Services
Speaking
Enthusiastic Expertise On Demand
Speaking that sends people home with a list
As educators, motivators, and keynote speakers, S. Robert August and the team at North Star Synergies address audiences throughout the United States and internationally.
We customize each presentation with a sensitivity to the specific needs of your audience — and we mean that literally. A room of association members deciding whether to renew needs a different hour than a builder’s national sales meeting in a soft market. Tell us which one you’ve got and what you want people to do differently on Monday.
Track record
Robert was ranked number one speaker of the year by the National Sales and Marketing Council of the NAHB in 1996, and has since been honored as an Educator of the Year and a Legend of Residential Marketing. He’s presented at the International Builders’ Show, taught IRM accredited courses across the country, and emceed national award programs including the Best of 50+ Housing Awards.
The comment that comes back most often over the years is about density — people leave with a list, not just a good feeling. One attendee put it memorably: “it was like trying to drink out of a fire hydrant.”
Formats
- Conference keynotes and general sessions
- Association meetings, chapter events, and membership drives
- Company and national sales meetings
- Accredited course instruction and full-day workshops
- Panel moderation and awards emcee work
- Webinars and audio conferences
Topics
Sessions get built to order, most often around:
- Networking and asking for referrals
- Overcoming objections to the sale
- Follow-up systems people actually use
- Builder–broker cooperation as a revenue channel
- Effective marketing on a shoestring budget
- Selling to senior and downsizing buyers
- Membership recruitment, retention, and sponsorship sales
Want to hear one first? Several of these are transcribed in full in our resources, and the 88-minute One Hour MBA webinar is there too.
Or ask us for a customized marketing, management, sales, economic development, or fund-raising presentation built for your company.
Call +1 303.500.3400, or send us a message.
Speaking: common questions
- What topics does S. Robert August speak on?
- Sales, marketing, and management in the new home and real estate industry — networking and referrals, objection handling, follow-up systems, builder-broker cooperation, marketing on a limited budget, selling to senior and downsizing buyers, and association membership growth. Every presentation gets built around the audience in the room.
- How do I book a speaker for our association or sales meeting?
- Call +1 303.500.3400 or send us a message with your date, your audience, and what you want people walking out with. We'll tell you whether we're the right fit, and we'll customize the presentation to what your audience actually needs.
- Do you speak internationally?
- Yes, we address audiences throughout the United States and internationally. One of our favorite engagements was a full-day workshop for 250 real estate brokers in Guatemala City, on behalf of the conglomerate Multiproyectos.
- Can you deliver a custom presentation rather than a standard talk?
- That's how we prefer to work. We build fully customized marketing, management, sales, economic development, and fund-raising presentations, which for an association or a national sales meeting gives people far more than a talk off the shelf.