CGA recognizes a number of courses other than its own for the successful completion of the public speaking requirement. We have prepared a list of these programs for your convenience:

• AuthenticDialogue.com - The Persuasive Presenter Program
  Duration: 2 day (includes mandatory class preparation)
  North Vancouver 
  Contact: dene@authenticdialogue.com,  www.authenticdialogue.com  
  Tel: 1-778-386-5167 
• Building Communication Skills
  Duration: One Weekend: 20 hours Friday-Sunday
  Whitehorse, Yukon
  Contact: arlin@arlinmcfarlane.com or Tel: 1-867 633-4844 
• Christopher Leadership Courses of Canada
  Tel: (604) 268-6298 or email [info#christopherleadership,org]info@christopherleadership.orgor go to www.christopherleadership.org
  For courses outside of Greater Vancouver www.thelumen.com 
• Communication Connection
  (Victoria and Vancouver Island and all of B.C.) Patricia Nichol, Tel: (250) 474-4606 or [pat#patnichol,com]pat@patnichol.com.  Duration one weekend; 20 hours Friday to Monday.
• Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking & Human Relations
  (Vancouver and various locations). Contact Lara Yamniuk, Tel: (604) 299-5115, (800) 663-2661, or fax (604) 299-5657.
• Frameworks Training
  Sylvia McLaren-Tishler
  www.frameworks-training.com
  Tel: (604) 805-9815 or (877) 271-7930 
• Tim Thomas & Associates(Prince George area) Duration 2 1/2 days. Tim Thomas, Tim Thomas & Associates, Tel: (250) 561-1263 or www3.telus.net/public/tim.t.
• The Art of Speaking for SuccessA two-day, action and information packed, program in public speaking. Contact: [info#dorotheahendriks,com]Dorothea Hendriks at Tel: (604) 254-4308 or www.workshop.artofspeakingforsuccess.com.
• SpeakEasy Seminars(Vancouver and various locations plus Vancouver Island University, Qualicum Campus) Duration one weekend. John Gregory, Tel: (604) 684-8951 or www.speakeasy-seminars.com/home.htm.
• Public Speaking: Speak Up With Confidence
  (Vancouver Area) Duration eight evenings. Del O'Shaughnessy, VSB Adult Division, Tel: (604) 713-4550 or http://www.vsb-adult-ed.com/default.htm 
• Toastmasters "Competent Toastmaster" Certificate (4 to 6 months)
  For information about all clubs in B.C., consult the Toastmasters Website.
• Public Speaking for the Terrified - Johnson Hall & Associates 
  Duration - 8 weeks
  Contact Judy Johnson Tel: (604) 942-6467, Fax (604) 942-6919 or [jj#johnsonhall,ca]jj@johnsonhall.ca for upcoming programs.
• "You’re On!" or "Public Speaking Made Easy"
  (Vancouver area) Jim Francis Tel: (604) 983-WAVE (9283) or email
  wmconsulting@live.com or go to http://wavemakerconsulting.com/
   

Acceptable public speaking transfer credit courses are also offered at several B.C. post-secondary institutions.  Click here for a  complete listing of post-secondary institutions.