😍History Philippine Association of Professional Speakers
🟣 About The Philippine Association of Professional Speakers
On July 31, 2017, the Philippine Association of Professional Speakers (PAPS) was founded Top Asian-Filipino Motivational Speaker Lloyd Luna in Manila, Philippines.
In a highly competitive speaking industry, the previous generation didn’t care enough to raise the next generation of professional speakers for fear of creating more competition. The so-called pioneers pushed away the beginners, who were looking for mentors and leaders. They effectively shut down the promising talents in the speaking industry for they wanted the stage only for themselves.
These — among many other pain points — put forth the idea that gave birth to the founding of Philippine Association of Professional Speakers, according to its founder Lloyd Luna.
Our advocacy is committed to building a community of speaking professionals in the Philippines.
We are the only globally recognized association of professional speakers in the country by the Global Speakers Federation since 2018.
PAPS is where our professional speakers meet to become better at what they do.
❤️ We stand for collaboration instead of competition, humility instead of pride, mentorship instead of bullying.
PAPS Speakers Academy is your school to develop speaking skills.
🧭PAPS Strategic Direction
Our Guiding principles♥️
Professionalize the voices that inspire and the messages that empower. 👌
PAPS members collectively work for the attainment of the goals of the association. Every single apprentice, professional, or affiliate member is committed to put to work without question the following:
PAPS mission
To uphold the holistic development of professional speakers in the country
PAPS vision
To be the Philippines’ premier hub of aspiring and professional speakers
PAPS Core Values
⛱️ Professionalism
🎬 Authenticity
🇵🇭 Positivism
⛱️ Service
Our advocacy
Professionalize the speaking industry.
Finally, a total powerhouse 🦸♀️🦸🏻🦸♂️🦹🏻♀️🦹♂️
🥷🏻 Our faculty includes subject matter experts, thought leaders, professional speakers, trainers, key opinion leaders ☀️
It’s like a school. Only more.
When academic discipline meets real world learning experience, it’s got to be Cooperative University of the Philippines.
Our programs of study and training designs are:
Practical
Relavant
Progressive
Our teaching faculty are accredited speakers and trainers from our homegrown Philippine Speakers Bureau, who are subject matter experts, thought leaders, skilled trainers, seasoned motivational speakers.
Philippine Association of Professional Speakers
#WeArePAPS
Philippine Association of Professional Speakers created in 2025 PAPS Speakers Academy. It is the training and education division of PAPS.
Through this division, we teach our members all facets of professional speaking.
Our philosophy suggests that knowledge is the basic foundation for success. Deprive the members of it and they will fail.
But such knowledge shouldn’t be kept. It must be shared. We don’t compete. We collaborate.
You can learn for free. And forever.
With PAPS, #WeSpeakToServe.
PAPS School of Leadership and Governance
🤒 Agree, please? Mahirap maging leader. We can teach how to lead your team the Filipino way—natural and authentic.
We teach:
🇵🇭 Leadership
👔 Good Governance
❤️ Values Formation
PAPS School of Communication
🥶 Truth or truth? Mahirap magsalita sa harap ng audience. We can teach you the less painful way of presentation and communication.
We teach:
🗣️ Public Speaking
👩🏻💻 Presentation Skills
✏️ Business Writing
PAPS School of Financial Wellness
🥵 Masipag naman. Pero kapos.
We were not taught financial wellness. Yet, it is key to your success and happiness.
We teach:
🗂️ The Principles of Finance
💵 Financial Management
🏛️ Wealth Creation, Protection, and Expansion
Raising the future professional speakers in the Philippines 🌱
✨ Philippine Association of Professional Speakers FOUNDER and Chairman of the Board
Sgt. Lloyd A. Luna, Philippine Air Force Reserve
Sgt. Luna is a popular Filipino motivational speaker in the Philippines, author, entrepreneur, and TV and radio personality. He has written 17 inspirational books since 2004 and has been a columnist of The Manila Times since 2006. He’s also a television and radio host on ALIW Channel 23 and DWIZ 882AM.
Over the past 20 years, he has spoken on leadership, public speaking, transformation and change, and personal development in over 2,000 conventions, conferences, and seminars in four continents: North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
For his untiring work as a professional public inspirational speaker, Lloyd has become the first Filipino to have been member of the board of Global Speakers Federation in 2017, the first to represent the Philippines in the Global Speakers Summit in Auckland, New Zealand in 2018, the first to have spoken in French and European Speakers Convention in Paris in 2019, the first to speak in Professional Speakers Summit 2023 in India, and the first to earn the Registered Speaking Professional designation in the Philippines given by the Philippine Board of Professional Speaking. He’s the founder of Philippine Association of Professional Speakers.
