Saturday & Sunday, February 21 & 22, 2009
Las Vegas, Nevada

Three International Toastmaster Champs — 2001, 1995, 2000 — Kiss Lady Fripp's Hands

Lady and The Champs Present
The Simply Spectacular Speaking Seminar

Learn from 4 internationally-acclaimed speakers

Patricia Fripp, National Speakers Associations Hall of Fame winner and in-demand executive speech and Toastmasters International Speaking Champions:

Craig Valentine- 1999
Ed Tate - 2000
Darren LaCroix - 2001

Perfect for Toastmasters, Sales Professionals,
Business Leaders, Professional Speakers, or
Would-Love-to-Be Professional Speakers

Craig Valentine

Ed Tate

Darren LaCroix

You can learn how to:

• Structure a perfect presentation
• Tell brilliant stories
• Add humor to any presentation
• Incorporate marketing magic to your business presentations
• Add interactivity that will astound your audiences
• Keep audiences on the edge of their seats
• Make money speaking next week
• Go from chump to champ

Patricia Fripp

Location
The White House Las Vegas
MEET
6380 S. Valley View Blvd. Suite 120
(Northeast corner of 4th Street and Bridger)
Las Vegas, NV

About Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE, Award-Winning Keynote Speaker and Executive Speech Coach

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE is an award-winning speaker, author, sales presentation trainer and in-demand speech coach. Her speech-coaching clients include corporate leaders, celebrity speakers, well-known sports and media personalities, ministers, and sales teams. Meetings and Conventions magazine named her "One of the 10 most electrifying speakers in North America." She delivers high-energy, high-content, and dramatically memorable presentations. Steven Covey's Executive Excellence magazine named her "One of the top 50 consultants, trainers, speakers, authors and professors who cover the Seven Dimensions of Excellence." Kiplinger's Personal Finance says, "Patricia Fripp's speaking school is the sixth best way you can invest in your career."

Before becoming a full-time speaker, Patricia enjoyed a successful career in a service industry for 24 years. She owned two highly successful businesses that included training both service and sales personnel.

Patricia first received payment for speaking and training in 1976. Since 1980 she has spoken to at least 100 groups a year, many of them repeat engagements. This includes Fortune 100 companies and major associations worldwide. The over 4,000-member National Speakers Association elected her the first female President in 1984. She has won or been awarded every designation given by NSA, including the Hall of Fame and the Cavett Award, the highest honor and considered the Oscar of the speaking world.

Patricia is the author of Get What You Want! and Make It, So You Don't Have to Fake It!, and coauthor of Speaking Secrets of the Masters and Insights into Excellence. She is featured in the Bullet Proof Manager video series, which is sold in over fifty countries. Fripp starred in the popular training film Travel the Road to Success: An Adventure in Customer Service.

About Craig Valentine, 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking

Craig is the President of The Communication Factory, is an award-winning speaker, trainer, and facilitator. He presents programs on Change, Communications, Teambuilding, Performance, Leadership, and Motivation.

Craig is also a proven champion in sales, management, and even athletics. He has been the Salesperson of the year for a division of Glencoe/McGraw-Hill by achieving 233% of his goal.

Now, as a professional speaker and trainer, he holds programs in the USA, Canada, England, Jamaica, Qatar, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. His vast business experience along with his MBA from Johns Hopkins University has made him a highly sought-after sales, management, and communications trainer. Craig takes your communication and presentation skills to great heights.

Craig's tips will help fearful speakers become almost fearless. His heartfelt stories will help you make the leap from fretful anxiety to eager anticipation.

About Ed Tate, 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking

Ed is an international keynote speaker, author, trainer and facilitator for Fortune 500 companies and associations worldwide. Some of his clients include: Dell Computer, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Lending Tree.Com, Nestle, and Verizon Communication. Ed has spoken in 46 States, 10 countries and 4 continents, and at some unique venues such as: Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam, NATO Headquarters in Belgium.

As an author, Ed co-wrote the book Motivational Selling — Advice on selling effectively, staying motivated and being a peak sales producer. He is also a contributor to the books: Stories Trainers Tell —The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters, and in 2006, Leadership Made Simple. Additionally, Ed co-produced the audio albums, Speaking Secrets of the Champions and Connect with Any Audience.

Ed Tate is known as the Speaker who Energizes, Educates and Entertains. One of his topics of expertise is leadership; Ed will share some of the speaking strategies he uses to establish control of the room so he can effectively lead from the platform.

Control is Ed Tate's strong point, and he shares his key techniques for gaining control of the podium, the audience, and your presentations.

About Darren LaCroix, 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking

Since his victory in 2001, Darren has traveled the world demystifying the process of creating a powerful speech. He has roused audiences in faraway places like Oman, Malaysia, and Taiwan with his inspirational journey from first-rate chump to first-class champ, proving anything is possible if you are willing to work for it.

Darren may have been "born without a funny bone in my body," but he possessed the desire to learn and the willingness to fail necessary to achieve his dream. The self-proclaimed "student of comedy" is living proof that humor is a skill that can be learned. He went on to become a professional comedian. Darren's story not only won him the World Championship, but he tells his story to inspire audiences who are up against challenges and deal with rejection.

His successful book, Laugh & Get Rich: How to Profit from Humor in Any Business, contains interviews with corporate executives who share his philosophy. Now translated into three languages, it is a mainstay on business bookshelves.

As co-founder of The Humor Institute and a co-creator of The Humor Boot Camp, Darren directs seminars that help presenters wisely use the power of humor to "lighten up" their presentations.

Darren weaves stories and humor together to illustrate how storytelling can enhance your message and entertain your audience.

Location
The White House Las Vegas
MEET
6380 S. Valley View Blvd. Suite 120
(Northeast corner of 4th Street and Bridger)
Las Vegas, NV

PLEASE NOTE: Accommodations are not included with your registration. You are responsible for reserving your accommodations in Las Vegas.

Registration Discounts

10% Discount for Toastmasters (must mention club)
20% Discount for Fripp coaching clients of Fripp Speaking School (must mention which Fripp school)
20% Discount Champion Edge members

This event is in collaboration with Get Paid to Speak by Next Week™ .

Registration

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