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, 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.
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 Atlantic
- 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).
2013 Board of Directors
- Nabil Doss (President)
- David Gouthro
- Bob Parker
- Randall Craig
- Merge Gupta Sunderji
- Lisa Leitch
- Sunjay Nath
- Toni Newman
- Don Nilson
- Suzanne Stevens
- Sid Ridgely
- Peter Temple
- Shari Bricks (CEO)
Certified Speaking Professional
The Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) is the highest earned designation in the world of professional speakers; less than 12% of the world's professional speakers hold this certification.
- Dave Broadfoot - CSP HoF
- Kristin Arnold - CSP
- Michael Bayer - CSP
- Beverly Beuermann-King - CSP
- Mark Black - CSP
- Anders Boulanger - CSP
- Roger Brooks - CSP
- Valerie Cade - CSP
- Michelle Cederberg - CSP
- Juri Chabursky – CSP
- Donald Cooper – CSP
- Randall Craig - CSP
- Cheryl Cran - CSP HoF
- Hugh Culver - CSP HoF
- Adrian Davis - CSP
- Linda Edgecombe - CSP HoF
- Laurie Flasko - CSP
- Elaine Froese - CSP
- David Gouthro - CSP
- Peggy Grall – CSP
- Kit Grant - CSP HoF
- Bob Gray – CSP HoF
- Merge Gupta-Sunderji - CSP
- Pauline Fleming - CSP
- Stephen Hammond - CSP
- Paul Huschilt - CSP HoF
- Mary Kelly - CSP
- Michael Kerr - CSP HoF
- Ghislaine Labelle - CSP
- Deri Latimer - CSP
- Brian Lee - CSP
- Peter Legge - CSP
- Lisa Leitch - CSP
- Patrick Leroux - CSP
- Susan Luke Evans - CSP
- Jeff Mowatt - CSP HoF
- Sunjay Nath – CSP
- Kay Parker - CSP
- Bob Parker - CSP
- Terry Paulson - CSP
- Larry Pearson - CSP
- Vince Poscente - CSP
- Michelle Ray - CSP
- Sid Ridgley – CSP
- Garth Roberts - CSP
- Shelle Rose Charvet – CSP
- Rhonda Scharf - CSP
- Greg Schinkel - CSP
- Joe Sherren – CSP HoF
- Stephane Simard - CSP
- Michael Stanleigh - CSP
- Stephanie Staples - CSP
- Suzanne F. Stevens - CSP
- Theresa Syer - CSP
- Ravi Tangri - CSP
- Etienne Vendette - CSP
- Faith Wood - CSP
- Ian Cook – CSP
- Brian Dalzell – CSP
- Warren Evans - CSP HoF - deceased
- Alan Simmons - CSP HoF
- Harold Taylor - CSP HoF
- Linda Tarrant - CSP HoF
- Peter Urs Bender - CSP HoF - deceased
Hall of Fame
The Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame recognizes speakers for their excellence as a professional speaker
- 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
- Colleen Francis
- Cheryl Cran
- Toni Newman
- Jeff Mowat
- Paul Huschilt
Publications
- Speaking of Impact: The Voice of Canadian Meetings – published quarterly
- So to Speak – electronic newsletter published quarterly
- Speaker: The Art and Business of Speaking – published monthly by the US-based National Speakers Association (NSA)