Publishing Coach

Susan Roane -- http://www.susanroane.com
If you are interested in getting your book birthed and raised with a writing coach who can guarantee success, contact Susan RoAne, The Write Coach for "Pick my Brain" Consulting.

Susan Roane and Patricia Fripp sometimes team up to make the most of networking events. Here's an article which will show you how you can do it too: "Have an Extra Edge at Networking Events"

Speakers Roundtable

Speakers Roundtable -- http://www.speakersroundtable.com
These speakers Fripp recommends are all members of Speakers Roundtable, a group of select professional speakers, all of whom are at the top of the speaking profession, with the common bond of the utmost professionalism in their business ethics and platform skills.

Tony Alessandra, La Jolla, CA Diane Booher, Colleyville, TX Ty Boyd, Charlotte, NC Jim Cathcart, La Jolla, CA Danny Cox, Tustin, CA Roger Crawford, Granite Bay, CA Bert Decker, San Francisco, CA Patricia Fripp, San Francisco, CA Art Holst, Galesburg, Il Don Hutson, Memphis, TN Charlie Jones, Mechanicsburg, PA Peter Legge, Burnaby, Canada Scott McKain, Del Mar, CA Charlie Plumb, Santa Barbara, CA Nido Qubein, High Point, NC Naomi Rhode, Phoenix, AR Mark Sanborn, Denver, CO Brian Tracy, Solana Beach, CA Herb True, South Bend, IN (Emeritus) Jim Tunney, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA Tom Winninger, Minneapolis, MN

Speakers Roundtable America's foremost professional speakers: http://www.speakersroundtable.com

Australian School of Industry - Fully accredited courses and resources in service management training.

Every speaker, author and consultant would pay a fortune for great PR and the opportunity to be interviewed for and quoted in major publications. Now they can, and without paying a fortune. Fripp 100% endorses Dan Janal and PR Leads. Yes, she is an enthusiastic customer. Enjoy complimentary articles to help build your career.
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Software - Schedule Management and Bureau Web Tool for Speakers

eSpeakers - http://www.espeakers.com

Products

eVentPRO

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Special: 2 months free service for Odd Couple Seminar Attendees. If you are Intermediate or Advanced you may find this very helpful in planning and organizing your schedule and events. This is a very customer friendly company, owned by a speaker. To take advantage of this offer, or for more info call eSpeakers at (888) 377-3214 and ask for Jenny Diaz

Associations & Clubs

Institute of Management Consultants USA -- http://www.imcusa.org/
National Speakers Association -- http://www.nsaspaker.org
Patricia Fripp is a past president of the National Speakers Association. As a professional speaker her awards, include the CSP, CPAE and Cavett Award.
National Speakers Association, Northern California Chapter -- http://www.nsanc.org
National Speakers Association of New Zealand -- http://www.nationalspeakers.org.nz
The NSANZ enjoys a close relationship with the American association, NSA, as do affiliated bodies in Canada, England and Europe. Patricia Fripp spoke at the NSANZ November 2001 Convention. Click here for more information and other public dates with Patricia Fripp.

http://www.nsaspeaker.org/chapters/ if_contacts.shtml Find an NSA chapter in your area

Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
http://www.canadianspeakers.org/
Jan Fralick
HSW Management Associates
(416) 646-1600
Fax: (416) 646-9460
CAPSinfo@associationsfirst.com

National Speakers Association of Australia
http://www.nationalspeakers.asn.au/
Phillip Henshall
Secretariat Manager
61 03 95634174
Fax: 61 03 95634120
nsaa@ozemail.com.au

National Speakers Association of New Zealand
http://www.nationalspeakers.org.nz
Robyn Pearce, CSP, President
(64) 9 521 2126
robyn@getttingagripontime.com

Professional Speakers Association of Europe
http://www.professionalspeakers.org/index.html
David Pryke
08707 330 0504
Fax: 01932 569 794
djpryke@instituteofpaper.com

Society for Advancement of Consulting (SAC)
http://www.consultingsociety.com
The Society for Advancement of ConsultingSM, LLC is a community of colleagues without rank, elites, or internal awards, whose members learn from each other on a continuing basis, augmented and supported by a lean national organization. Local chapters are encouraged, supported, and independent (keeping 100% of all dues money, for example, for local promotion and development, and with no need for all chapter members to even join the national organization). Our mission is clear: To build the businesses of our members and to provide development opportunities to enable them to build their businesses.

Toastmasters International -- http://www.toastmasters.org
Help for speakers of all levels is here: http://www.fripp.com/forspeakerhelp.html
Toastmasters club members, take advantage of a registration discount when you register for the Odd Couple® Marketing and Strategy Seminar for Speakers!

