NSANZ Accreditation Application

Definitions and Conditions
These General Conditions Apply to all Accreditation levels:

Definition of Professional Speaker
A professional speaker is an individual who relies chiefly on the spoken word to leave an indelible impression on the audience. It is recognised that a speaker may be booked under the auspices of their company or trading name but the individual who is applying must have given the presentation.
The situations that speakers are employed for include:

• Keynote speeches - typically from 25 minutes up to 90 minutes;
• Seminar - typically half day to 2 days;
• After Dinner Speech - typically 20 - 45 minutes;
• Master of Ceremonies - provided that a maximum of 30% of total engagements required for the accreditation being applied for can be for MC work and that each MC engagement meets the appropriate minimum payment criteria.

Definition of a Client
A client is an individual, or area of a major organisation, who makes the decision to utilise the services of a professional speaker.
By way of example, one organisation may consist of several different clients:

• If a national manager authorises a series of several presentations in several centres, this qualifies as one client.
• On the other hand, if different divisional managers each individually book a speaker in their region or division, each manager is a different client.

Five to One Ruling for Multiple Bookings with One Client
Provisions exist for speakers who have multiple bookings with clients to not be disadvantaged.

An applicant for accreditation for APS or CSP may also classify as a separate client, any additional 5 individual presentations, which otherwise comply with the guidelines, made for someone who already qualifies as a client. If this is done, then:

• this provision is solely to increase the number of "clients" and none of these presentations can be included in the total number of presentations needed for accreditation; and
• no fees earned in these presentations can be included in the annual income calculations; and the maximum number of additional clients allowable in this way is one half of the total of clients required.

The purpose of this is to aid applicants who meet all other criteria, but do not have sufficient different clients because they do a substantial amount of business with repeat clients or seminar companies.

Provision for Members who run Public Workshops
For the purpose of meeting the requirements for number of presentations and the annual income requirement, a member may include public workshops which they have run as an individual or under the auspices of their company or trading name.
To include a public workshop, full details must be provided and the fee for attendance which each participant paid.

Speaking Fees
Speaking fees for the purpose of each level of accreditation are defined as the actual fee paid for the speaking and do not include any of the following:

• Travel expenses;
• Accommodation expenses;
• Meal allowances;
• Sales of books, tape or other products;
• Provision of handout material.

Verification and Approval of Applications

All applications for APS and CSP are audited and verified by an agency external to the NSANZ. Details of presentations and/or clients remain confidential.

The fee which is charged for APS and CSP applications covers external verification.

Final approval for accreditation of ASM, APS and CSP is made by the National Board.

Re-accreditation

Renewal of accreditation must be in the form determined by the National Board and available from the National Secretariat.

In response to changing circumstances the National Board may alter some details in this information. The current requirements will be posted here on the Web site.