Our Events

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CAPS Toronto offers professional development and networking activities for its members based on our CAPS Advantage: Learn, Share, Grow, and Belong.

LEARN skills and strategies that differentiate you in the marketplace and help you to monetize your message
SHARE ideas and network locally and nationally with the best in our industry
GROW by accessing our global network of resources that help your clients say yes more often
BELONG to a unique community of exceptional individuals

CAPS Toronto events are designed to provide you with inspiration and skills to showcase your expertise, develop greater eloquence on stage, and learn effective tools to run your business.

All of this happens within the remarkably generous and welcoming community of practice that is unique to the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.


VIRTUAL EVENT: Monetize Your eSpeakers Account for Better Results!
Apr
8

VIRTUAL EVENT: Monetize Your eSpeakers Account for Better Results!

Virtual Event:
Monetize Your eSpeakers Account
(It’s a CAPS member benefit!)
for Better Results!

As CAPS members, we all have an eSpeakers account as a benefit! How many of us use it to its potential, or even remember we have one?

Join us and discover the secrets, ins and outs, some how-to’s, best practices, and getting all you can get from your eSPeakers account. Joe knows it all and is willing to help us get the best from it.

If you are not a member, now is the time. Become a CAPS member and get your account! Of course, you can still take advantage of eSpeakers directly. This event will still bring you tremendous value as the speaker management piece of our businesses is the fundamental topic of the evening.


Schedule:

6:00pm: Virtual Networking
6:30pm: Event Start
8:45pm: Event close and then more networking

Get to Know Joe Heaps:
As a managing partner and the Chief Marketing Officer at eSpeakers, Joe Heaps is responsible for creating and accelerating the company's sales & marketing strategies. He is focused on driving the company's vision of helping organizations and individuals improve in substantial, long-term ways. He believes it happens when the perfect speaker is in front of the right audience.

Joe's greatest strengths are his creativity, drive, leadership, and ability to relate to people. He thrives on challenges, particularly those that expand the company's reach. His most recent project involved a strategic partnership with The John Maxwell Team to bring eSpeakers core services to their fast-growing emerging speaker/coaching market.

In his many years in the industry, Joe’s strategic vision and leadership has propelled eSpeakers forward as the leading software provider in the industry. When he’s not in the office, Joe can be found outdoors, either in the mountains or out on the lakes of Utah with his family.

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Donald Cooper: Confessions of an Accidental Speaker & An Evening CSP Panel!
Mar
4

Donald Cooper: Confessions of an Accidental Speaker & An Evening CSP Panel!

CAPS Toronto is excited to announce two special events in one day for CAPS Members!

1:30pm - 4:30pm
Donald Cooper, MBA, CSP & Hall of Fame Speaker :
Confessions of an Accidental Speaker
…OR…
About 100 things it took me 32 years to learn about the art, science & business of speaking!

Note: Whether you’re a newbie or an experienced speaker, this is a ‘can’t miss’ Session!

After being a world-class manufacturer and an award-winning fashion retailer, Donald Cooper, MBA, CSP, HoF, became an ‘accidental speaker’ at the age of 50 with an unpaid gig in Chicago.

As a management and marketing thought creator, he has delivered over 3,000 sessions in 40 industries throughout the world…and is still loving it. He also coaches business owners and their Teams to sell more, manage smarter, grow their bottom line…and deal with difficult issues! Donald has built his success on telling audiences and clients what they need to hear …not what they want to hear.

In the process, he has figured out a thing or two about the art, science and business of speaking. In this ‘no-holds-barred’ Super Session Donald will share over 100 insights, truths and tips about our wonderful but challenging ‘industry’.

Donald is insightful, courageously truthful, edgy, irreverent, controversial and wickedly funny! He will inform you, challenge you, disturb you, inspire you…and leave you with a new and powerful understanding of the reality and the possibilities of your business, your life and your bottom line!

Donald has prepared this extraordinary Super Session just for us and it‘s unlikely that it will ever be repeated. All attendees will receive an extensive ‘Implementation Guide’.

While there is usually a fee for our in-depth afternoon sessions, we believe that Donald’s ‘Super Session’ will be so impactful that we’re offering it ‘no charge’ to you and as many guests as you wish to bring. But you’ll still need to register you and your guests to ensure that we print enough detailed Implementation Guides for everyone.
CAPS Members & Guests Attend Free!

