In February 1977, National Speakers Association (NSA) established the Council of Peers Award for Excellence Speaker Hall of Fame to honor professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence.

Admission into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame is a lifetime award for speaking excellence and professionalism. Inductees are evaluated by their peers through a rigorous and demanding process. Each candidate must excel in seven categories: material, style, experience, delivery, image, professionalism and communication. The award is not based on celebrity status, number of speeches, amount of income or volunteer involvement in NSA.

To date, 191 men and women have been inducted into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame. Up to five new inductees are named each year at a gala celebration held in conjunction with the NSA National Convention. There are currently 151 living members of the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame. Additionally, NSA conferred an honorary CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame award on General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) in 1999.

2012 INDUCTEES

Steve Gilliland, CSP, CPAE	Sally Hogshead, CPAE	Ross Shafer, CPAE
Peter Sheahan, CSP, CPAE	Terri Sjodin, CSP, CPAE

The Members of the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame are:

Tony Alessandra, PhD, CSP, CPAE
Ralph F. Archbold, CSP, CPAE
Stephen F. Arterburn, CPAE
Michael A. Aun, CSP, CPAE
Emory Austin, CSP, CPAE
Bill Bachrach, CSP, CPAE
Patricia Ball, CSP, CPAE
Sheila Murray Bethel, CBC, CPAE
Jeff Blackman, JD, CSP, CPAE
Doc Blakely, CSP, CPAE
Jeff Blackman, CSP, CPAE
Kenneth Blanchard, PhD, CPAE
Dianna Booher, MA, CSP, CPAE
Ty Boyd, CSP, CPAE 
Terry Brock, CSP, CPAE
Marjorie Brody, CSP, CPAE, CMC, PCC
Les Brown, CPAE
Steve Brown, CPAE
Frank C. Bucaro, CSP, CPAE
Daniel A. Burrus, CSP, CPAE
Karyn L. Buxman, CSP, CPAE
Joe Calloway, CSP, CPAE
George W. Campbell, CSP, CPAE
Jack Canfield, CSP, CPAE
Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE
Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE
Eric Chester, CSP, CPAE
Daniel Clark, CSP, CPAE
Gerald L. Coffee, CSP, CPAE
Danny Cox, CSP, CPAE
Roger W. Crawford II, CPAE
Robert Danzig, CPAE
Rita Davenport, CSP, CPAE
Roger Dawson, CSP, CPAE
Dorothy DeBolt, CPAE
Bert Decker, CSP, CPAE
Richard DeVos, CPAE
John Patrick Dolan, CSP, CPAE
Charles B. Dygert, PhD, CSP, CPAE
Gil Eagles, CSP, CPAE
Roxanne Emmerich, CSP, CMC, CPAE
Robert Mayer Evans, JD, CSP, CPAE
Lisa A. Ford, CSP, CPAE
Ed Foreman, CPAE
D. Michael Frank, CSP, CPAE
Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Tim Gard, CSP, CPAE
LaDonna Gatlin, CSP, CPAE
Bobbie Gee, CSP, CPAE
Steve Gilliland, CSP, CPAE
Jeffrey Gitomer, CSP, CPAE
Barbara Glanz, CSP, CPAE
Dave Gorden, CSP, CPAE 
Amanda Gore, CSP, CPAE
Warren Greshes, CPAE
Joe Griffith, CPAE
Tom Haggai, CPAE
D. John Hammond, CPAE
Carl A. Hammerschlag, MD, CPAE
Jane Handly, CSP, CPAE
Lou Heckler, CSP, CPAE
James F. Hennig, PhD, CSP, CPAE
Liz Curtis Higgs, CSP, CPAE
Sally Hogshead, CPAE
Art Holst, CPAE
Tom Hopkins, CPAE
Suzie Humphreys, CPAE
Carl E. Hurley, EdD, CSP, CPAE
Don Hutson, CSP, CPAE
Shep Hyken, CSP, CPAE
Chad Hymas, CSP, CPAE
Dale Irvin, CSP, CPAE
Elizabeth Jeffries, CSP, CPAE
Willie Jolley, CSP, CPAE
Dewitt Jones, CPAE
Craig Joseph Karges, CSP, CPAE
Danielle Kennedy, MA, CPAE
Kurt Kilpatrick, JD, CSP, CPAE 
Victoria Labalme, CPAE
Janet Lapp, RN, PhD, CSP, CPAE
Joe Larson, CSP, CPAE
John W. Lee, CPAE
Peter Legge, MA, CSP, CPAE
Art G. Linkletter, CPAE
Florence C. Littauer, CSP, CPAE
Giovanni Livera, CPAE
Layne A. Longfellow, PhD, CPAE
Mary LoVerde, CPAE
Harvey Mackay, CPAE
Loretta A. Malandro, PhD, CPAE
Mark Mayfield, CSP, CPAE
Carl Mays, CSP, CPAE
Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE
Lisa McInnes-Smith CSP, CPAE
Scott McKain, CSP, CPAE
Michael P. McKinley, CSP, CPAE
David McNally, CPAE
Hope Mihalap, CPAE
W Mitchell, CSP, CPAE
George L. Morrisey, CSP, CPAE 
Owen Morse, CPAE
Jim Pancero, CSP, CPAE
Alan J. Parisse CSP, CPAE
Kathleen Passanisi, PT, CSP, CPAE,
Terry L. Paulson, PhD, CSP, CPAE 
Randy Pennington, CSP, CPAE
Ian D. Percy, CSP, CPAE
Charles V. Petty, ThD, CSP, CPAE
Robert Pike, CSP, CPAE
J. Charles Plumb, CPAE
Connie Podesta, CSP, CPAE
Vince Poscente, CSP, CPAE
Fred H. Pryor, CPAE
Howard Putnam, CSP, CPAE
Nido R. Qubein, CSP, CPAE
Mike Rayburn, CSP, CPAE
Chuck Reaves, CSP, CPAE
Norman K. Rebin, CPAE
Naomi R. Rhode, CSP, CPAE
Bob Richards, CPAE
Steve Rizzo, CPAE
Jeanne Robertson, CSP, CPAE
Grady Jim Robinson, CSP, CPAE
Eden Ryl, CPAE
Glenna Salsbury, CSP, CPAE
Mark H. Sanborn, CSP, CPAE
Barbara Sanfilippo, CSP, CPAE
Mark Scharenbroich, CSP, CPAE 
Ross Shafer, CPAE
Peter Sheahan, CSP, CPAE
Terri Sjodin, CSP, CPAE
Steve Spangler, CSP, CPAE
Philip D. Steffen, CSP, CPAE
Lyman K. 'Manny' Steil, PhD,CSP, CPAE
Carl G. Stevens, CPAE
LeAnn Thieman, CSP, CPAE
Don Thoren, CPAE 
Dan Thurmon, CSP, CPAE
Lewis R. Timberlake, CPAE
Brian Tracy, CPAE
Jim Tunney, EdD, CSP, CPAE
Peter Vidmar, CPAE
Marilyn VanDebur, CPAE
Susie Vanderlip, CSP, CPAE
Phillip Van Hooser, CSP, CPAE
Al Walker, CSP, CPAE
Joanne M. Wallace, CSP, CPAE
George R. Walther, CSP, CPAE 
Jon Wee, CPAE
Matt Weinstein, CPAE
Alan Weiss, CMC, CSP, CPAE
Joel H. Weldon, CPAE
Gail Wenos, CSP, CPAE
Phillip S. Wexler, CPAE
C. Richard Weylman CSP, CPAE
Somers H. White, CMC, CSP, CPAE
Floyd Wickman, CSP, CPAE
Desi Williamson, CSP, CPAE
Larry Wilson, CPAE
Larry Winget, CSP, CPAE
Thomas J. Winninger, CSP, CPAE
Dave Yoho, CPAE
David Yoho Jr., CPAE
Alan R. Zimmerman, PhD, CSP, CPAE

