Success with People

Cavett Roberts NSA was founded in 1973 by Cavett Robert who was born November 14, 1907 in Starkville, Mississippi and died in September 1997. Members still hold to a code of helping one another known as “The Spirit of Cavett” and in honor of Cavett’s birthday, NSA celebrates the “Spirit of NSA” day every November 14. Even though he suffered from stage fright in his younger years, Cavett Robert joined Toastmasters International and went on to receive his first paid speech at the age of 61. Cavett’s idea for NSA began with just 35 attendees of the Phoenix Summer Sales Seminar in 1969. After years of work, the National Speakers Association was incorporated on July 12, 1973. Cavett Robert’s hope was to build a bigger pie so everyone could have a bigger slice. In July 1979, Cavett Robert was honored with NSA’s first Member of the Year Award, later renamed “The Cavett Award,” which is awarded to the member who best exemplifies the qualities of caring, sharing, loving and making a difference in people’s lives.Don Green, a resident of Wise, Virginia, the birthplace of Napoleon Hill, Don Green brings nearly 45 years of banking, finance, and entrepreneurship experience to his role as Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. His first youthful business venture was charging admission to see his pet bear—yes, the living, growling kind! Since 2000, Green has traveled worldwide and used his finance skills to grow the Foundation’s funds in order to continue the Foundation’s educational outreach to prisons. Green has both modeled leadership skills as a CEO and taught them through the PMA Science of Success course at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Don specializes in discussing his personal experiences in leadership and providing audiences with proven methods of applying Dr. Hill’s success philosophy to business. He was recently featured in a presentation on the Importance of Entrepreneurship in a National Economy by Dr. Peter Yun at a United Nations Forum.

"I am grateful I knew Cavett. Early in my speaking career when I had the privilege of speaking on the platform with him, he encouraged me often to write a book. He assured me I had something to say and knew how to say it and that it would benefit others. With his encouragement, I wrote See You at the Top, which has now been published in hardback for over 30 years. I believe you would do well to read his book and follow through on what he has to say. This special edition will be a keepsake for you for the rest of your life you now live. Take advantage of it—it’s a rare opportunity."—Zig Ziglar, CPAE, Speaker Hall of Fame, Recipient of Cavett Award