6:00pm - 9:00pm
CAPS National President Beverly Beuermann-King, CSP & CSP Panel Discussion
Beverly Beuermann-King, our CAPS National President, will be sharing an update from CAPS National as well as participating in panel discussions. This intimate panel discussion has been designed with you in mind. Panellists will share their wisdom and discuss how the CSP designation has impacted their business.

This is an exclusive event for CAPS members that you won’t want to miss. Whether you're new to speaking, considering attaining your CSP designation, or just looking for tips on how to improve your speaking business, this is the event for you.

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CAPS Toronto Community Event - IN PERSON!
Jun
6

CAPS Toronto Community Event - IN PERSON!

We are excited to see your Toronto CAPS colleagues in person for the first time in two years!
The main focus of this event is ‘community.’ The evening will be filled with structured networking, opportunities to catch up with your colleagues, and a panel interview featuring some of our very own Toronto CAPS experts!

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UNITY - The Success-Energy Reset for Speakers - Michelle Cederberg, CSP and Hope IS a Strategy: What to Think and Do Now - Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE
Mar
3

UNITY - The Success-Energy Reset for Speakers - Michelle Cederberg, CSP and Hope IS a Strategy: What to Think and Do Now - Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE

Registration is now open for an event you will not want to miss... this is an exclusive opportunity to get fresh insights from two long-time speakers in Canada and the USA - CAPS National President Michelle Cederberg, CSP, and former NSA President Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE.

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Speaking to the times with Laura Williams, LL.B, CSP.
Nov
15

Speaking to the times with Laura Williams, LL.B, CSP.

Join us for a fireside chat with CAPS Toronto's own Laura Williams LL.B, CSP, who will discuss her insights and observations of how the impacts over the past 18 months have shaped a New Workplace that is still evolving. Laura will share specific insights on the intense work she's been doing in the area of equity, diversity and inclusion, and will discuss why it's critical, now more than ever, to deliver the right messages to help and inspire leaders and individuals to find the courage to make the right decisions and leverage the many opportunities of these times.

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Apr
12

Masterclass: High Fee VIP

 

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Masterclass: High Fee VIP

COVID -19 Has Changed the Business Landscape Forever:

How to Reposition your Value - Reframe your Impact - and Reboot Your Profitability

Monday, April 12, 2021 - 6:30pm - 7:55pm

What you will take away from this masterclass:

  • How to avoid the dumb mistakes that even smart experts make when trying to take their speaking, training, or coaching business online.

  • How NOT to overcharge, undercharge, or lose business because your fee is too high - OR too low - in this new world of virtual and remote delivery.

  • How to confidently present, propose, and put your fee in perspective EVERY single time with no hesitation, embarrassment, or fumbling.

  • How to charge 3x-10x what you're charging now and earn more money without fear, uncertainty, doubt - and without caving on price ever again!

  • The exact scripting - word-for-word - to make sure your fees are bulletproof so that you'll consistently earn what you deserve whether that's online, offline, or hybrid.

  • Get specific help, answers and advice on YOUR fee-setting and fee-getting questions during our big Q&A at the end!

Agenda:

6:00 - 6:30: Reception - Networking & Breakout Sessions:

  • Sunjay Nath: "What is the value of a CAPS membership?"

  • Tom Stoyan: "Stop Selling! 3 Keys to Doubling your Sales Results"

  • Susan Luke Evans: "Why use Stories & How to Make Yours BETTER!!"

6:30 - 7:55: David Newman - Keynote + Q/A

7:55 - 8:15: Open networking

 Speaker Bio: David Newman, CSP

David Newman, CSP is a member of the NSA Million Dollar Speakers Group.

He is the author of the business bestsellers “Do It! Marketing” and “Do It! Speaking: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Market, Monetize, and Maximize Your Expertise” (HarperCollins, 2020.) David is also the creator of the Expert Profit Formula mentoring program where he helps thought leaders market their smarts and make a bigger dent in the universe.

Free training, tools, and downloads are waiting for you at www.doitmarketing.com

 

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Mar
8

How to Get More of Your Products in the Shopping Cart

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We all need to develop relationships with clients that result in them making the decision to put our products in their shopping cart. These might not be terms you have used to describe your speaking work, but they will be after you apply Peter’s C.A.R.T. process to your speaking business. Peter will take his experience from over 30 years in the competitive food industry to help you get more of your products in more shopping carts more often.

