Our Awards!

This year has been a humbling one for me in many ways – but one of the most humbling has been the amazing awards my generous peers have given me – in two countries! I arrived back in Australia in November 2008, after 8 years of living in the USA where the wonderful, generous people embraced me with open arms.

Shortly after I returned, I was chosen to receive the keynote of the year award from the National Speaker’s Association of Australia – even though I had not been here speaking for all that time! How blessed was I! And then – all unbeknownst to me – I appeared in The Speaker Magazine in the USA as one of the HOT 25 speakers around the globe – I liked the ‘hot’ idea – I am nothing like ‘hot’ so it really was treat!! LOL!

But wait, there’s more! Not only that but again as a surprise, I find out the I am awarded the CPAE – basically inducted into the Speaker hall of Fame – and Lisa McKinnes Smith is the only other person outside the USA to ever receive it – she is a wonderful speaker and good friend of mine! This is recognition from your peers and they vote on it!

So you can see why it has been a humbling year! But I am saying this not to brag but to thank you all for my awards! Without you, none of them would have been possible! If I had not had the fabulous support of audiences willing to participate and laugh and have fun and tell others what they learned, I would never have been given those awards.

So these are for you! for all the people who have supported me – audiences members, bureaus, clients, meeting planners , the fabulous people who worked with me (Especially Somer, and Julianna and Holli and Jenny and Michelle and Cassie and Vince and Michelle – I could go on for hours! ) Without you folks reading this, I would be sitting in empty rooms talking to myself!!! hahahah

So if you are interested in reading about some of ‘our’ awards , the article is posted HERE on www.thegospelofjoy.com!

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!

I AM SENDING YOU ZOOTIES AND A HUG!

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