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CERTIFIED SPEAKING PROFESSIONALS® (CSPs)
The Certified Speaking Professional® (CSP) Credential is the speaking profession’s highest earned international measure of professional platform competence. Less than 17 percent of NSA members worldwide have achieved the CSP designation.
The CSP designation affirms the detailed, thorough, and comprehensive certification process with external and internal review for the speaking profession. It also ensures competency as a certified professional as a speaker, trainer, facilitator, consultant, or coach.
NSA Illinois offers its congratulations to the following chapter members who have earned this prestigious credential:
Steve Beck, CSP
John G. Blumberg, CSP
Sima Dahl, CSP
Laurie Guest, CSP, CPAE
Stacey Hanke, CSP, CPAE
Cyndi Maxey, CSP
Wayne Messmer, CSP
Kevin O’Connor, CSP
Carl Seidman, CSP, CPA
Haydn Shaw, CSP
Jeannie Walters, CSP
Terry Watson, CSP
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Recipients of the Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE)®
In February 1977, the National Speakers Association (NSA) established the Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE)® Speaker Hall of Fame to honor professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence.
Admission into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame is a lifetime award for speaking excellence and professionalism. Inductees are evaluated by their peers through a rigorous and demanding process. Each candidate must excel in the following five categories:
NSA Illinois offers its congratulations to the following chapter members who have earned this illustrious award:
Laurie Guest, CSP, CPAE
Stacey Hanke, CSP, CPAE
We’re Here to Support You
on Your Journey to Speaking Excellence
Whether you’re an established professional speaker aiming to earn the CSP and/or CPAE or you’re just starting your speaking business, NSA Illinois is here to support you.
Learn more about what you’ll receive as a member, join us at an upcoming meeting, or check out our free resource library.
