10th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

2013

AGENDA 1. Confirmation of Minutes of the 9th AGM held on 30 July 2012 2. Treasurer’s Report

3. President’s Report 4. Election of Exco members (Aug 2013 to Jul 2014)

5. Any Other Business

Item 1: Confirmation of Minutes

of the AGM held on 30 July 2012

Item 2: Treasurer’s Report

Raymond Thomas

Financial results 2012-2013 INCOME SGD$

1 Books - 88 Secrets 1,915.60

2 Christmas Party 2,588.82

3 Convention 2013 25,250.00

4 Membership Fees 36,286.80

5 Monthly Meeting Receipts 19,600.00

6 Other Income 313.00

7 Professional Development Lunch (PDL) 1,420.00

8 Raise Your Game (RYG) 14,100.00

9 Speakers Academy 10,767.00

Total Income 112,241.22

EXPENSES

1 Accounting and Tax Prep 3,500.00

2 Ads and Constant Contact 7,208.26

3 Bank/PayPal Charges 2,994.67

4 Christmas Party 2,944.35

5 Convention 2013 40,530.54

6 Courier & Postage 44.90

7 Donation 1,000.00

8 Magazines 1,093.53

9 Monthly Meetings/Seminar Expenses 17,790.12

10 Office Supplies 112.94

11 Phone/Web 2,196.62

12 Professional Development Lunch (PDL) 1,195.09

13 Raise Your Game (RYG) 12,652.00

14 Secretarial Services 12,000.00

15 Speakers Academy 1,198.40

16 Transportation - Public 356.43

17 Travel & Entertainment 4,000.00 Total Expenses 110,817.85

Surplus 1,423.37

INCOME STATEMENT

ASSETS

Current Assets

Bank A/C 1 045-5 16,705.70

Bank A/C 2 682-8 31,481.84

Cash In Hand 1,066.81

PayPal 12,700.50

PayPal USD 204.53

Stock- Books 88 Secret 503.16

Total Cash 62,662.54

Account Receivables 1,346.30

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 64,008.84

LIABILITIES

Current Liabilities

Advanced Payment - Jul

2013 Meeting 393.68

Total Current liabilities 393.68

Net Asset 63,615.16

Accumulated Surplus 62,191.79

Net Surplus - Current Year 1,423.37

BALANCE SHEET

Source and application of funds by activity

Financial results 2012-2013

Revenue 14,100.00

Expenses 12,652.00

Surplus/

Deficit1,448.00

RAISE YOUR GAME

Revenue 2,588.82

Expenses 2,944.35

Surplus/

Deficit(355.53)

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Revenue 10,767.00

Expenses 1,198.40

Surplus/

Deficit9,568.60

SPEAKERS ACADEMY

Revenue 21,020.00

Expenses 18,985.21

Surplus/

Deficit2,034.79

MEETINGS/PDL ANNUAL CONVENTION

Revenue 25,250.00

Expenses 40,530.54

Surplus/

Deficit(15,280.54)

Revenue 38,515.40

Expenses 34,507.35

Surplus/

Deficit4,008.05

ADMINISTRATION

Item 3: President’s Report

Andrew Chow

Andrew Chow APSS President, 2012-13

Theme for 2012-13

10 x Monthly Meetings

Exclusive Roundtable Sessions with APSS Professional Members

Monthly Meeting 30 July 2012

Thaddeus Lawrence Tremaine Du Preez Andrew Chow Eric Feng Heather Hansen Tim Wade Christian Chua

Eloquence and Excellence Monthly Meeting 28 Aug 2012

Michael Podolinksy, CSP Andrew Bryant, CSP

The Future of Professional Speaking Monthly Meeting 28 Sep 2012

Tony Ryan, CSP Fredrik Haren, CSP

Owning Your Own Space Monthly Meeting 5 Oct 2012

Chiew Yu Sarn Facilitated by Ron Kaufman Ron Kaufman (facilitator)

Strategies for Success in the Speaking and Training Business

Monthly Meeting 6 Nov 2012

Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP Rob Salisbury, CSP

Be Seen. Be Heard in the Media Monthly Meeting 16 Jan 2013

David Lim, CSP Lars Voedisch

Pecha Kucha Night (Chit Chat) Monthly Meeting 4 Feb 2013

Building the Speaker’s Enterprise with Branding and Technology

Monthly Meeting 18 Mar 2013

Jean Tan Sharon Connolly

Bundle Up! Heat Up Your Speaking Business for Greater Success &

Mentoring Programme Panel

Monthly Meeting 28 May 2013

Nicole Stinton Andrew Bryant, CSP Heather Hansen

Boost Your Referrals and Increase Your Sales

Monthly Meeting 20 Jun 2013

Kevin Ryan, CSP Lindsay Adams, CSP

3 x Added-Value Sessions

Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Recognised in 2013 Added-Value Session 16 Jan 2013

Post Annual Convention Takeaways Added-Value Session 28 May 2013

Ready, Aim, Talk : Dominating the Conversations of Generation Y.

