Canadian Association of Professional Speakers

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 include keynote 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.

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The administrative office is in Toronto, Ontario.

There are 11 chapters across Canada which meet monthly. The chapters are:
*CAPS Calgary
*CAPS Edmonton
*CAPS Halifax
*CAPS Hamilton-Niagara Region
*CAPS Montreal
*CAPS Ottawa
*CAPS Saskatchewan
*CAPS South-Western Ontario
*CAPS Toronto
*CAPS Vancouver
*CAPS Winnipeg

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 Taylor

Officers

* 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 Chair

Publications

*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-based National Speakers Association (NSA)

External links

* [http://www.canadianspeakers.org CAPS website]


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