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My Coaching Client Gave His Speech and Was Handed a $500,000.00 Check

by | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog, Effective Business Communication Skills, Patricia Fripp Articles, Public Speaking Skills, Your Business Success

… and then I Danced with a Billionaire Robert Bigelow asked, “Can we survive death?” He offered a reward of more than $1 million to anyone who could help him answer that question. Most of us would be interested in the answer. Mr. Bigelow, however, is not just...

How You Can Create a Great Story with a Message Every Time

by | Dec 15, 2021 | Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Professional Career Development, Public Speaking Skills

What makes a Hollywood movie great? Exactly the same principles that will make a good keynote speech great. A great story with a message. Screenwriter Robert McKee says, “Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful...

Success: One Frippicism at a Time – Opportunity Does Not Knock Once

by | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Patricia Fripp Articles, Your Business Success

It Knocks All the Time, We Do Not Always Recognize the Sound. I have had the good fortune to be successful in three careers: as a hairstylist, a professional speaker, and now as an executive speech coach. Although they may seem dissimilar, they have many aspects in...

Where Great Stories Come Alive: Enjoy the Anatomy of a Speech – Part Nine

by | Nov 20, 2021 | Blog, Effective Business Communication Skills, Patricia Fripp Articles, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills

I was invited to deliver the opening keynote speech at the Toastmasters International Convention in 2001. In this 10-segment series, you view the anatomy of a keynote presentation. “I’ve mentioned my brother, Robert Fripp, a couple of times. You may have heard of...