Blogging is a great way to serve your professional community and expand your marketing reach. Thank you for reading mine! For the years, I’ve had the honor of keynoting the Ragan Speechwriters Conference several times. I met amazing people who write for history – presidents and corporate leaders. Since then, when a Ragan Communications notice appears […]
Read More...Who Do You Trust? Do You Sound Persuasive?
If you want to be trusted it helps if you are a powefully persuasive. Patricia Fripp and Darren LaCroix can help you in our June Story and Structure Speaking School and Coaching Camp. June 15-17, 2012 in Las Vegas. When it comes to trust I am sure you will find Richard Edelman’s article as interesting […]
Read More...The Best Way to Open a Panel Discussion – Expert Advice
If you are a leader, manager, executive, professional speaker, Toastmaster, or ambitious professional, most likely you will have the opportunity to moderate a panel. If you believe there is nothing duller than a bad speech, may I suggest a dull panel is even worst? As with any great presentation, when opening a panel discussion, the […]
Read More...The Journey to Simpler Living by Jeff Davidson
The book apparently has a universal theme. Three publishers in China are now
considering it for an English language version there, as 350 million Chinese
speak fluent English. Prospects also look good in Thailand, Korea, and in
this hemisphere, Brazil. If you’re interested in ordering Simpler Living, it’s
available online through all of the major vendors, including Amazon, Barnes
and Noble, and Powell’s Books, as well as bookstores everywhere. By whatever
means you order it, once you have it in your hands, you’ll learn, as so many
other readers have, that Simpler Living delivers on its promise.
Jeff and THE Executive Speech Coach Patricia Fripp are long time friends
Professional Speaking Giant’s Brush with Fame: A Tall Tale
Danny Cox, CPAE is a giant in the professional speaker world. Author of Leadership When the Heat’s On and known as the Sonic Boom Salesman. Danny has the ability to attract interesting friends. On Danny’s left is with Big Dave Mattey who is an actor and stuntman who works in a lot of science fiction and monster movies. However, check his website he has been in major movies including The Spy Next Door with Jackie Chan. He’s 6′ 10″ tall. On Danny’s right is Sidney Wicks. Sidney is 6’8″ and is in the UCLA basketball Hall of Fame and was an All-American. In Sidney’s career he played with the Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and spent most of his career with the Boston Celtics.
Read More...An Example of Robert Fripp’s “Attributed” Charisma
An example of Robert Fripp’s “Attributed” Charisma
(See the previous 2 THE Executive Speech Coach posts)
At the American Payroll Association’s Congress Pay Heroes we were lucky to have APA’s First Husband Patrick Obertin as our moderator and introducer. Over the years we have become friends. In 1969 Patrick bought In The Court of The Crimson King. He would be the first to admit he enjoys the “Attributed” Charisma of being involved in Robert Fripp’s session. We enjoyed the “Attributed” Charisma of his APA status helping us.
As part of our session “How to Be a Hero for More Than One Day” Patrick told the story of how he met and “rescued” his wife Linda Obertin APA’s 2009-10 APA President.
THE Executive Speech Coach: To Edit or To Add?
On the topic of the verb “to edit,” I found the following explanation in today’s Word-a-Day bulletin indicating that when one edits one actually gives — and thought of you:
“Which came first, editor or edit?”
Executive Communications: Want Your Audiences to Remember What You Say?
Your Structure
Can you write the premise or objective of your talk in one sentence? If not, the chances are that your thinking isn’t clear enough for the audience to understand your purpose. And if you don’t organize your material so the audience can remember it easily, they’ll have a hard time grasping your message. They may be dazzled by your pizzazz and laugh at your stories, but little will stay with them afterwards.
Publicity: The Dos and Don’ts of Dealing with the Media
As a speaker, you probably know how important publicity is to the success of your business. But the truth is, many speakers, high-level executives and even marketing and public relations managers (and maybe you’re one of them) make crucial mistakes when dealing with the media – and then they end up on reporter’s block call or spam e-mail lists. The good news is, by being aware of the more common dos and don’ts of dealing with reporters and editors, there are many steps you can take to avoid these pitfalls!
Reporters,
Preparing Your Talk: Developing & Delivering Your Speech
One of the best ways to promote your product or service and expand your customer base is also one of the cheapest. Interested? It’s public speaking. I know this from first hand experience. When I started out, I had no public speaking experience, but I studied what the professional speakers did. What I learned from […]
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