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Rehearsal Is the Work: Why Mastery Creates Your Presentation Confidence

by | Mar 29, 2026 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Leadership & Team Building, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach, Your Business Success

The Professional’s Guide to Preparation That Pays Off One of the most frequent questions I receive from coaching clients, audience members, and even professional speakers is: “Patricia, how do I stop worrying about forgetting what I want to say?” Many executives...

How I Turned One Executive Conversation into Six Clients

by | Mar 22, 2026 | Blog, Business Sales Presentations, Career Success, Communication and Marketing, Leadership & Team Building, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach

Several years ago, after a presentation to professional speechwriters, John, the head of corporate communications at a large technology company, walked over and said, “I am going to set up a conversation with my boss, an executive with a Fortune 500 company. He is a...

How to Use a Teleprompter Without Sounding Like You’re Reading

by | Mar 8, 2026 | Blog, Career Success, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Executive Leadership, Leadership & Team Building, Public Speaking Skills, Working with a Teleprompter

When I coach executives and high-level conference speakers, one of the most misunderstood tools on stage is the teleprompter. Many of my clients speak at major conferences, where their speech is fed to a teleprompter positioned high enough that the audience barely...

When Brilliant Executives Suddenly Need Presentation Skills

by | Feb 1, 2026 | Blog, Business Sales Presentations, Career Success, Effective Business Communication Skills, Leadership & Team Building, Professional Career Development, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach

I am frequently asked how I work with executives who are exceptional at what they do and have never had the time, opportunity, or need to improve their presentation skills. Until. A new position. Higher visibility. And a mandatory 45-minute presentation to senior...

Your First Step is to Think

by | Jan 11, 2026 | Blog, Career Success, Communication and Marketing, Leadership & Team Building, Professional Career Development, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills

It is never too early to begin thinking about a speech. Before they meet me, many of my corporate clients believe “preparation” starts the week before the presentation. Some believe it starts the night before. Too many believe it starts when they open PowerPoint. That...

The Phrase That Pays: How to Be Remembered and Repeated

by | Oct 19, 2025 | Career Success, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Executive Leadership, Leadership & Team Building, Patricia Fripp Articles, Professional Career Development, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Speech Coach, Speech coaching

Every day, we are bombarded with more information than we can remember. Whatever your role—executive, manager, salesperson, or team leader—you want your message to be remembered and repeated. When your words travel beyond the room, you are speaking not only to your...