The Nevin Award for outstanding service to both NSAA and the speaking profession inaugurated in 1991. Our most cherished honour
The Kerrie Nairn Scholarship is awarded to an individual because of their ability and potential to grow as a speaker, assist senior school students to enhance their public speaking skills, and make a contribution to the speaking industry.
O2 Speakers Industry Breakthrough Award is to recognise and cultivate the talents of a speaker who has been identified by industry experts as having high potential and a strong commitment to being a successful professional speaker.
The Speaker Hall of Fame
The Speakers Hall of Fame is designed to find and put the spotlight on people who demonstrate the exemplary. These people have committed within themselves to the everyday disciplines that lead to mastery. They constantly refine and develop their ways to communicate so others may be enriched. They are raised up so that others might see what excellence looks like in action. And they themselves are encouraged to continue to be great role models sources of inspiration, points of reference and diverse images of excellence for us all. They are leading lights in our profession.
All winners are determined by a selection panel of highly regarded peers against a range of criteria, which they are required to rate highly on every criterion.
The Speakers Hall of Fame Includes recipients of:
Keynote Presenter Award for Excellence
Educator Award for Excellence
The Nevin Award
Presenters of Excellence Award
Keynote Presenter Award for Excellence (KPAE)
This award acknowledges speakers who have the capacity to engage a diverse variety of audiences, captivate them with their style, delivery and humour and deliver a message that conveys their expertise. Being a keynote speaker means you need to be able to sound the ‘key note’. This means to deliver a message that engages an audience at an emotional level, but which is built around the broader theme of the event and the client’s objectives of content and engagement.
Nominees and awardees are people who have been speaking for a sufficient amount of time to have reached a significant number of audiences. Often there is a breadth of experience demonstrated as they present to varied cultures and demographics.
Nominees have a broad experience and can work well regardless of the nature of the audience. They can often accommodate a varied audience including those who are highly educated and are high achievers as well as those who are found on the frontline of business and service industries. However they may have a niche specialty and deliver their message in such a way as to make it very memorable.
The Keynote Presenter of the Year is most likely to be able to teach, entertain and create a unique message, which is delivered in a unique way. However this award also encompasses those who also educate, challenge people’s thinking or inspire predominantly through humour or music but are booked in the Keynote Speaker position.
Keynote Presenter Award for Excellence Winners:
2012 - Keith Abraham CSP
2011 - Rodney Marks CSP
2010 – Catherine DeVrye CSP
2009 – Amanda Gore CSP
2008 – Allan Pease CSP
2007 - Bruce Sullivan CSP
2006 - Peter Sheahan CSP
Educator Award for Excellence (EAE)
This award acknowledges presenters who have continued to reach diverse groups with deep content through diverse methodology over many years in Keynote Presentations, large & small group Training and one to one work.
Nominees and Awardees are the ‘Ruck Rovers’ of the speaking industry – folk who play a variety of roles with diverse clients. Often there is a breadth of experience of presenting to different cultures and demographics.
Nominees have a broad experience and can work equally as well with top-level corporate groups, education groups and community groups.
The Educator of the Year is a learner, teacher, designer and deliverer of educational experiences of consistently high quality and originality.
Educator Award for Excellence Winners:
2012 - Ian Hutchinson CSP
2011 - Matt Church CSP
2010 – Terry Hawkins CSP
2009 – Allan Parker
2008 – David Penglase CSP
2007 - Colin James CSP
2006 - Glenn Capelli CSP
The Nevin Award
Our most cherished honour. Awarded for outstanding service to both NSAA and the speaking profession. Inaugurated in 1991.
Nevin Award Winners:
2012 Allan Parker
2011 Kevin Ryan CSP
2010 Anne Riches CSP
2009 Lindsay Adams CSP
2008 David Penglase CSP
2007 Glenn Capelli CSP
2006 Sarah Cornally CSP
2005 Martin Grunstien CSP
2004 Colin Pearce CSP
2003 Matt Church CSP
2002 Colin Brockman CSP
2001 Keith Abraham CSP
2000 Robyn Henderson CSP
1999 David Julian Price CSP
1998 Max Hitchins PM
1997 David Griggs PM
1996 Catherine Palin Brinkworth CSP
1995 Lisa McInnes-Smith CSP
1994 Walter Dickman CSP
1993 Winston Marsh CSP
1992 Doug Malouf CSP
1991 Ron Tacchi CSP
Presenters Award for Excellence Winners
Key role models and pioneers of the the industry who were recognised at NSAA’s 20th Birthday celebrations in 2007
Walter Dickman CSP,
Doug Malouf CSP,
Ron Tacchi CSP,
Winston Marsh CSP,
Lisa McInnes Smith CSP, CPAE
Allan Pease CSP
Non Speaker Hall of Fame Awards
The Kerrie Nairn Scholarship
Awarded to an individual because of their ability and potential to
(a) be an outstanding ambassador for NSAA
(b) assist senior school students to enhance their public speaking skills for effective participation in our democracy
(c) contribute to and strengthen the speaking industry
(d) personally and professionally develop and grow as a result of this Scholarship.
Kerrie Nairn Scholars
2012 - Neryl East
2011 - Sonja Falvo
2010 – Steve Francis
2009 – Jason Fox
2008 – Dale Elliott
2007 – Alicia Curtis
2006 – Jennifer Harwood
O2 Speakers Industry Breakthrough Award
The O2 Speakers Industry Breakthrough Award has been designed to identify and nurture emerging NSAA talent from an industry perspective. It’s purpose is to recognise and cultivate the talents of a speaker who has been identified by industry experts as having high potential and a strong commitment to being a successful professional speaker.
This person may be new to the speaking industry, or an experienced speaker who has made a ‘breakthrough’ in their development that has seen them capture the attention of key players in the speaking market. The award is sponsored and by O2 Speakers, a professional speaker management company who have a reputation for finding and representing some of Australia’s hottest speaking names.
The winner of this Award receives a coaching package from O2 Speakers.
O2 Speakers Award winner:
2011 - Kirsty Spraggon
Meeting Partner of the Year Award
The main purpose for this Award is to recognise the Meeting Partners who do an excellent job at creating extraordinary events – from a speaker’s perspective. When the partnership between the Meeting Partner and the professional speaker is optimised, so are the outcomes for the event. It enhances the industry for everyone.
The winner is someone who has organised an extraordinary event where professional speakers have been used on the program. It is not essential that they have the job title of “Meeting Planner” to be eligible for this Award.
The winner will have to have demonstrated excellence in the use of professional speakers in the following ways:
• One or more speakers on the program
• Demonstrated excellent briefing skills between the client and the speaker
• Excellent relationship skills with the speaker
• Be recognised for the outstanding program created
Meeting Partner of the Year Award Winners
2010 - Christine Swanson for the Glitz and Hammer Ball
2009 - Vicki Tiegs (Waples Marketing Group) & Kylie-Ann Haynes (Activate Event Producers)
