the organization has planned to commemorate these events. Listen Now... | Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada |
| June 7, 2010: Tourism Cares for America
More than 300 tourism professionals representing 100 companies and four countries gathered in San Francisco June 4 to take part in the annual Tourism Cares for America clean-up event. The site of this year's project was Angel Island, a historic parcel of land in San Francisco Bay that is recognized as the Ellis Island of the West. Click and listen to the podcasts below to hear about the day's activities from NTA members who attended the event. Cathy Greteman, Star Destinations Inc. (NTA Chairman & CEO)
Adam Feehan, Reno-Sparks CVA
Jennifer Sutcliffe, Arizona Office of Tourism (NTA Board Member)
Greg Takehara, The Berkely Group (NTA Board Member) |  Catherine Greteman, Tourism Cares for America, 2010 |
| May 18, 2010: World Religious Travel Assocation
For the second year, the World Religious Travel Association (WRTA), is co-locating their Expo with NTA at Convention '10 in Montreal, Quebec. WRTA President, Kevin J. Wright, shares an update on the current state of the faith-based travel industry and how NTA members can take advantage of the co-location this November and connect with WRTA. Listen Now... | 
Kevin J. Wright, WRTA Expo 2009 |
| April 13, 2010: U.S. National Park Service
Dean Reeder, tourism chief at the U.S. National Park Service, took a few minutes to share information about National Parks Week, the Civil War sesquicentennial events to begin in 2011 and why it's important for tour operators to keep NPS sites top of mind when packaging trips and designing itineraries. Listen Now... | 
Yellowstone National Park |
Social Media Quick Tips
Quick Listens from NTA Presenter, Catherine Heeg
Heeg is an international professional speaker and trainer who has presented at NTA events in the past such as NTA Convention '09. She also offered a three-part series on social media at MONTAGE 2010 in Seville, Spain, April 14-17. Below are two podcasts related to her MONTAGE sessions.
Discover the Potential of Social Media part 1
Get a Grip on Social Media part 2
