by Jim Cathcart
The 101 Leaders Institute “Prosperity Seminar Series” featured Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE on January 23, 2010 at the beautiful Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. Her topic was Presentation Skills and she Wowed the audience, as expected!
The amazing Miss Fripp not only taught, but also practiced the techniques and strategies that have allowed her to reach the absolute top of the field of professional speaking. She is:
- Past President of the National Speakers Association and its first female president,
- a Certified Speaking Professional, CSP
- an inductee into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame, CPAE
- a Cavett Award winner
- a regular presenter on many of the most prestigious programs in the country
- and a speech & sales presentation trainer to celebrities, politicians, and corporate executives around the world.
- She has delivered thousands of speeches in every conceivable setting over a speaking career that spans more than thirty years.
Some of her key points, as remembered by the attendees, include:
Focus on what the audience will get, not on what you will tell them.
Reduce your “I” count, talk about them not about you.
Structure Frees you, it doesn’t “freeze” you. Organize your information into a logical flow.
Use your technology, don’t let it use you. Learn how to use PowerPoint and your other tools well.
The packed audience was engaged from beginning to end of this 3 hour program. Host Jim Cathcart, president of the 101 Leaders Institute and also a past president of the National Speakers Association, said, “I’ve known Patricia Fripp for over 30 years and, of the thousands of speakers I know NOBODY is a more dedicated student of their craft than Patricia. She is amazingly dedicated to learning: story telling, script writing, speech craft, stage techniques, choreography, voice control, writing techniques, comedy, acting and performance. There is no better presentation skills coach on Earth! And I defy you to prove me wrong.”
Fripp & Cathcart with Bob Hope's chief comedy writer, author Gene Perrett
Attendees at the Prosperity Seminar (the 4th in the 7 event annual series) included; screenwriters, business owners, executives, attorneys, CPAs, entrepreneurs, comedy writers, radio personalities, authors, professional speakers, consultants, civic leaders, students, hoteliers, and club managers.
The next seminar is scheduled for February 25th at Westlake Village Inn. The featured speaker is Don Hutson, coauthor of The One Minute Entrepreneur, one of the nation’s leading sales trainers. His topic is “Selling Value over Price”.
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Jim Cathcart is the author of 15 books including the national best sellers: Relationship Selling and The Acorn Principle. He has received the Golden Gavel Award, The Cavett Award and was inducted into the National Speakers Hall of Fame. As past president of the National Speakers Association and a former board member of the Global Speakers Network his influence is felt throughout the speaking profession.
by Jim Cathcart
