Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
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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, humour, 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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[edit] Structure
The administrative office is in Toronto, Ontario.
There are 10 chapters across Canada which meet monthly. The chapters are:
- CAPS Calgary
- CAPS Edmonton
- CAPS Halifax
- CAPS Montreal
- CAPS Ottawa
- CAPS Saskatchewan
- CAPS South-Western Ontario
- CAPS Toronto
- CAPS Vancouver
- CAPS Manitoba
CAPS is a founding member of the Global Speakers Federation (GSF).
[edit] 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
[edit] Officers
- Shelle Rose Charvet, President (2009)
- Colleen Francis, Past President (2008)
- Sid Ridgley, Past President (2007)
- Peri Shawn
- Elaine Allison
- Pauline Fleming
- Susan Sweeney
- Sunjay Nath, Conference Chair
[edit] 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)
[edit] External links
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