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

by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE | 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 Arouse Interest in Your Subject

by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE | Sep 2, 2023 | Business Sales Presentations, Communication and Marketing, Leadership & Team Building, Patricia Fripp Articles, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach

You have 30 seconds to command the attention of your audience. Don’t waste it! Certain speech openings captivate, mystify, and create an emotional bond that keeps an audience in the palm of the speaker’s hand. What would you give to learn those essential...

Would Yoda Make a Great Public Speaker or Not?

by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE | May 4, 2023 | Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach

If you are a fan of Star Wars, you know Yoda is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, first appearing in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. He is a small, green humanoid alien who is powerful with the Force and is a leading member of the Jedi Order...

How Often Have You Hear Imitation is The Sincerest Form of Flattery?

by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE | Apr 30, 2023 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Executive Leadership, Patricia Fripp Articles, Public Speaking Skills, Speech coaching

No, it is NOT! How often have you heard, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” and believe it or questioned it? This is only the first part of a quote from Oscar Wilde. It’s absolutely clear what Oscar Wilde meant (so many forget the second half of the...

Do You Want to Know What You Maybe Overlooking in Your Sales Process?

by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog, Effective Business Communication Skills, Public Speaking Skills, Sales Presentations, Speech coaching

Rehearsal Is the Work in Sales Presentations Oscar winner Sir Michael Caine said, “Rehearsal is the work; performance is the relaxation.” That applies equally to delivering a sales presentation. When delivering a recent sales presentation skills training Dan, the...

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

How to Arouse Interest in Your Subject

Would Yoda Make a Great Public Speaker or Not?

How Often Have You Hear Imitation is The Sincerest Form of Flattery?

Do You Want to Know What You Maybe Overlooking in Your Sales Process?

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