The French Don’t Care
“The French don’t care what you do, actually,” says Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady, “as long as you pronounce it properly.”*
Public Speaking: Are Your Characters Captivating?
The late comedy impresario John Cantu knew that speakers mustn’t be the heroes of all their stories. Together, we analyzed one of his speeches and found sixty-two different people! Learn from great books, plays, and films. Fill your speech with exciting characters, real and imaginary.
Read More...Want to Make Your Webinars More Exciting?
Whenever you open your mouth, whether you’re talking to one person or a thousand, you want to get a specific message across. The stakes are higher when you present through webinars.
Anyone who sets out to present, persuade, and propel with the spoken word faces pitfalls. And, as technology and travel budgets play a more important part in our lives, you have yet another challenge: What do you do when you are communicating through a Webinar? What is different about a Webinar presentation? How do you catch and keep your audience? Here are some tips.
CONSIDER USING LOOPING SLIDES
As your audience tunes in, how do you make sure they are entertained and feel involved even before the event starts? The best way is with a series of Looping Slides. Looping Slides are a great way to convey important information and to keep attendees entertained while waiting for your presentation to begin.
These slides can communicate:
When the session will begin.
A photo, name, and title of the presenter.
What the audience is going to learn.
What to do in case of problems.
You may want to use quotes from the content they will be learning.
Turn them off on your Intro and you’ll never get them back
You may be familiar with the comedy legend Judy Carter. She wrote The Comedy Bible and her books helped my pal Darren LaCroix find his funny self and turn that skill into a great career. For years I have been hearing stories from dozens of others that say very much the same.
Read More...Powerful Presentations: Getting Off to a Good Start
Most speakers if they know their subject are not bad once they get going. However very few know how to get off to a really good start. My recommendation is that you script your opening. However, do not write in paragraphs. Write it as phrases down the page not across. As my early mentor Bill Gove taught me “Fripp, the written word is for the eye, the spoken word is for the rhythm.” As you rehearse preparing it this way makes it easier to get into your body.
Read More...The Best Advice for Public Speakers
In February World Champions Edge (my public speaking coaching community) held our convention Lady and the Champs. Five keynote speeches and fifteen breakout sessions delivered by four World Champion speakers and yours truly Patricia Fripp. Each presentation can help you improve your presentations. By Saturday, April 30, 2011 you can invest in the downloads for $147. You owe it to yourself to at least click the link!
Read More...Coaches & Consultants…Sell by Doing, Not Telling.
A story of how Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE became the speech coach of choice for a best selling author.
Read More...The Consultant’s Consultant Alan Weiss
Alan Weiss, author of 37 books including Million Dollar Speaking and I are getting ready for our The Odd Couple Marketing and Strategy Seminar in Las Vegas June 25-26, 2011.
Read More...Increase your sales with your own clients
Increase your sales with your own clients! Listen in on a lunch conversation with Patricia Fripp and her expert lunch date.
Read More...Um, Uh, Like Call in The Speech Coach Patricia Fripp
Patricia Fripp quoted in New York Times!
This article was written by Hillary Chura and first ran in the San Francisco Chronicle in 2007 – Um, Uh, Like Call in the Speech Coach. Although Patricia Fripp was quoted, David Freeman, Michael Sipe, and Donna Gadient who were my clients gave great interviews and their comments were not attributed to my executive speech coaching and sales presentation skills training. However, how often do you get mentioned in the New York Times? In my Executive Speech Coach blog version I make it obvious they worked with me!
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