Added-Value Session 20 Jun 2013

Krystal Choo

4 x Professional Development Lunches (PDL)

David Goldwich

Telling Stories Off the Platform To Get On the Platform

PDL 12 Nov 2012

Ricky Lien

The Empowered Voice PDL 23 Jan 2013

Ricky Lien

Kenneth Kwan

Understanding DISC Personality Profiling From a Trainer’s Perspective

PDL 18 Mar 2013

Philip Merry

Team Styles – The Proven Formula That Drives Team Success

PDL 4 Jun 2013

Associate / Professional Members (AM/PM) Lunches

Ken Wong Associate Members Lunch - 24 Oct 2012

Andrew Chow Associate Member Lunch - 19 Mar 2013

Special Thanks To Nick French for opening his house

3 x Annual Events

Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Festive Christmas Party 8 Dec 2012

Raise Your Game 2013 21 Feb 2013

88 people attended Raise your Game 2013

Pre-Convention Gala Dinner 2013 22 April 2013

Annual Convention 2013 23 April 2013

12 x Executive Committee Meetings

New Initiatives in 2013

Mentoring Programme Oct 2012 – April 2013

APSS Mentors (Oct 2012 – April 2013) (CSPs, Founding Members & Past Presidents)

Mentoring Programme Oct 2012 – April 2013

APSS Mentees (Oct 2012 – April 2013) (Current Professional Members)

Mentoring Programme Oct 2012 – April 2013

APSS Mentors (May 2013 – Nov 2013) (CSPs, Founding Members & Past Presidents)

Mentoring Programme Oct 2012 – April 2013

APSS Mentees (May 2013 – Nov 2013) (Current Professional Members)

Speakers Academy March 2013

HR Summit Exhibition 24-25 April 2013

2 Days 8 Volunteers 54 Training surveys 60 Books given 120 Name cards 250 Members’ directory 300 Brochures

HR Summit Exhibition 24-25 April 2013

Andrew Bryant, CSP Self Leadership

Christian Chua How to be a Success Magnet

David Lim, CSP How Leaders lead

David Lim Mountain To Climb

Eric Feng Get to the Point

Eric Feng Unlock Your Personal Charismas

Heather Hansen 3 x Powerful People Skills

Marianna Pascal English Fast and Easy 3: Useful Idioms and Phrases

Nishant Kasibhatla, CSP Maximise Your Memory Power

Philip Merry Simply Happy

Ron Kaufman Assorted titles

Scott Friedman, CSP Celebrate

Sharon Connolly Effective Networking

Shirley Taylor, CSP Model Business Letters, Emails & Other Business Documents

Shirley Taylor, CSP Email Etiquette

Shirley Taylor, CSP Communication Your Key to Success

Tey Bin Yuen Life beyond the Comfort Zone

Thaddeus Lawrence Runaway Success : Life Lessons from Ultra Endurance Racing

Tom Abbott 'The SOHO Solution: 21 Selling Strategies For Growing Your Small Business

Book Contributors

HR Summit Survey Results

• Survey Size : 54 companies

• Industries: – Consulting - 6

– Education - 6

– Banking - 5

– Executive Search - 4

– Health Care - 4

– Hospitality - 3

– Manufacturing - 3

– Training - 3

– Finance - 2

– IT - 2

– Media - 2

– Military - 2

HR Summit Survey Results

No info <100 101-500 501-1000 1001-5000 >5000 Singapore 4 22 12 5 8 3 Regional 33 11 3 1 3 3

• Staff Strength

Yes No a. Hire external speakers for company event? 40 14 a. Engage external trainers for in-house program,? 43 11 a. Engage facilitators for company retreats? 34 20

• Does your organization….

