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. By Saturday April 20 you can invest in the downloads for $147. You owe it to yourself to at least click the link!
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Speech is the way a small business builds its brand, establishes expertise, gets free publicity and gets in front of its market.
R. W. Armstrong & Associates, a civil engineering project management company in Indianapolis, first hired a speaker trainer Patricia Fripp to help prepare it for a pitch worth millions of dollars. The company went in as the underdog but clinched the deal after working on timing, learning how to use descriptive words, introduce co-workers and present itself with poise and cohesion, said Donna Gadient, director for human resources. She said the company paid about $8,000 to $10,000 for a day of training for 25 people and that the guidance continues to help employees speak on their feet.
Read More...Patricia Fripp’s Horray for Hollywood Speech
We need to give our audience a smorgasbord of sensations and keep them feeling as if they are knife edge of now!
Read More...How Long Should An Acceptance Speech Be?
Action star everyman Harrison Ford was honored with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award, for “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field”-or more specifically, 35 movies over four decades, including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Witness, The Fugitive, and Patriot Games. He said,
Read More...Academy Awards Speeches Inspire If Good
Academy Awards Speeches Inspire If Good.
Most of course are not! However, if you have to give a speech this one may inspire you. I helped one of my clients prepare it. Look for good descriptive words, modesty, giving credit to those who came before.
The Boy Scouts Have It Right: Be Prepared
Read More...Fripp Wins the Cavett Award–The “Oscar” of Speaking
At the National Speakers Association’s annual convention in Orlando, Florida in July 1996, Patricia was awarded NSA’s highest honor—the Cavett Award.
Read More...How to Have Keynote Speech Success
If you want to come to a Patricia Fripp Speaking School the next event is the Lady and The Champs Speaking Conference.
There is nothing that will help you have greater success in business more than developing good communication skills.
Read More...Gil Grissom CSI Advice Applies to Presentations
Gil Grissom CSI Advice Applies to Presentations
Read More...Humor Power: Your Strength is Your Weakness
One of my favorite newsletters if from John Kinde in his Humor Power
His celebrity Humor quote is…
“If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty,
there’s still a 30% chance we’re going to get it wrong.”
Joe Biden
Read More...How to Professionally Deliver an Acceptance Speech
7 Questions to Ask Yourself
Who nominated you?
Who invited you to join this group or encouraged you to get involved in this project or event?
What is your connection to this group?
How do you feel about the people and the organization’s goals?
Why are they giving you this award?
When was the first time you attended a meeting and what were your experiences?
Have you seen someone else accept this same award?
The audience will not remember all the details of what you say, but they will remember the stories you tell. Include a memorable vignette or incident, something entertaining or touching about your connection.
Honor the Audience
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