- Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
The Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) is the Canadian association for experts who speak. Public perception might be to equate “professional speaker” with “
motivational speaker ”. However CAPS members includekeynote speakers, trainers and facilitators. The topics and expertise of CAPS’ members include motivation,humor ,strategic planning ,leadership , management,sales ,marketing ,customer service , communication skills, personal health, change, innovation,time management plus many more.The purpose of CAPS is to provide a community for Canadian professional speakers where they can learn from each other to develop their speaking business while operating to an industry set of
ethics .tructure
The administrative office is in
Toronto ,Ontario .There are 11 chapters across
Canada which meet monthly. The chapters are:
*CAPSCalgary
*CAPSEdmonton
*CAPS Halifax
*CAPS Hamilton-Niagara Region
*CAPSMontreal
*CAPSOttawa
*CAPSSaskatchewan
*CAPS South-Western Ontario
*CAPSToronto
*CAPSVancouver
*CAPSWinnipeg CAPS is a founding member of the
International Federation for Professional Speakers (IFFPS).Hall of Fame
The Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame recognizes speakers both for their excellence as a professional speaker and for their contribution to the profession by educating other people as professional speakers. Election to the Hall of Fame is by the membership at the National Convention.
* Jim Beaubien
* Peter Urs Bender (Deceased)
*Dave Broadfoot
* Jean Marc Chaput
* Bill Clennan
* Donald Cooper
*Jack Donohue (basketball) (Deceased)
* Warren Evans
* Kit Grant
* Bob Gray
* Peter Legge
* Vince Poscente
* Norman Rebin
* Joseph Sherren
* Alan Simmons
* Tom Stoyan
* Susan Sweeney
* Linda Tarrant
* Harold TaylorOfficers
*
Colleen Francis , President (2008)
*Sid Ridgley , Past President (2007)
*Shelle Rose Charvet , President Elect (2009)
*Peri Shawn
*Elaine Allison
* Pauline Fleming
*Susan Sweeney
* Sunjay Nath, Conference ChairPublications
*Speaking of Impact: "The Voice of Canadian Meetings" – published four times a year
*So to Speak – electronic newsletter published monthly
*Speaker: "The Art and Business of Speaking" – published monthly by the US-basedNational Speakers Association (NSA)External links
* [http://www.canadianspeakers.org CAPS website]
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