A 4-page survey report will be available for all members for downloading after the AGM

Annual Award Winners in 2013

Spirit of Service Presidents' Award Heather Hansen

Annual Award Winners

Spirit of Service Award

Tim Wade

Spirit of Service Award Shirley Taylor, CSP

Members in the Media

Be Heard on Media

Be Heard on Media

Raise Your Game Radio Talk Show Series ( 9 episodes of 20 minutes )

Members Out and About

Members Out and About

Andrew Bryant

spoke at the National

Achievers Congress

Members Out and About

Michael Podolinsky, CSP

awarded

Trainer of the Year 2013

by SIM

Members Out and About

Maxine Teo awarded

Trainer of the Year 2013

by SIM

New Certified Speaking Professionals

New Certified Speaking Professionals in 2013

Shirley Taylor, CSP

New Certified Speaking Professionals in 2013

Fredrik Haren, CSP

New Professional Members

New Professional Members

1 Nicole Stinton

2 Gustav Gous, CSP

3 Gary Gopinathan

4 Michelle Ong

5 Elisabetta Franzoso (rejoin)

6 Paul Hutton

7 Michael Lum

8 Titus Yong (rejoin)

New Associate Members

1 Mariah Elizabeth Hu

2 Vijaykumarr

3 Winifred Lim

4 Tanvi Gautam

5 Benjamin Loh

6 Dean Shams

7 Maxine Teo ( Rejoin)

8 Faizal Zulkarnaen

9 Sarah Goh Yin

10 Michael Chong

11 Kydon Tay

12 Wilson Ong

13 Sunil Chandiramani

14 Chris Han

15 Narayan Subramanian

16 Jacinta Noonan

17 Antoine Ting

18 Cindy Tien

19 Manoj Vasudevan

20 Mark Jamieson

21 Ben Truong

22 Martha Lee

23 Grant Rawlinson

24 Terence Matthew Choo

25 Dennis Lim

26 Catherine Ong

27 Jass Malaney

28 Patrick Liew

29 James Chang

30 Tara Vernest

31 Avi Liran

32 Diana Thomson

33 Karolina Gwinner

34 Agostino de Angelis

35 Georgina Chin

36 Ferris Wee

37 Sean Seah

38 Samuel Tay

39 Oh Hock-Chong

40 Pauline Chua

41 Tim Hamons

42 Yasmine Khater

APSS Online Presence

APSS Online Presence

http://www.asiaspeakers.org

APSS Online Presence

APSS Online Presence

APSS Online Presence

APSS Online Presence

Summary

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

Cavett Roberts Founder of National Speakers Association

Item 4: Election of

Exco members (Aug 2013 to Jul 2014)

Election of Executive Committee Members

Nominated Members (by 5 July)

• Thaddeus Lawrence (PM, Exco 2 years) • Sarah Schubert (PM, Exco 2 years) • Raymond Thomas (PM, Exco 1 year) • Fredrik Haren (PM, CSP) • Cynthia Zhai (PM) • David Goldwich (PM) • Santanaram Jayaram (PM) • Benjamin Loh (AM) • Karolina Gwinner (AM) • Andrew Chow (PM, Current President, Exco 2 years) • Bhavani Prakash (AM) • Nicole Stinton (PM) • John Ogier (AM) • Shirley Taylor (PM, Past President, CSP, Exco 4 years) • Tim Wade (PM, Past President, Exco 5 years)

Election of Executive Committee Members

Final List of Nominated Members for Election (16 July)

• Thaddeus Lawrence (PM, Exco 2 years) • Sarah Schubert (PM, Exco 2 years) • Raymond Thomas (PM, Exco 1 year) • Fredrik Haren (PM, CSP) • Cynthia Zhai (PM) • David Goldwich (PM) • Santanaram Jayaram (PM) • Benjamin Loh (AM) • Karolina Gwinner (AM) • Andrew Chow (PM, Current President, Exco 2 years)

Election of Executive Committee Members

APSS Election Procedure

1. All nomination statements of election candidates have been sent to members

2. PINK Form is for Professional Members only

3. YELLOW Form is for Associate Members only

4. If you are a proxy for another member, please ensure you have the correct number and correct colour of forms

5. You are only required to vote for a maximum of 7 candidates. Current President will be required to serve another term based on constitution

6. Total Ex Co members for 2013-14 will be 8 in total

7. You are given 3 minutes to go through the voting form and exercise your voting rights as members

8. Please do not talk or discuss with anyone during those 3 minutes of silence

9. Put a tick on the box next to the name of your choice

10. Devina and her assistant will be collecting the voting forms back

11. Counting will begin immediately after the voting. All members are requested to leave the room for a 10-min break

Election of Executive Committee Members

APSS Voting Counting Procedure

1. Voting will take place on the tables at the back of this room

2. Two counting teams will count the votes independently.

1. Devina and Shirley Taylor, CSP,

2. Tim Wade and Beth Talbot

3. The counting and results will be checked and verified by two Past Presidents: Nishant Kasibhatla, CSP and Christian Chua

4. Any forms with 8 ticks or more will be considered void

5. The results will be announced when we resume before the main meeting.

Item 5: Any Other Business