Shirley TaylorAPSS President

2011-12I showed this special slideshow during my

President’s address at the 30 July 2012 meeting. I’ve added some commentary on

here for those who may not have attended.

In August 2011, APSS President Tim Wade passed on the Presidency of APSS to me

Tim handed over the book ‘A Lasting Legacy’ about Cavett Robert, the founder of the NSA in 1973.

PASSION PURPOSE PROGRESS

APSS2011-12 Theme:

Our APSS Yearin Pictures

10 Monthly Meetings

We had lots of fun and laughter in our meetings

Some speakers had us doing some strange things!

And of course we all love having our photos taken

Some speakers were immortalised in visual images

Some speakers used visual aids. Here is Eric Fengthrowing lots of balls into the audience!

Tim Bean showed us how 5 pounds of muscle compared to 5 pounds of fat!

And of course when the speaker

was very handsome, we all

wanted our photos taking

with him!

5 Added-value Sessions

These are one-hour sessions before monthly meetings – free for members

as a special benefit.

Making Money in Your Pyjamas!with Rebecca Morgan, CSP

Ethical Dilemma Facilitation Evening with Tina Altieri

Convention FeedbackFacilitation

Roundtables withCertified Speaking

Professionals

Singapore has 7 CSPs: Scott Friedman, Nishant Kasibhatla, Rob Salisbury,

Brenda Bence, David Lim, Andrew Bryant and Michael Podolinsky

Members at Other Events3 Networking Evenings

Networking evenings are great ways to get together with members and friends in

a relaxed setting.

Newton CircusNetworking Evening with

Convention Speakers

Reverse Bungee Evening

3 Associate Members Lunches

6 or 7 Associate Members get together with a Professional Member in a

downtown café. The PM leads discussions on challenges and any questions.

Associate Members lunch meeting at Shirley’s home

3 Professional Members Lunches

Professional Members lunch meeting at Shirley’s home

Cookie normally stars at gatherings at Shirley’s place!

Christmas Party

Time to let our hair down!

Chinese New Year Lo-Hei

Help setting upMastermind Groups

We have helped to set up several Mastermind Groups at APSS. If you are

interested, please approach an Exco member.

Our group has been running for almost 3 years now.

Some APSS Firsts

Live Webinarwith Gihan Perera

Pecha Kucha Night

Heather Hansen conducted the firstProfessional Development Lunch:

Getting Started with Videos

Doing videos means we get to show lots of our funny faces!

Here’s Heather’s real face!

YouTube finds the funniest shots of these APSS members too!

… and more!

Annual Events

81 people attended the pre-convention dinner

We welcomed speakers from all over the world!

At the dinner there was fun, laughter and song!

121 people attended the Annual Convention(APSS folk are big huggers)!

All the fabulous speakers at our Annual Convention

No special reason for this photo – just Tim’s funny face!

I love this fabulous group shot at the Marina Mandarin

APSS Spirit of Service Awardswere given to Andrew Chow and David Lim

And also to me.Thank you!

122 people attended Raise your Game 2012

At Raise your Game 2012, we were very proud

to launch the new APSS book

This book was written by 22 Professional Members of APSS, and compiled and edited by Shirley Taylor

A dragon dance launched the new APSS book

Here are many of the 22 contributors to this book

Members at Other EventsAPSS members in the media

Members at Other EventsMembers out and about

Here’s Kevin Cottam speakingat a TEDx event

Here’s Deborah Torres-Patel and Heather Hansen

speaking at a Toastmasters Annual Event

Nishant Kasibhatla and Deborah Torres-Patel spoke at the National Achievers Congress

I’ve been proud to wave the Singapore flag at conventions in Australia and USA

Here I am posing with Cavett Robert, the NSA founder

APSS online

Our APSS website got a major spruce up this year

Thanks to Sarah

Schubert for all her work

compiling our APSS

newsletters

Thanks to all APSS members and friends for all the social buzz on our APSS Facebook page

Thanks to all members of the Executive Committee for your support and service

Special thanks to Heather Hansen and Nishant Kasibhatlawho received Special Appreciation Awards for their excellence in service

In Summary…

This year we celebrated and boosted THE SPIRIT OF APSS big time!

"Don't worry about how we divide up the pie.There is enough for everybody. Let's just build a bigger pie!"

Cavett RobertsFounder of National Speakers Association

“Our theme this year was PASSION PURPOSE PROGRESS.

This year we have seen a lot of PASSION from APSS members.

We have seen a lot of PURPOSE, commitment and dedication shown

by the Exco and our members.

And I’m very proud to say that APSS and its members have made a

great deal of PROGRESS.

Let’s consolidate this Passion, Purpose and Progress in the coming

year. Let’s enhance the SPIRIT OF APSS, and increase the size of the pie

for all of us!”Shirley Taylor

APSS President 2011-12