Frank Candy,
President and Founder of American Speakers Bureau Corporation,
with Bill Gove, CSP, CPAE, 1st President of the National Speakers
Association and Winner of every one of the awards listed below.
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Bill Gove, 1912-2001, served as a corporate
executive with Beechnut Manufacturing throughout the 1930's, and
later joined the 3M corporation in the 1940's. In 1954, the Sales
and Marketing Executives of America named Bill Gove America's
# 1 salesman. Mr. Gove's extraordinary success created a strong
demand for him as a speaker at corporate meetings and conventions
around the world. Throughout the remainder of the 1950's, 60's,
70's, 80's and 90's, Bill Gove delivered over 5,000 paid speeches
and traveled the equivalent of 22 times around the world. Mr.
Gove spoke in places such as Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden,
The Shrine Auditorium, Chicago's International Amphitheatre, Royal
Albert Hall in London, and many others. In 1972 Bill Gove was
elected first President of the National Speakers Association,
where he served two successful terms. In 1976, Mr. Gove was inducted
into the International Speakers Hall of Fame, and in 1980, he
received the Oscar of Public Speaking, The prestigious Cavett
Award. In 1991 Toastmasters International honored him with the
Golden Gavel Award. Past recipients include Walter Cronkite, Dr.
Joyce Brothers, and Deepak Chopra.
Bill Gove has influenced, taught, or
mentored most of today's most successful presenters, and his influence
can be felt throughout the industry. Due to his platform prowess
and willingness to guide the leaders in the industry during the
early years, Bill Gove was known around the world as the father
of professional speaking. On December 9, 2001, Mr. Gove died of
heart failure at age 89. His last speech was delivered in Sanibel,
Florida on September 25, 2001. |
As
the leading organization for experts who speak professionally,
NSA provides resources and education to advance
the skills, integrity and value of its members,
the speaking profession and the meetings industry.
The
Certified Speaking Professional designation is the
speaking industry's international measure of platform
skill. CSP is conferred by NSA only on those accomplished
speakers who have earned it by meeting strict criteria.
Less than 8% of NSA members hold this professional
designation. 
The
highest speaking award given by NSA indicating the
speaker has been evaluated by his or her peers and
judged to be one of the best-among the top 3% professional
speakers. This elite group includes names such as:
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Earl Nightingale, Art
Linkletter, Ronald Reagan, Zig Ziglar & Gen. Colin
Powell. 
The
highest award bestowed by NSA presented annually
to one member who has rendered exceptional service
to the speaking industry. This honor celebrates
one member each year who has demonstrated the spirit
of sharing, guiding, and inspiring other professional
speakers. 
