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When You Open Your Presentation This Way It Is a Certain Crowd Pleaser

When You Open Your Presentation This Way It Is a Certain Crowd Pleaser

by | Nov 30, 2025 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Sermons, Speech Coach

Do you want your audience to lean in from your very first sentence? One technique that works with many presentations is to begin with a surprising statistic or a little-known fact that makes your audience think, “Really? Tell me more.” Many of my speech coaching...

Your First Thirty Seconds: Arouse Interest in Your Subject

by | Apr 6, 2025 | Blog, Career Success, Communication and Marketing, Leadership & Team Building, Motivation, Professional Speaking, Speech Coach, Speech coaching

Imagine you have just thirty seconds to transform a room of strangers into a captivated audience that will hold on to your every word. This is your moment to make a powerful first impression in any presentation—whether it’s a high-stakes sales presentation to win a...

Find the Power in Interesting Statistics and Little-Known Facts

by | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, For Meeting Professionals, Personal Interest to Patricia, Public Speaking Skills

Are you ready to take your presentations to the next level and captivate your audience from the very beginning? One surefire way to make a memorable impact is by incorporating interesting statistics and little-known facts into your opening. In this article, we will...

Your First 30 Seconds: Innovative Openings Launch Memorable Meetings

by | Dec 22, 2022 | Effective Business Communication Skills, Fripp & Associates Articles, Leadership & Team Building, Patricia Fripp Articles, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach

Can you imagine how exciting it was, back in 2009, to sit in an aisle seat reading an airline magazine and see others read the same article? Especially as I was heavily featured in what they were reading. After reading it, I thanked Leonard Navarro for opening his...

How You Can Write a Meaningful Eulogy That Informs and Honors

by | Aug 18, 2022 | Blog, Effective Business Communication Skills, Patricia Fripp Articles, Professional Speaking, Robert Fripp Guitarist: Patricia's Brother, Speech coaching

A eulogy is a speech given at a memorial service in memory of a person who has died. The purpose is to recall the defining qualities and highlights of a life lived in a way that benefits the audience, particularly the family. It should capture the essence of the life...