How to Deliver Powerful Presentations with Patricia Fripp

Your conversations and presentations are critical to achieving the desired results, especially in sales. Your choice of words and how you present them makes all the difference. I have the honor of hosting the amazing Patricia Fripp in this episode.

She is a presentation skills expert, award-winning speaker, & speech coach. Today, she will teach us how we can improve our presentation and communication skills to help us achieve our goals.

Grab your notebook and pen. You’ll need to take notes.

Why is it essential to pause during a presentation/ speech?

• It gives the audience a chance to understand. When people know what they are talking about, they tend to speak too fast, and the audience may fail to know what they are talking about.
• You pause to think about what comes next when having an unscripted conversation.

Magical you to help you present better

You need to rehearse your speech to the extent you are comfortable with or without the presentation slides. Also, it would be best if you were prepared in case you are required to have a flip.

Patricia’s inner superpower

Patricia believes her inner superpower is the ability to listen to a speech/presentation and immediately pick how she can improve it.

Timestamps:

[01:46] Getting to know Patricia Fripp

[04:03] Reasons why pausing is important

[10:07] When to use “we” and avoid “should”.

[11:45] Does communication hinder sales teams from closing more sales?

[12:47] Magical techniques to help get your presentation better

[18:10] How to prepare for a presentation

[21:31] How does mindset play a role in communication

[24:48] Dealing with accents

[29:13] Is it okay to be dressed up for a presentation and be authentic?

[33:45] Patricia’s inner superpower

Quotes:

“It’s so much easier to get to know people if you can see them.”

“Everybody is more interested in themselves than they are in ‘us’.”

“Style is being yourself on purpose.”- Raquel Welch

“It’s great to have an accent because it makes you an object of interest. The only concern we have is you have to be understandable.”

“We learn by our experiences. If we’re really smart, not only do we learn by our experiences ,we learn by other people’s experiences.”

“Confidence comes from knowing your lines.”

“Rehearsal is the work. Performance is the relaxation” - Michael Caine

Connect with Patricia Fripp: 

Website: https://fripp.com/about-patricia-fripp/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frippVT/ 

 

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