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Jack Enter — Keynote Speaker NSA is pleased to announce that Dr. Jack Enter will be speaking during our opening session in New Orleans on January 17, 2008. Dr. Jack Enter provides training for law enforcement and other professions that focuses upon skills that make individuals more effective in their work and personal lives. Most of his training involves leadership skills for managers and supervisors but his ""Survival Skills"" series applies many of those same skills to individuals in non-supervisory positions. Jack Enter has been associated with the field of criminal justice since 1972 when he began his career as a law enforcement officer. Since that time, he has worked as a street police officer, detective, vice/narcotics investigator, and as the administrator of a law enforcement agency in the suburbs of Atlanta. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1984 and has served as a professor and administrator in the university setting and served as Director of Information and Education for the Governor's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. He was also one of the research associates assigned to the planning of the security component of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.   Bobby Smith — Keynote Speaker In addition to Jack Enter, NSA is proud to announce that Bobby Smith, Louisiana Trooper, will be joining us for the 2nd General  Session on Friday, January 18, 2008. Bobby Smith had been a law enforcement officer in Louisiana for nine years, when on the night of March 14, 1986, at point blank range, he was shot in the face and blinded by an armed, violent drug offender. He recalls lying face down on the center lane of the highway, soaked in blood, and thinking, "Will this be the day that I die?" But Bobby chose to not give up; he chose not to die that day; he chose to live. Life from that day on, however, would not be the same. The days, weeks, and even years following the trauma were filled with many fears about his future, daily struggles adjusting to blindness, and financial hardships. The losses were staggering: eyesight, career, self-confidence, independence, and marriage. Then tragically, in 1997, Bobby's daughter, Kim, was killed at 22 years old in an automobile accident. The shooting, the blindness, the loss of his beloved daughter, all made Bobby realize that what he wanted to do was help others who were also going through traumatic times. He did not want them to suffer alone. He wanted to bring them hope. Today, Bobby continues to do just that. He is the author of two books, Visions of Courage, the Bobby Smith Story and his newest one, The Will to Survive. Ironically, the losses in Bobby's life have been his catalyst, driving him to discover the true vision for his life. But his life is not defined by the losses that he has endured and triumphed over. No, his defining moment, and ours too, comes every morning when we rise, face the challenges of the day, and decide that today we choose to live.

The NSA Triple Crown Award Our winter conference will be the site for a very special presentation.  NSA will present three triple crown awards during the Opening General Session on January 17, 2008 at the JW Marriott Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.