What would it mean to you and your career if you understood the techniques that guaranteed every time you stood up to speak you were powerful and persuasive?

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE - Executive Speech Coach & Award-Winning Keynote Speaker at Lady and The Champs Speakers Conference
Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE – Executive Speech Coach & Award-Winning Keynote Speaker at Lady and The Champs Speakers’ Conference

Where will you be on Saturday, the 27th of April 2013? If you’re interested in improving your presentation skills and you’re anywhere near Chicago, and certainly if you’re part of District 30 Toastmasters, you will be at Skokie, Illinois Holiday Inn.

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Keynote Speaker Patricia Fripp
Keynote Speaker and Executive Speech Coach, Patricia Fripp

I was a hairstylist for 24 years and as I said on 60 Minutes – and if you’re on 60 Minutes you’ll tell everybody – “I used to work on the outside of peoples’ heads, now I work on the inside, so there’s only half an inch difference.”

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Patricia Fripp Executive Speech Coach on Stage
Patricia Fripp, Executive Speech Coach & Sales Presentation Skills Expert

Is this is the year that you are going to dramatically increase your sales? If so, you need to emotionally and intellectually connect with your audience – be it one, five, 50 or 500. Think of it this way – logic makes us think. People will not invest a large amount of money unless it makes logical, analytical sense. However, emotion makes us act. When you can emotionally connect with your audience you have a competitive edge.

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Fred 2.0 Mark SanbornMy friend and fellow Speakers Roundtable member, Mark Sanborn has just released Fred 2.0

Nine years ago, bestselling author and business consultant Mark Sanborn introduced the world to Fred, his postman, who delivered extraordinary service in simple but remarkable ways. Fred’s story of passion, purpose and commitment inspired millions. Individuals, companies, even cities were inspired to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary each day.

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Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker and Executive Speech Coach, Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker and Executive Speech Coach, Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE

You have 30 seconds to command the attention of your audience. Don’t waste it!

The first 30 seconds of any presentation have a great impact. Most people aren’t bad once they get going if they know what they’re talking about. However, very few know how to start and conclude on a high. Here are a few options to show you how you might open:

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Do you want to learn to be a great public speaker? Take advantage of the introductory price for the Lady and the Champs How to Speaking Seminar dowloads.

Patricia Fripp , Darren La Croix, Ed Tate, Mark Brown and Craig Valentine. $147 until March 27, 2013

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World Champions and Patricia Fripp at Lady and the Champs 2013
World Champions and Patricia Fripp at Lady and the Champs 2013

 

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Powerful Presentations: Under the Magnifying Glass
Keynoting Toastmasters Conference

I love speaking about speaking. Here is an excerpt of a presentation I gave on speaking skills at the Third International Toastmasters Conference.

“It never ceases to amaze me that intelligent, well educated, and ambitious people frequently overlook developing the number one skill that is guaranteed to position them ahead of the crowd, namely the ability to stand up and speak eloquently with confidence – or at the very least, stagger to their feet and say anything at all.

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Your Important Presentations Will Improve  When You…

…improve your everyday casual conversations.

In your presentations, you will not improve what you are not aware of.

One excellent way to perfect your presentation is to record it and then listen carefully. This is more effective than simply looking over your written speech. Here are a few strategies I share with my executive speech coaching clients that you can use to improve your presentations.

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