Annual CSP/CPAE Speaker Panel Discussion

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We will kick off the morning with the CSP/CPAE Speaker Panel Discussion. Trish Kruse and Maureen Zappala, will moderate the panel of NSA-Las Vegas’ most distinguished and successful speakers on how to launch and grow your speaking business.

• Judi Moreo, CSP
• Ed Tate, CSP and World Champion of Public Speaking
• Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
• Dr. Jeffrey Magee, CBE, CSP, CMC, PDM
• Darren LaCroix, CSP, AS (Accredited Speaker), and World Champion of Public Speaking
• Scott McKain, CSP, CPAE

CSP® stands for Certified Speaking Professional™, a sought-after designation that demonstrates to meeting professionals that you are among the top echelon of professional speakers. The CPAE (Council of Peers Award for Excellence) Speaker Hall of Fame is a prestigious lifetime award for speaking excellence and professionalism. It is the highest public speaking award given ONLY to professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence.

Companies hire Patricia Fripp when they want to drive more sales by perfecting their important conversations and presentations. Their leaders work with her to inspire action and commitment through their words.

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE, is a Hall of Fame keynote speaker, executive speech coach, sales presentation, and online learning expert. She was elected the first woman to become president of the National Speakers Association.

In Patricia’s career, she has delivered over 3,500 live presentations as well as 100s of virtual presentations. Clients of her speech coaching include corporate leaders, technical and sales professionals, and seasoned professional speakers. Her online learning platform, FrippVT Powerful, Persuasive Presentations, is embraced as a “must-have” by speakers and companies worldwide.

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance wrote, “Learning presentation skills from Patricia Fripp is one of the best ways to invest in you.” She is the author of two books and co-author of another three. In 2019 she was named “One of the Top 30 Women in Sales” and “One of the Top 30 Global Gurus.”

He felt invisible in high school.
He failed as a business owner.
He worked in a cubicle for over a decade.
Today he’s a world champion speaker.
What made the difference for him
can make the difference for you.

A Real-Life Underdog Story Filled with Humor and Hope

After a failed business in 1992, Darren LaCroix took a dare and took the stage at an open mic night at a Boston comedy club. He bombed miserably. It was horrible. The headliner that night told him, “Keep you day job kid.”  Friends told him that his dream of making people laugh for a living was crazy and stupid. He didn’t listen.

He may have been born without a funny bone in his body, but Darren possessed the desire to learn and the willingness to fail. These were the essentials for achieving his dream. This self-proclaimed student of comedy is living proof that anything can be learned.

Less than nine years later, in 2001, Darren LaCroix outspoke 25,000 contestants from 14 countries to become the World Champion of Public Speaking…ironically with a very funny speech. Some said it was one of the best speeches in the history of the contest.

Since that victory, has delivered keynotes in every state in the U.S. and 44 international cities. He is passionate about showing people that if you are a pray, find the right mentors, and become a sponge, anything is possible.

Darren is currently the only speaker in the world who is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), an AS (Accredited Speaker), and a World Champion of Public Speaking. In spite of this, Darren always reminds people, “The letter after your name are not as important as the professional you become in the process.”

He is the author of the book 17 Minutes to Your Dream and the co-host of Unforgettable Presentations podcast. Through his live workshops and Stage Time University.com, he helps good presenters become UNFORGETTABLE.

Judi Moreo is one of the most recognized personal growth trainers and coaches in the world. She is the author of 24 books including 2 international bestsellers, “You Are More Than Enough” and “Conquer the Brain Drain.”

Judi started her first business with $2,000 and a lot of chutzpah. She learned to succeed step-by-step over many years and now has a worldwide following of clients who are enjoying outstanding success resulting from her guidance.

Judi has received many awards including the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association, Nevada Business Person of the Year from the US Business Advisory Council, Woman of Achievement – Entrepreneur from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the Outstanding Achievement and Public Service Award from the American Women in Radio and Television, the Las Vegas Diamond Star Visionary Award, and most recently, the HerStory Award from the Women’s Federation for World Peace.

