Friday, June 27, 2014

Cool Things My Friends Do (Week #111) - 2014 CSP Class of the National Speakers Association

Each week on this blog I enjoy highlighting some of the cool things my friends do in their personal and professional lives.


This weekend the National Speakers Association will award 78 people with The CSP ("The Certified Speaking Professional"). Many of the people on the list are people I have come to know over my six years as a member of NSA (I am also one of the 78 receiving this honor).

What is the CSP? The CSP is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform competence. When a speaker earns his or her CSP designation, meeting professionals looking to hire the best of the best see their commitment to the profession, and know they have top-notch speaking ability and a track record of professionalism and success. 

Less than the top 10 percent of speakers earn this credential, which means CSP's are recognized as the best in their field.

The CSP designation is earned through demonstrating competence in professional standards:

  • Platform skills
  • Business management
  • Education
  • Association
The list is below.  Congratulations to all who are part of the 2014 CSP Class (I am honored to be included in such an impressive list).  Those who I know are highlighted in green.
Haydee Antezana, CSP, Benmore, Johannesburg, South Africa
Nanci Appleman-Vassil, CSP, Raleigh, N.C.
David Avrin, CSP, Castle Rock, Colo.
Nancy Bartlett, CSP, Murphy, Texas
Steve Beck, CSP, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Ty Bennett, CSP, Lehi, Utah
Alan Berg, CSP, Kendall Park, N.J.
Mark Black, CSP, Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada
Anders Boulanger, CSP, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sean V. Bradley, CSP, Audubon, N.J.
Peter Brandl, CSP, Lindau, Bavaria, Germany
Roger Brooks, CSP, Renton, Wash.
Leslie Canham, CSP, Copperopolis, Calif.
Donna Cardillo, CSP, RN, Sea Grit, N.J.
Colette Carlson, CSP, MA, San Diego, Calif.
William Conerly, CSP, PhD, Lake Oswego, Ore.
Steve Coscia, CSP, Havertown, Pa.
Roger Courville, CSP, Wood Village, Ore.
Randall Craig, CSP, CFA, MBA, CMC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tom Davidson, CSP, King William, Va.
Adrian Davis, CSP, CIP, BPM, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard de Hoop, CSP, Weert, Limburg, Netherlands
Myla DeLoatch, CSP, Upper Marlboro, Md.
Mark Eaton, CSP, Park City, Utah
Alan Fine, CSP, Salt Lake City, Utah
Michael Foley, CSP, MA, Minneapolis, Minn.
Sarah Fontenot, CSP, Fredericksburg, Texas
Elaine Froese, CSP, PHEc, CAFA, CHICoach, Manitoba, Canada
Steven Gaffney, CSP, Fairfax, Va.
Richard Gasaway, CSP, Saint Paul, Minn.
Terrie Glass, CSP, Richmond, Va.
Damian Goldvarg, CSP, Los Angeles, Calif.
Rick Goodman, CSP, Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Margarita Gurri, CSP, Dania Beach, Fla.
Chandra Hall, CSP, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Gary Hankins, CSP, Oxnard, Calif.
Devin Henderson, CSP, Shawnee, Kan.
Jason Hewlett, CSP, South Jordan, Utah
Mellanie True Hills, CSP, Greenwood, Texas
Mark Hoog, CSP, Fort Collins, Colo.
Karen Hough, CSP, Powell, Ohio
Steve Hughes, CSP, Chesterfield, Mo.
Louise Jakubik, CSP, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mary Kelly, CSP, Denver, Colo.
Sharon King, CSP, Collins Road, Gauteng, South Africa
Jason Kotecki, CSP, Madison, Wis.
Dirk Kreuter, CSP, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Darren LaCroix, CSP, Las Vegas, Nev.
Dave Lieber, CSP, Keller, Texas
Anna Liotta, CSP, Seattle, Wash.
Heather Lutze, CSP, Parker, Colo.
Kirk Manzo, CSP, Atlanta, Ga.
Damian Mason, CSP, Huntington, Ind.
Andy Masters, CSP, MA, Plantation, Fla.
Patrick Maurer, CSP, San Diego, Calif.
Karl Mecklenburg, CSP, Littleton, Colo.
Kimberly Medlock, CSP, Olive Branch, Miss.
John B. Molidor, CSP, PhD, Haslett, Mich.
David Newman, CSP, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Cordula Nussbaum, CSP, Sauerlach, Bavaria, Germany
Marquesa Pettway, CSP, DTM, New York, N.Y.
Raymond Phoon, CSP, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Blaine Rada, CSP, Brookfield, Ill.
Sam Richter, CSP, Minnetonka, Minn.
Volker Römermann, CSP, PhD, Hamburg, Germany
Ford Saeks, CSP, Wichita, Kan.
Susan Scanland, CSP, CNP, MSN, Clarks Summit, Pa.
Gabriel Schandl, CSP, Oberndorf, Salzburg, Austria
Stephen Shapiro, CSP, Quincy, Mass.
Marilyn Sherman, CSP, Las Vegas, Nev.
Thom Singer, CSP, Austin, Texas
Suzanne F. Stevens, CSP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Doug Stevenson, CSP, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Audrey Thomas, CSP, Minneapolis, Minn.
Helen Turnbull, CSP, PhD, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Rory Vaden, CSP, MBA, Nashville, Tenn.
Nadine Vogel, CSP, Mendham, N.J.
Faith Wood, CSP, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
***This is week #111 of "Cool Things My Friends Do".

Have A Great Day

thom singer


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