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Do You Want to Know the Secret to Conquer Your Jitters When Speaking?

by | Jul 20, 2025 | Career Success, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Fripp & Associates Articles, Professional Career Development, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach, Speech coaching

Here is the good news. Your audience will not know how you feel; they will only see how you act. Delivering Your Speech Is More Than the Words You’re waiting your turn to deliver your presentation when suddenly you realize that your stomach is doing flips and your...

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

by | 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....

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 Do You Accept An Award? Be Gracious. Be Modest. Be Prepared!

by | Aug 12, 2022 | Effective Business Communication Skills, Fripp & Associates Articles, Patricia Fripp Articles, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach

Tips on How to Give an Acceptance Speech Accepting an award is like walking a tightrope. You need to be gracious, grateful, and humble, yet not so humble or self-deprecating that the audience thinks you are trivializing the honor. In May of 2022, Dan Maddux, my best...