Though best known as a motivational speaker and personal development trainer, Judi is often hired as a coach/mentor by entrepreneurs and executives in 28 countries and her advice, products, and training have been engaged by such companies and organizations as Rayovac, Arrow Africa, Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry, and Manpower, US House of Representatives, Kwazulu Financial Corporation, Bophuthatswana National Development Corporation, Walt Disney Imagineering, and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, as well as hundreds of casino hotels and resorts and dozens of top universities around the world.

She is the President of Turning Point International, a training and development company, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has spoken to over 3000 audiences, many of them repeat engagements.

C-Suite Leaders, Entrepreneurial Business Owners and Military General have come to Dr. Jeffrey Magee for ENTERPRISE-WIDE Talent Development & Human Capital succession needs for the past 30-years. The need today to collapse ROI down from years/months/weeks into days is critical for Sustainable Solutions today.

Jeffrey Magee, PhD/CBE/CMC/CSP/PDM is the “Transformational Thought Leaders Leader.” As the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of www.ProfessionalPerformanceMagazine.com, editor of the LEADERSHIP MASTERY and SALES MASTERY blogs, a former nationally syndicated Radio Talk Show Host, as well as a publisher author of 31 books, translated into 21-languages, to include 4-Best Sellers (YOUR TRAJECTORY CODE/WILEY)) and 4 graduate management text books (THE MANAGERIAL-LEADERSHIP BIBLE/PEARSON EDUCATION). He is a leadership columnist, advisor performance coach and highly sought global professional speaker on performance psychology. The recipient of the United States Junior Chamber’s TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG AMERICANS (TOYA) Award, and the United States National GUARD’s Total Team VICTORY Medal for civilian contribution to the Armed Services.

Jeffrey has served NSA over his 30-year membership, as a Member of the National Chapter Leadership Council/CLC, as the three term NSA-Oklahoma Chapter President, a BOD Member to the NSA-Mountain West Chapter, and two term NSA-Las Vegas Chapter President. During this tenure NSA has recognized him repeatedly with Chapter Best Practice Recognitions and he has served on the CSP Review Committee.

He can be reached at Jeffrey@JeffreyMagee.com / www.JeffreyMagee.com

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Ed Tate is an award-winning international keynote speaker, author, and executive. Worldwide he is known as “The Speaker Who Energizes, Educates and Entertains.” To date, he has spoken professionally in 50 states, 25 countries, and on five continents.

Ed won the “American Idol of Public Speaking,” becoming the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking – Toastmasters International’s most prestigious speaking award among its 352,000+ Global members.

In 2008, Ed earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation by the National Speakers Association. It is an honor bestowed on slightly more than 12% of its members.

Ed’s success in business has spanned more than two decades. For 14 years, he was a successful national account executive selling over $500 million in products and services to corporations and entrepreneurs throughout the United States. He co-created two business units that produced over $1.25 billion in revenue.

Since 1998, Ed Tate has helped corporations, entrepreneurs, speakers, and salespeople win high-stakes presentations.

Scott McKain is an internationally known distinction expert, bestselling author, keynote speaker and virtual presenter.

Scott’s unique style has earned him induction into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame — and his remarkable content earned him membership (along with Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar, and Og Mandino) as one of only 24 selected for inclusion in the Sales and Marketing Hall of Fame. He is currently “Corporate Educator in Residence” at High Point University, named by U.S. News & World Report as the nation’s “most innovative” university.

Scott has over three decades of research and experience and has spoken and consulted for the world’s most influential corporations, presenting his business strategies on platforms in all fifty states and twenty-two countries.

Scott McKain’s latest book, ICONIC, named as a Forbes “Top 10 Pick of the Year,” is the instruction guide for professionals and organizations to become so distinctive they not only stand out in their industry, but set the benchmark for innovation, customer experience and employee culture.