Mike Frank, CSP®
Certified Speaking Professional · Emeritus
Cary, NC, United States
CSP since 1980
Expertise
Customer Service, Leadership & Achievement, Sales
About
BBA—University of Georgia
(Major—Insurance/Real Estate)
Worked his way up from salesman, to manager, to district manager, to regional manager, to national sales manager, to vice president of sales of an international sales corporation.........within 4 years and before he was 26 years old.
Has spoken to over 3,000 audiences in the United States, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Philippines, and Mexico.
Mike has spoken on programs with: Johnny Bench, Dr. Ken Blanchard, Rocky Bleier and Bruce (Caitlin) Jenner, as well as the late:
Zig Ziglar, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Paul Harvey, Dr. Robert Schuller, Og Mandino, Art Linkletter, Bob Richards, and Dr. Leo Buscaglia.
Co-author of two books.
In 1995, Mike published his first solely authored book.
He has made several THOUSAND "cold-call" field sales presentations and has "field trained" over 100 salespeople.
Mike has been featured in many corporate "in house" video tape training programs.
Mike was the 1980-81 President of the 2,500 member, National Speakers Association.
In 1980, he received the CSP designation (Certified Speaking Professional) from the National Speaker's Association. Fewer than 2% of all the professional speakers in the world have received this distinction/certification.
In 1990, Mike became the first and only speaker to receive both of the National Speakers Association's highest honors in the same year:
1) The CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame Award (Council of Peers Award for Excellence), presented to him by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.
2) The CAVETT AWARD, the most cherished honor in the speaking industry. It is given to only one speaker each year.
In 2004, Mike was a recipient of the "Legend of the Speaking Profession" award. Fewer than 100 speakers in the world have received this recognition.
Listed in the Global CSP® Directory, checked against NSA records October 2026. Back to the directory