When you fire up your presentations, you can get others to buy into your ideas and get better results. Every ambitious professional, professional speaker, entrepreneur, leader, and sales executive can get promoted, build their business, inspire action, and drive more sales with Patricia Fripp’s presentation strategies. Enjoy presentation skills expert Patricia Fripp’s live web training […]
Read More...Want Your Presentation to Close On a High?
ย This 6-step process will help. ๐ ๐ซ๐ก๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Ask your audience a rhetorical question based on your premise. For example, โHow do we perfect our presentation skills?โ This helps the audience focus on the central theme of your presentation. ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ. As you revisit your talking points, tie them into your examples. […]
Read More...4 Sales Secrets You Need to Sell More
A sales manager’s shocking secret and four sales secrets to help you sell more… I Did Not Expect to Hear This! Imagine my surprise when the national sales manager said this to 60 of his top associates, โAt lunch, the sales team and I decided we have no idea how we managed to sell anything […]
Read More...How to Find Great Lessons in Everyday Life
How Do You Come Up with Stories for Your Presentations? Stories are key to effective presentations. How do you find them? Great lessons can be found in everyday life. How often have you heard a speaker who is funny or profound while seemingly talking about everyday situations? You might think โNothing like that ever happens […]
Read More...How to Present and Teach in the Virtual World โ Expert Advice
Business and educational professionals know that whenever you present, whether youโre talking to one person or one hundred, you want to connect with your audience and get your message across. Whatโs the best way to do this when you deliver a virtual presentation? These strategies will help you get your message across, maximize your impact, […]
Read More...How to Reveal the Person Behind the Position – Advice for Leaders
๏ปฟ Effective Leaders Reveal the Person Behind the Position Great communication is central to effective leadership. This is even more true for leaders in challenging times. When I work with leaders as an executive speech coach, I encourage them to reveal the person behind the position in their presentations.
Read More...How to Inspire Action – Honor Everyday Heroes
๏ปฟ๏ปฟ Effective Leaders Recognize Everyday Heroes Communication is key to effective leadership. In fact, in challenging times it becomes even more important to communicate well. As a leader, how do you inspire others to action? One way is to recognize and share the stories of everyday heroes.
Read More...Expert Advice for Leaders – How to Communicate Your Ideals
How do you communicate your ideals? Leaders are most effective when they communicate well. In challenging times, communication becomes even more important. As an executive speech coach, I work with leaders to help them convey complex issues and ideals in their presentations. We make these concepts understandable to an audience, usually through stories.
Read More...Stories Are the Best Way to Inspire & Motivate
Stories are the best way to inspire and motivate. I was coaching an executive with the Gap. He needed to inspire action and commitment. I first asked him to tell me about himself. He said,โI’m a newly promoted vice president and this is my first speech to the company since my promotion.โ
Read More...How Can a Good Speech Coach Make You a Better Speaker?
How Can a Good Speech Coach Make You a Better Speaker? ย Watch and see. Patricia Fripp delivered this session as the third presentation at the District 1 Toastmasters Virtual Spring Conference 2020. Patricia was coaching brave coachee’s. The audience saw how editing, specificity, painting a picture, using shorter sentences, using time as a setup phrase, […]
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