District 7 Toastmasters Announces Award-Winning Patricia Fripp as Keynote Speaker

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct.11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Patricia Fripp will be the keynote speaker at Find Your Focus, the 2016 District 7 Toastmasters Fall Conference at Warner Pacific College on November 5, 2016.

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Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE is an award-winning keynote speaker, author, sales presentation skills trainer, and in-demand speech coach. Her coaching clients include corporate leaders, celebrity speakers, well known sports personalities, 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. Kiplinger's Personal Finance named her speaking school the sixth best way to invest in your career. For over 25 years, corporations and associations have benefitted from her high-content speeches. At the same time audiences are delighted by her engaging delivery. 

Fripp is the author of two books, Get What You Want! and Make It, So You Don't Have to Fake It! and coauthor of three books: Speakers Edge: Secrets and Strategies for Connecting with Any Audience, Speaking Secrets of the Masters, and Insights into Excellence. She is featured in the Bullet Proof Manager training 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.

Fripp's keynote will reveal the secrets to "electrifying the audience." Her address, and interactive pre-conference and conference coaching workshops focus on creating audience connections.

Linda Cohen, speaker, author, and presentation coach will present a workshop on leveraging your Toastmasters experiences to create your personal vision of success. Cohen is the author of 1,000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire and Change Your Life. Cohen presents to organizations and businesses on how kindness in the workplace improves the bottom line.

Registration is now open for the conference, hosted by Warner Pacific College, 2219 SE 68th Ave, Portland, OR 97215 on Saturday, November 5, 2016. The conference will include Fripp's opening address, championship speech contests, and educational workshops. The non-profit conference draws attendees from Oregon, Washington, and California for a day of entertainment, leadership skills building, and communications training. Register through the District 7 Toastmasters website at d7toastmasters.org. Registration: Friday-$30, Saturday-$65, Friday and Saturday-$90.

Warner Pacific College is an urban, Christian liberal arts college located in Southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1937, the college is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

About District 7 Toastmasters
District 7 represents 172 Toastmasters clubs in Oregon, Southwest Washington and Northern California. For more information, please visit www.d7toastmasters.org.

About Toastmasters International
Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of locations. Headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, the organization's membership exceeds 332,000 in more than 15,900 clubs in 142 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people of all backgrounds become more confident in front of an audience.

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