Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) 

About the Certified Speaking Professional designation from  CSP Selection Committee Member Frank Kitchen, CSP

March 13, 2025

What does it feel like to be recognized as one of the best at what you do? 

Joshua is one of 33 Professional Speakers from around the world who learned today that they earned their Certified Speaking Professional Designation. The designation is the highest earned honor in the speaking industry and limits risk for Event Professionals and Event Organizers looking to work with a Professional Speaker. The National Speakers Association created the designation and the rigorous standards needed to earn it to limit risk for organizations who want to hire professional speakers for their professional development events.

As a member of the CSP Committee, today is one of my favorite days of the year, because I get to call people like Joshua to inform them that their work has not gone unrecognized and they are a part of a small fraternity of speakers around the world. Their work has been reviewed by their peers, trade association and clients to validate that when you partner with them, you are truly working with one of the best professional speakers in the world.

Congratulations Joshua! I've got a huge smile on my face knowing that today the world learned that when people work with you, they are truly working with one of the best, based on your years of dedication to the industry, your ethics, your skill on the platform and the service you provide for the people and organizations you work with.

Congratulations to you and the CSP Class of 2025! I look forward to putting your CSP Medal around your neck this July in Scottsdale, AZ at the 2025 Influence Conference in front of over 1,000 of your colleagues in the Professional Speaking Industry.

Sincerely,

Frank Kitchen