Patricia Fripp
Patricia Fripp is an award-winning
speaker and speech coach, who delights audiences, electrifies
executives who speak, and transforms sales teams. Meetings and
Conventions magazine calls Patricia "one of the country's 10 most
electrifying speakers." She is author of Make It! So You Don't Have
to Fake It and Get What You Want, and contributing author
to Speaking Secrets of the Masters and Insights Into
Excellence. Patricia was the first female President of the over
4,000 member National Speakers Association and is a Hall of Fame
recipient. Before becoming a speaker she enjoyed a highly successful
career in a service industry.
Before becoming a full-time
speaker, Patricia enjoyed a successful 24-year career in a service
industry. She owned two highly successful businesses and trained both
service and sales personnel. Her first paid speaking engagements and
training seminars began in 1976.
Since 1980 she has spoken to
over 100 groups ever year, many of them repeat engagements. This
includes Fortune 100 companies and major associations worldwide. The
National Speakers Association, with more than 4000 members, elected
her their first female President in 1984. She has won or been awarded
every designation given by the NSA, including their Hall of Fame and
their highest honor, the Cavett Award, considered the "Oscar" of the
speaking world.