Agenda:

6:00pm to 6:30pm: Networking (for Members and Guests)

6:30pm to 8:30pm: Session with Peter Chapman

8:30pm to 9:30pm: Post-session bonding :)

Speaker Bio: Peter Chapman

Retail marketer, author, speaker & consultant

Peter Chapman understands the Canadian food industry, more importantly; he understands where it is going. Our industry is changing fast and Peter is committed to helping producers and processors understand their customers and consumers. Peter’s experience includes both sides of the desk. Prior to working with suppliers and launching SKUfood, Peter worked for 19 years with Canada's largest food retailer, Loblaw. Peter is the author of A la cart and has provided food industry insights to Canadian Grocer, The Globe & Mail, Maclean's magazine and Canada AM.

SKUFood develops strategies with suppliers in the food industry to set them apart, grow sales and deliver a bottom line. We have specialized and unique food industry experience, including but not limited to business & strategic planning, the retail environment, sales & marketing, online training, new product launches and getting items listed. Peter has also delivered conference keynotes and workshops for the private sector, agri-food businesses, industry associations and government agencies. Peter is national President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers in 2021.

Audiences and clients benefit from practical and entertaining insights into the food industry and how to ultimately get more products in the shopping cart.

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Feb
8

State of the Speaking Nation and Ask The Experts

State of the Speaking NationSpeakerflow will kick things off by presenting their annual "State of the Speaking Nation" report to bring you cutting-edge data that will help you stay one step ahead of the competition in 2021.Then meet the experts…

State of the Speaking Nation

Speakerflow will kick things off by presenting their annual "State of the Speaking Nation" report to bring you cutting-edge data that will help you stay one step ahead of the competition in 2021.

Then meet the experts in a masterclass of an evening! During the meet the expert's breakout sessions, you can expect actionable information on:

• Virtual Selling: Building Trust & Rapport with Todd Sinclair

• Studio Operating Procedures; Creating a stronger connection with your virtual audience – without spending a fortune or drowning in tech with Emily Nichols.

• Media Magnet - How to get great PR with Clare Kumar

• How to Engage your Online Audience with Patricia Regier

• Monetizing Your Book Cover with Codi Shewan

• How to Avoid Speaker Burnout in 2021 with Beverly Beuermann-King.

Agenda:

6:00pm to 6:30pm: Networking (for Members and Guests)

6:30pm to 8:30pm: Session with CAPS Experts (for Members and Guests)

8:30pm to 9:30pm: Post-session bonding :)

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Jan
11

Amp It Up! Make More Money, Have More Fun... Yes, even now

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Elevate your vision of what is possible in 2021. Take a fresh look at three specific areas that will expand your business opportunities and you will know exactly which area will make the biggest difference for you in the shortest period of time so you can kickoff this year strong… no matter what.

Merit Kahn, CSP, will challenge us to rewire our thinking and our mechanics for success in 2021. Fantastic!

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Upcoming Events

May 13 - (In-Person) Dini Petty - A special evening with the one and only….

June 10 - (In-Person) Sid Ridgley, CSP, HoF

July/August – (In-Person) Summer BBQ Social

September 9 - (In-Person) Jim Harris

October 21 - (In-Person) Greg Shinkel, CSP

November 11 – Dr. John Molidor / Annual General Meeting

December - (In-Person) Holiday Social

Past Events - They were amazing!

February 28, 2022: Jane Atkinson - 3 Keys to Designing your Dream Speaking Business
March 3, 2022: Michelle Cederberg, CSP -The Success-Energy Reset for Speakers
Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE - Hope IS a Strategy: What to Think and Do Now
April 5, 2022: Rory Vaden, MBA, CSP, CPAE - Identifying Your Uniqueness
Chris Bauer, PhD, CSP, CFS - Protect Your Speaking Business: Recognizing Ethics Risks That Cause Messy and Costly Problems
May 5, 2022: Angelique Rewers - Win Corporate Clients, and Randy Gage, CPAE - How to Be Indispensably Relevant
June 6, 2022: CAPS Toronto Community Event
June 7, 2022: Shep Hyken, CSP, CPAE
July 16, 2022: In-Person summer social for CAPS Toronto members only
August: Summer Hiatus
September 8, 2022: Sebastien Sasseville
September 12, 2022: Peri Shawn - Leverage the brain science of buying to get speaking opportunities

October 13, 2022: Unity Event 3 Ways to Make Clients Invest with YOU | Muffins to Millions

November 3, 2022: Unity Event Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE - Radically Relevant IP Licensing
November 14, 2022: 2022 Toronto Chapter AGM and Virtual Networking

SpeakerTech Pre Convention Nov 11-12 Virtual Pre Convention
December 3-5, 2022: In-Person National Convention - Calgary

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