Consultants

Summit Consulting Group -- http://www.summitconsulting.com
Summit Consulting Group, Inc., specializes in management and organization development. Summit's clients include organizations such as Merck & Co., Hewlett-Packard, GE, National Westminster Bank, The New York Times, Mercedes-Benz, the American Press Institute, the American Institute of Architects, Coldwell Banker and over 80 other organizations in four countries. Alan Weiss, PhD, CSP, is the founder and president of Summit and a Certified Management Consultant.

Once a year Alan presents The Odd Couple® Marketing & Strategy Seminar for Speakers with Patricia Fripp. This is a great opportunity for trainers and consultants as well! Find out more about this exceptional seminar: http://www.fripp.com/oddcouple.html

If you cannot attend the Odd Couple® order Odd Couple® seminars on tape: http://www.fripp.com/publicspeakingresources/speakermarketing.html

Alan's numerous books include Million Dollar Consulting, and Managing for Peak Performance A Guide to the Power (and Pitfalls) of Personal Style. These titles and more are available through this Website.

Marketing and Sales Consultants

Customer Manufacturing Group -- http://www.customermanufacturing.com
The Customer Manufacturing Group provides consulting in the field of Marketing and Sales. CMG's Customer Manufacturing® System allows you to transform your existing Marketing/Sales activities into a manufacturing-like process that identifies constraints (bottlenecks) in your efforts, installs tools to measure how your Marketing/Sales process is really doing, and then helps to improve it. Customer Manufacturing Group has a wide variety of published tools including Customer Manufacturing Updates and free white papers.

Also check out Patricia Fripp's Sales Presentation Training and discover how your sales force can become more effective! http://www.speechcoaching.net

Education

Online Education

Humor Mall & John Cantu

Humor Mall -- http://www.humormall.com
Humor Mall provides both new and experienced comedians with tips, techniques, and principles for the effective creation and delivery of humor and jokes. Comedy veterans, John Cantu and Susan Cerce are archiving the wisdom of their more than 50 years of combined experience. Their knowledge is gleaned from having produced over 1000 comedy club shows in the San Francisco Bay Area with lineups that have included such performers as Robin Williams, Margaret Cho, Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn, Jerry Seinfeld, Rob Schneider, Paula Poundstone, Larry Hovis, Will Durst, and literally hundreds more performers now appearing in clubs, on television, and in movies.

Check out The Story Behind Awesome Storytelling, an audio program which will teach you how tap into the gold mine of your own life experiences to create a successful keynote you can give anywhere! John Cantu, Patricia Fripp and David Garfinkel - known as "The Three Musketeers of Speechwriting" - share the techniques they use to add stage appeal, personally congruent humor and marketing magnetism to presentations.

Enjoy John Cantu's article on humor in public speaking: "If You Want More Humor in Your Presentation(s)"

John Cantu Died in May 2003. His wisdom lives on through his writing and tapes.

Larry Wilde

Larry Wilde -- http://larrywilde.com/
Author, and motivational speaker, Larry Wilde has been labeled "America's best-selling humorist" by The New York Time. He is the author of 53 published books of humor, with sales of over 12 million copies in 41 countries. National Humor Month was founded by Larry in 1976 and is celebrated annually in April.

As a motivational speaker Larry combines the inspiring message of a master motivator, the professionalism of a world-class humorous speaker and a proven track record with rave reviews from major corporations and national associations.

Larry's one-of-a-kind audio album, The Gift of Laughter: Dialogues With The Great Comedians is a must have. Learn the inside secrets of America's greatest comedians. The actual voices of: Woody Allen, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, George Burns, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Danny Thomas, and more! Click here to listen to Real audio samples online.

Larry's book on the great laughmakers, Larry Wilde on: Great Comedians Talk About Comedy features Larry's interviews with 20th Century's funniest, including Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Durante, Johnny Carson, Maurice Chevalier, and more! This compendium of life lessons, wit, motivation and inspiration is receiving rave reviews. "This fascinating, penetrating and information-packed book constitutes an anatomy of the art of creating laughter — as it has been done by the masters," says the Miami Herald.

Image and Public Relations

Diane Parente - Image Development and Management Inc.

Diane Parente -- http://www.imagesellsyou.com
Consultant, speaker, and author Diane Parente is an expert at fine-tuning or redirecting your public profile, building a more powerful and effective image so you, your business, or your staff can attain greater levels of success. She is founder and president of Image Development and Management Inc., consulting with individuals and businesses on Image Credibility: How to strengthen your reputation with an image that communicates your expertise and value. Clients include the Ford Motor Company, Merrill Lynch, and the Hyatt-Regency Hotel. Diane has earned the highest honor given by the Image Industry Council, the Award of Excellence. She is frequently quoted in major publications and has appeared on television news and radio talk shows. Her most recent book is Mastering Your Professional Image - Dressing to Enhance Your Credibility.
Here is an article on image by Diane Parente, "Your Image: What Is It Saying About You?"

Ron Karr

The Titan Principle - http://www.ronkarr.com