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Shift Your Perspective: Embrace 2024 with Fresh Eyes

by | Dec 30, 2023 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Leadership & Team Building, Motivation, Patricia Fripp Articles, Professional Career Development, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Your Business Success

As we stride into 2024, it’s crucial to recognize the impact of recency bias – the tendency to overemphasize recent experiences or the latest information when forecasting future events. This bias can skew our expectations, leading us to believe that the near...

Develop Your Storytelling Abilities: Life Lessons from Movie Stars and Hollywood

by | Oct 14, 2023 | Executive Leadership, Fripp & Associates Articles, Patricia Fripp Articles, Professional Career Development, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills

When we reminisce about Hollywood, it’s often the stories that movies tell that captivate us the most. Screenwriting teacher Robert McKee eloquently states, “Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience....

How to Be Prepared for Last-Minute and Planned Formal and Informal Introductions

by | Dec 19, 2022 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Professional Career Development, Public Speaking Skills, Your Business Success

Professionals must often deliver formal, prepared presentations. They must also give frequent, unplanned presentations. Imagine this scenario: You are in a virtual or in-person meeting when the executive leading the meeting notices you in the audience. She says, “I...