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M. Kay duPont |
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Certified Speaking
Professional
Certified
Professional
Development Trainer
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As
primary
editorial consultant
for The
Communication
Connection, Kay
has worked with
organizations such
as Coca-Cola,
BellSouth, Turner
Broadcasting, and
MetLife. She's the
author of three
popular business
books:
Don't Let Your
Participles Dangle
in Public!,
Business Etiquette
and Professionalism,
and
Diversity in the
Workplace:
Communication is the
Key.
Her
novel,
Loving Mr. Lincoln:
The Personal Diaries of Mary
Todd Lincoln,
is historical
fiction at its
finest.
Her newest book,
Writing for the
College-Bound Student,
was a nominee for the
2005 Georgia Author
of the Year award.
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Kay has served
as editor for
many
newsletters,
including ASTD’s
The Exchange
for two years,
which won the
1994
Professional
Contribution
Award. The
Georgia
Toastmasters’
newsletter won
the national
newsletter award
the first year
she was editor.
She also served
as editor and
publication
chair for the
National
Speakers
Association
magazine,
Professional
Speaker, for
two years. In
addition, she
wrote and
published her
own subscription
newsletter for
almost ten
years. Today she
serves as
newsletter
director/editor
for the National
Speakers
Association
Georgia
Chapter’s
Soundly Speaking
and Life
Enrichment
Services’
The Friendly
Visitor.
Kay is a member
of:
American Copy
Editors Society
(ACES)
National
Speakers
Association (NSA),
National
Speakers
Association Georgia
Chapter (NSA GA),
Georgia Writers
Association
(GWA),
Southern Order
of Storytellers,
National Women's
History Project,
Association of
Lincoln
Presenters,
Magnolia
Storytellers,
and
Hosea's Feed
the Hungry team.
Kay is also
listed in
Elizabeth Lyon's
National
Directory of
Editors and
Writers
and Who's Who
of American
Women.
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AWARDS: |
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Speaking:
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World
Championship
of
Public
Speaking
(4th
place)
SE
Championship
of
Public Speaking
SE
Speech
Evaluation
Competition
Georgia
Championship
of
Public
Speaking
Georgia
Speech
Evaluation
Competition
Toastmasters
Area
Governors
Humorous
Speech
Contest
Top
Speaker
Award,
International
Platform
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Writing: |
Georgia
Writers
Association
Annual
Members
Fiction
Award
for
Loving
Mr. Lincoln (2003)
Writer's
Digest
Honorable
Mention
for
Loving Mr. Lincoln (2004)
Georgia
Author
of
the
Year
nomination
for
Loving Mr. Lincoln (2004)
Georgia
Author
of
the
Year
nomination
for
Writing for the College-Bound
Student (2005) |
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Training: |
ASTD
Professional
Contribution
Award
(1991,
2000)
ASTD
Chapter
Achievement
Award (1992)
ASTD
Annual
Achievement
Award
(1992)
ASTD
President's
Award
(1999)
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Other
Awards:
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NSA
GA
Kay
Herman
Legacy
Award
(highest
award
given
by
NSA-GA)
(First recipient, 2001)
NSA
GA
Founders'
Leadership
Award
for
Continuing
Leadership
and
Selfless
Service (First recipient, 1999)
NSA GA's
President's
Award
(1988)
Outstanding
Volunteer
of
the
Year,
Habitat
for
Humanity-DeKalb
(1998)
Toastmaster
of
the
Year
(1988) |
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Certifications:
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Certified
Speaking
Professional
(CSP),
National
Speakers
Association
Certified
Professional
Development
Trainer
(CPDT),
International
Board
of
Standards
&
Practices
Certified
Legal
Assistant
(CLA),
American
Bar
Association
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KAY'S BOOKS
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Kay has 30 years’
experience
with writing, layout and design of fiction and nonfiction
books,
websites, shell
letters,
marketing materials,
training aids, leader’s guides,
proposals,
brochures and more!
Now designing websites for your
books! |
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