To Advance Your Career You Must Know This When you are a professional, you know that in order to advance in your career and boost your income, good presentation skills can make the difference between stagnation and success. When your message is memorable, your communication clear, and your presentation powerful you will position yourself for […]
Read More...How to Find Content for Your Speech – FrippVT
How do you find content for your speech or presentation? A treasure trove of content is waiting to be discovered in your everyday personal or professional life. Your own experiences, even if they seem “ordinary” to you, can be a great source of relatable, entertaining and authentic content. Consider how you might incorporate stories you’re […]
Read More...To Be Competitive, Learn How to Use The Right Language
Every sales presentation or conversation is a missed or captured opportunity. If you sound the same as everyone else, you have no advantage. When you learn how to use the right language, in a more effective way, you enjoy a competitive edge and get results. Enjoy this video sample from FrippVT on improving your sales […]
Read More...How to Increase Sales by Asking Great Questions
To be powerful and persuasive, keep your sales conversations focused on your clients’ concerns – not on the product or service you provide. Ask the right questions to understand your clients’ concerns. Don Hutson explains how here – plus, enjoy this FrippVT Sales Series video of the two of us discussing how to get amazing […]
Read More...How to Tell Better Stories in Your Speeches
If you are a leader, manager, executive, sales professional, or keynote speaker, you are more effective when you tell great stories and use good examples. These three techniques will help you turn simple stories into examples that will be remembered and repeated: Think chronologically. Use shorter sentences or phrases. Consider each visual scene. In January, […]
Read More...Opening Phrases You Can Use – FrippVT Video
The first and last 30 seconds of your speech have the most impact, so give your opening and closing words careful consideration. If you open your presentation with an obvious and dull greeting, such as, “Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today,” you waste your precious first seconds. In this brief […]
Read More...The Sure-Fire Way to Influence, Persuade & Inspire
“Why are executive presentations so boring?” Unfortunately, I hear this question often. Corporate leaders rarely receive the honest feedback they need to become powerful and persuasive communicators. Public speaking is the number one tool of leadership. Good presentation skills are no longer a nice skill to have; they can mean the difference between career life […]
Read More...Connect with Your Audience – Why & How to Customize
To be powerful and persuasive, you must connect with your audience both intellectually and emotionally. Enhance your connection with your audience by customizing or personalizing your message for each specific audience. Customization is indispensable for professional speakers. However, even if you’re not a professional speaker, you will find that taking the time to tailor your […]
Read More...How to Organize Your Speech – Focus on The Basics
Every successful speech begins with an underlying structure. As a professional, you know that when it comes to advancing in your career and boosting your income, good presentation skills can make the difference between stagnation and success. Understand the payoff When your message is memorable, your communication clear, and your presentation powerful, you will position […]
Read More...Your Everyday Life Is Your Best Source for Stories
As an executive speech coach, people often ask me, “How do I come up with original stories to illustrate my key points?” Fortunately, you don’t have to have survived an avalanche, founded a pioneering tech company, or won a Nobel Prize to tell a good story – because audiences identify with and delight in stories […]
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