What are the current membership categories?

Professional Membership

R295-00 pm (Plus Initiation Fee of R350-00).    

This is the highest level of membership in PSASA.

Requirements: A minimum of 20 fee paid engagements in the past 12 months with at least 12 participants in each session, OR a minimum of R100 000-00 in speaking income in the past 12 months to audiences of at least 12 participants (Does not include book sales, expenses, etc.). If you meet these requirements, you qualify for professional membership.    

Associate Membership

R125-00 pm (Plus Initiation Fee of R350-00).

Requirements:

1. A minimum of 10 fee paid engagements in the past 12 months with at least 12 participants in each session. No income requirement.
2. An individual who is employed by an Organisation or Company and earns a portion of his or her income as a salaried speaker/trainer or facilitator.  Their intention is to develop their own business in the future and move towards Professional Membership.  No income requirement.

Candidate Membership

R85-00 pm (No Initiation fee).

 Requirements: A minimum of 10 fee paid engagements with no time limit with at least 12 participants. No income requirement.  

Supplier

R185-00 pm (Plus Initiation Fee of R350-00).

 Any individual or company who is a Speakers Bureau, Agent or a Supplier of materials, equipment or services to Professional Speakers, or the Professional Speaking Industry.

CEO or Director Membership

This category falls strictly under the sole discretion of the Board of Directors. Any individual who meets the criteria below may be invited by the Board to join the Association in the CEO or Director Membership Category:

Requirements:

1. Is the Chief Executive Officer or a Director of a corporation whose annual turnover exceeds R50 000;
2. Who delivers at least six presentations per year in his capacity as CEO or Director of that company;
3. Meets other such requirements as may be established by the Board of Directors.

 Honorary Membership

 (No membership fee).

•  A person may be granted honorary membership when the National Board deems his/her membership with PSASA would be beneficial to the association and/or the speaking profession.
• Because the position is honorary, membership qualifications and application are not a consideration.
• Honorary members will be listed as honorary in the membership directories.
• Honorary members do not pay membership dues.
• An Honorary Member pays registration fees and his/her expenses for all PSASA meetings s/he wishes to attend, unless otherwise waived. Member rates apply.
• An Honorary Member does not have voting privileges.

The membership investment is a once-off initiation fee of R350-00 plus the applicable monthly membership fee. Candidate members pay no initiation fee, but do pay the applicable monthly membership fee.

For Professional, Associate and Candidate memberships, proof of speaking events and/or speaking income is required as back up documentation (copies contracts or invoices, or confirmation by client). For Associate Members who are salaried speakers, confirmation of employment as a speaker or presenter.

If you do not qualify for membership, you may attend meetings and training events as a paying delegate until you qualify.

If you are teaching at a University or College to the same students each day, you may qualify for salaried speaker for Associate Membership

Attend training sessions and meetings where members will help you get started in reaching the requirements for PSASA membership.

PSASA is the association for experts who speak professionally. Our members earn all or part of their income from professional speaking, training and facilitating. It is for those in the business of professional speaking. Toastmasters International is an organization designed to assist people in their speaking skills at regular meetings where members have the opportunity to speak and receive feedback on their speeches.

You only have to submit qualification documents when you apply for membership. Once you have been accepted as a member, you need only sign the renewal form verifying that you continue to meet the criteria for your membership category. You do not have to provide documentation annually. If you fail to meet the criteria, your membership will be adjusted to that level which you do qualify for. If you fail to meet any of the membership criteria, your membership will cease.

The following table outlines the benefits of each category of membership. The table lists the benefits that will be in place as soon as the PSASA becomes a member of the International Federation of Professional Speakers. To qualify, we will need 150 members 

Benefit	Professional	Associate & Supplier	Candidate & Staff
Attendance at meetings	Y	Y	Y
Full membership in the Chapter of your choice (Future)	Y	Y	Y
The right to use the PSASA logo	Y	Y	Y
The right to vote in Chapter elections (Future)	Y	Y
The right to vote in National elections	Y	Y
The right to identify yourself as a PSASA member	Y	Y	Y
A listing on the PSASA website, with search engine and links to the other International Federation sites (separate Candidate & Affiliate section)	Y	Y	Y
Access to the "Members Only" portion of the PSASA website	Y	Y	Y
Access to "volume purchase" plans (Future)	Y	Y	Y
Discounted member rates for the National Convention, and any special events	Y	Y	Y
The opportunity to join any of the 13 NSA (USA) Professional Emphasis Groups	Y	Y
The opportunity to be considered as a presenter at International Federation events	Y
The opportunity to be elected for office	Y
Membership in the International Federation for Professional Speakers, which includes: the right to use the Federation logo; discounted fees for access to member's portion of the NSA (USA) website; discounted rates to purchase products and attendance at conferences and other events, of all Federation countries; right to earn designations and award programs	Y
Be listed on the NSA (USA) website	Y
Audio Newsletter "VOE" (10 per year) produced by NSA	Y
Subscription to NSA's "Professional Speaker" magazine (10 per year)	Y
Have full promo listing in NSA directory (extra charge applies)	Y
Listing in the NSA (US) directory	Y