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Naperville, IL
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Nicki Anderson's Upcoming Sessions

009: Inspirational Leadership: Critical Skills for Personal Training Directors and Group Fitness Managers (L/WS)

Presented By Helen Vanderburg, Shannon Fable, Sherri McMillan, MS, Donna Cyrus, Nicki Anderson, Vito Lafata, Trina Gray
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Managing a team of personal trainers or group fitness instructors can be challenging to say the least. This preconference begins with an inspiring opening address that focuses...

166: 10 Biggest Mistakes Trainers Make and How to Avoid Them

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2012 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
All too often trainers focus on the act of training versus the art of business. Unfortunately, getting too caught up in the training process may not be what you need to retain...

209: The New Face of Business: Women

Presented By Nicki Anderson, Mary Bratcher, MA
2012 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
Women are taking the fitness industry by storm—not as exercisers, but as business owners. This expanding segment of the business sector is driving the trends, ideas, spe...
Nicki Anderson's Past Sessions

202: Build Your Brand and Your Career Success

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2011 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
As trainers seek to become successful, they often don't brand themselves properly and consequently get lost in the sea of "wannabe" trainers. This lecture will help ...

352: Triage for Success-Helping Clients Realize Their Goals

Presented By Nicki Anderson, Christopher Mohr, PhD, RD, Kara Mohr, PhD
2011 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
In the world of personal training, trainers know there is more involved than simply writing exercise prescriptions. Clients are often dealing with nutritional and psychologica...

438: Networking-The Key to Your Net Worth

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
This is a must-attend session for any personal trainer, group fitness instructor, gym manager or gym owner. It’s all about networking. Do you know how to network? Do you...

522: Determine Your Destiny With Communication

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
It’s not what you say…it’s how you say it! In the health and fitness business, we are often confronted with situations in which communication skills reign s...

551: The Fine Line: Counseling Clients in Nutrition Panel

Presented By Brett Klika, Nicki Anderson, Jenna A. Bell PhD, RD, CSSD, Scott Josephson, MS, RD, Ryan Halvorson
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Where do we draw the line? What can the personal trainer do when their client inquires about their diet? There are many viewpoints on this topic. What are yours? Thi...

581: Become a Presenter! (L)

Presented By Nicki Anderson, Shannon Fable, Aprile Peishel
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
In this jam-packed, 4-hour presentation, our team of experts will share what it takes to be a successful presenter, how to navigate the industry, the opportunity that exists,...

715: 50 Secrets to Being a Top Trainer

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Are you new to the fitness industry? Are you looking for insight into strategies that will help you to become more successful in the competitive world of training? We’ll...

210: 50 Secrets to Being a Top Trainer

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2010 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference™
Are you new to the fitness industry? Are you looking for insight into strategies that will help you to become more successful in the competitive world of training? We'll let y...

249: Healing Hunger

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2010 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference™
One of the most disturbing facts in our country is that although obesity is at an all-time high, 57 million people are dieting. How can we inspire and educate our clients to p...

010: IDEA’s Fitness Business Forum

Presented By Derrick Wilburn, MBA, Nicki Anderson, Todd Durkin, MA, Tricia Schafer, JD
2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
This full-day preconference workshop is for those who are: Starting a personal training or other fitness-related business New business owners (3 years or less) Entrepren...

125: CONNECTED! Networking for Busy Fitness Professionals

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2009 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference™
Developing new relationships through networking can play a vital role in the growth of your client base. Yet, it is probably one of the most important (and underdeveloped) ski...

165: Helping Clients Move Beyond Diets and Into Health

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2009 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference™
It seems that 90% of clients coming through our doors want to lose weight. Many of them have spent years dieting and the only reason they exercise is to lose weight-and if it ...

308: The Art of Conquering Cancellations

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2009 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference™
One of the many important tasks of a personal trainer is teaching personal training clients that exercise is a long-term commitment. There is no doubt that the biggest frustra...

011: IDEA’s Business Boot Camp

Presented By Nicki Anderson, Darren Jacobson
2009 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” —Sir Edmund Hillary, first to reach the summit of Mount Everest

115: Best Practices: From Dull to Dynamic—Re-Energize Your Training Sessions

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2009 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
Let’s put the personal back into personal training by creating and developing sessions that will keep your clients coming back for more! All too often training sessions end ...

226: Shifting Paradigms—Weight Loss to Health Gains!

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2009 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
How many clients come in just seeking weight loss? And when they don’t see immediate and dramatic change, are they out the door in a flash? The best defense against losing t...

280: Helping Clients Move Beyond Diets

Presented By Nicki Anderson
2008 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
It seems that 90% of clients coming through our doors want to lose weight. And if it doesn't happen fast enough, they quit! The most challenging job we have as trainers is edu...

144: TOMA—Marketing Magic for Your Small Business!

Presented By Nicki Anderson
IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
Quick! Name a dentist, chiropractor or hairstylist in your area. Imagine if your name is the first that comes to mind when someone is seeking a personal trainer. This can be d...

224: Pricing Your Services

Presented By Darren Jacobson, Tony Tamules, Nicki Anderson
IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
What are you really worth, and how can you price your sessions for success? For most personal trainers, pricing is a challenge—but mastering the often overlooked art of pric...

305: Breaking Away…From Club Trainer to Entrepreneur

Presented By Nicki Anderson
IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
As the fitness industry evolves, more trainers are breaking away from the safety net of being employed and venturing out into the world of entrepreneurship. Making the decisio...

013: Critical Skills for Personal Training and Group Exercise Directors—Inspirational Leadership and

Presented By Alex McMillan, Mary Bratcher, MA, Shannon Fable, Sherri McMillan, MS, Amy Boone Thompson, Tony Tamules, Nicki Anderson, Linda Freeman
IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Managing a team of group fitness instructors or personal trainers can be challenging, to say the least. This preconference offering will delve into the topics that are most co...

429: InTensive: Women in Business—Getting Started

Presented By Nicki Anderson, Mary Bratcher, MA
IDEA World Fitness Convention™
This dynamic, interactive business workshop has been specifically designed for women. It covers the A-Z of starting and running your own business in an easy, structured format...

624: Cancellations, Excuses and Unrealistic Expectations

Presented By Nicki Anderson
IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Tired of your clients canceling half way through their training package? Frustrated with their lack of motivation? Discover the real reasons clients don’t meet their goals a...
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    Nicki's Answers

    How Do You Deal With Competition?

    I've never looked at other businesses in my industry as competition. I've looked at them as opportunities. Competition (... read more

    Designing Nutrition Program for Clients part 2

    Lisa, I'm going to be doing a lecture with Chris Mohr, Ph.D., R.D. and his wife Kara Mohr, Ph.D. about this very topic. ... read more

    How Do You Deal With Competition?

    Below are a couple of my favorite quotes about competition. “I’m the first to admit that I am very competiti... read more

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