Add Value for Your Association Members and Gain Loyalty By Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE It is no secret Associations have to add value for their membership and increase their own revenue. Many, like the American Payroll Association, are adding Webinars to their educational offerings…with great success. We also have member companies who need our information yet can’t budget the At the same time, attendance at conventions and meetings is down. When it comes to embracing and utilizing the latest technology, Dan Maddux , APA’s Executive Director, and his ambitious Education Department

Any article written by my Fripp Associate Ian Griffin is worth reading or reposting. Ian is a fellow Brit and the Past President of The National Speakers Association Northern California chapter. and in many other countries where deliberately interrupting public speakers is seen as a legitimate form of protest.  In This was first published in a Ragan newsletter. He is a popular presenter at the Ragan Speechwriters Conference which is one of my favorite events to speak at or attend.

They can improve your image as a speaker and as a person. We can copy the successful styles of speakers who use humour. The interview is conducted by none other than Patricia Fripp, herself an award-winning speaker. Learn the inside secrets of America’s greatest comedians. Sometimes it can be a huge challenge to be funny. But being funny and using humour are incredibly powerful tools in public speaking.  They