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, 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.

[edit] Structure

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).

[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)