In Memory of...

John W. Alston, MS, CSP, CPAE
Bob Bale, CPAE
Joe Batten, CPAE 
Jay Beecroft, CPAE
Art E. Berg, CSP, CPAE
William T. Brooks, CSP, CPAE
Joseph J. Charbonneau, CSP, CPAE
Alan Cimberg, CPAE
Charles Cullen, CPAE
Sam Edwards, CPAE
John H. Furbay, PhD, CPAE
Dick Gardner, CPAE
William H. Gove, CSP, CPAE
Tennyson Guyer, CPAE
Keith D. Harrell, CSP, CPAE
Roy Hatten, CPAE
Ira M. Hayes, CPAE
Christopher J. Hegarty, CPAE
Robert H. Henry, CSP, CPAE
Fred Herman, CPAE
Newt Hielscher, CPAE
Cecil Hunter, CPAE
Charles W. Jarvis, DSS, CPAE
Charles E. Jones, CPAE
Og Mandino, CPAE
Kenneth McFarland, CPAE
Bill McGrane, CPAE
Arthur 'Red' Motley, CPAE
Bob Murphey, CPAE
James Newman, CPAE
Earl Nightingale, CPAE
Thom Norman, CPAE
Norman Vincent Peale, CPAE
Ray Pelletier, CSP, CPAE
Rosita Perez, CPAE
Ronald Reagan, CPAE
Cavett Robert, CSP, CPAE
Jim Rohn, CPAE
Arthur Secord, CPAE
Dick Semaan, CPAE
Bryan Townsend, CSP, CPAE
Herb True, PhD, CPAE
Mort Utley, CPAE
Pat Vivo, CSP, CPAE
Charley H. Willey, CPAE
W. Heartsill Wilson, CPAE
Carl Winters, CPAE
John Wolfe, CPAE
Bill Woodruff, CPAE
Zig Ziglar, CPAE