At age 37, he was conferred the Quezon Medal of Honor, the highest recognition given by the provincial government of Quezon to its distinguished civilian achievers. In 2022, he became the only Filipino author to have spoken at Sharjah International Book Fair in United Arab Emirates—the world’s largest book fair. Well-known speakers in this event included world-renowned personalities such as Dr. Deepak Chopra, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, Ms. Universe competition host Steve Harvey, and The Da Vinci Code best-selling author Dan Brown, among other global literary luminaries.
In 2020, Lloyd joined the Philippine Air Force as a reserve soldier, where he teaches leadership and communication subjects to officers and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In 2021, he put up the Public Speaking Institute®—a certifying body for CPS® Certified Public Speaker and PSF® Public Speaking Fellow. It now has a branch in Bandung, Indonesia. In 2022, he founded the Communication Institute of the Philippines, a non-profit skills training provider for the underprivileged.
He had in previous years put up Stepback®, a leadership and culture development program aimed at helping broaden the social perspective of leaders. As the author of the book Stepback: The Lost Art of Filipino Leadership, Lloyd teaches the philosophy of putting people at the center of leadership; a program now offered in Ateneo de Manila Graduate School of Business — Center for Continuing Education.
In 2024, he returned on television and radio as host of “Work Related” on ALIW Channel 23 and DWIZ 882AM, where he engages workplace experts and business owners in insightful, informative, and inspiring interviews. Committed to serve humanity through community service, he accepted the invitation as an Honorary Member of Rotary Club of Lucena Premier in 2025.
A hobbyist golfer, Lloyd is also president of TOL Marketing Corp., the maker of Veyl™ SunglareGuard.
☺️Learning made accessible
📚 Frequently Asked Questions About Yaman Institute
Yaman Institute is the training and education division of Yaman Advocacy Cooperative. It was founded in 2025 by Yaman Founder and Chairperson and Asian-Filipino motivational speaker and author Lloyd Luna aimed at providing free learning programs for cooperative members.
Our ♥️ advocacy is democratization of 🥷🏻 learning.
Yung mga excessive at expensive fees sa mga talks, seminars, training, and workshops, hindi mo na problema! Libre na if member ka ng kooperatiba.
Not for everyone! 🙅♂️
Only bonafide members of Yaman Advocacy Cooperative can be admitted to enroll in this “University.” Non-members can still apply through our Admission Office by for a minimal fee, which depends on the course or program of study.
For questions, you can join our Yaman Pre-Membership Education Seminar.
Yes and no. No, because we are not a CHED-recognized formal school. Yes, because we employ an informal but academic-like approach in teaching leading to real-life result.
It is a legitimate brand that reflects our commitment as an advocacy cooperative.
This is a division of a legitimate cooperative organized under the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) of the Philippines.
Free training.
Talks. Seminars. Trainings. Workshops. Consulting works.
We also offer micro-credentials for students and professionals.
We are built different. We do different. 🧩
From a movement initiated by our founder and chairman 🦸♂️ Lloyd Luna, our Yaman University is run by thought leaders, professional speakers and trainers, and subject matter experts from different industries, disciplines, and professions.
We not only have academicians, businessmen, government officials, corporate managers, church and civic leaders, and working professionals in our group.
We also have skilled work-at-home moms, dads, aunts, uncles, retirees, part-time and contractual workers, out-of-school youth, and students in our community who have ideas.
Kahit ano pang estado mo sa buhay, 🫠welcome ka sa University namin.
✍️ Practical education, for sure. We teach inter-personal skills, personality development, leadership, communication, financial wellness, and a lot more.
😍 You can inquire about our subject offerings.
P0.00. Zero. Our monthly learning sessions and select special sessions are free of charge for members.
🧩 We definitely have plans. Branches in Mindanao, Cebu, and Luzon. Basically, the entire Philippines. But give us some time.
We are, however, a national cooperative. We operate in the entire country. We do our learning programs online and onsite. We maximize the use of available 🤖 technology to make this University accessible to all.
Wherever you are in the Philippines (and abroad), you can be our student!
Occasionally, we also have face-to-face classes.
🐣 You can attend an online orientation para malaman ang kumpletong detalye ng papasukin mo. If you like the idea, then you can decide to apply as a member.
Fill up this ➡️ application form.
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