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Wisdom From the Masters Series: Facilitated by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE

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We are thrilled to offer you something truly special - an exclusive, live, virtual conversation between speaking masters who have shaped our industry and inspired audiences around the world.

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE will be interviewing two extraordinary Hall of Fame speakers:

Anna Liotta, CSP, CPAE and Brian Walter, CSP, CPAE

This isn’t a keynote.
This isn’t a panel.
This is a rare and candid masterclass on craft, career longevity, business building, and the art of unforgettable speaking.

You will gain wisdom that you can apply immediately, whether you are early in your journey or a seasoned professional looking to elevate your impact and income. This is an investment in your future you don't want to miss. 

About Our Speakers:

Our co-founding NSA Northern California President, Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE, is a Hall of Fame keynote speaker, three-time Cicero Speechwriting award winner, executive speech coach, and creator of FrippVT Powerful, Persuasive
Presentation online learning program. She was NSA's first woman president and her latest book is as coauthor
of Deliver Unforgettable Presentation.

Anna Liotta CSP, CPAE – Renowned Generational Speaker

Anna Liotta, creator of Generationally Savvy™ Communication Solutions, is an award-winning speaker, business consultant, and author. She engages audiences with her practical strategies for attracting, growing, and retaining top talent and loyal clients from every generation.

Anna integrates communications, sociology, business psychology, and demography to unify workplaces and dramatically improve company performance. Her expertise and insight have helped such companies as Pike Place Market, Intel, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Amazon, the PGA, NBA, and United Way.

Clients described Anna as:

Funny and Inspirational
Energetic and Engaging
Wicked Smart
Eloquent and Accessible

Anna comes by her passion for understanding the generations organically. As the youngest girl of 19 children and the proud auntie of 56 nieces and nephew and 38 great niece and nephews, she survived and learned to thrive in a six-generation household.

Extreme® Emcee, speaker, interviewer, infotainment expert Brian Walter, CSP, CPAE

Seattle-based Extreme® Emcee Brian Walter is the co-founder of Extreme Meetings Inc – providing customized infotainment to make meetings memorable. For over 25 years, he has specialized in transforming meetings from boring to exciting.

He can explain your brand to employees at All Hands meetings, test your sales peoples product knowledge with a custom game show, facilitate Extreme® Panels, interview execs, and produce videos that even your millennial employees will be impressed with.

Building on a degree in Communications from UCLA, Brian has been an advertising director, award-winning television and radio commercial producer, management trainer, consulting firm marketing director, freelance video producer, copywriter, speaker, internal communications director, and adjunct college professor at Seattle Pacific University

He’s repeatedly delivered for this-had-better-be-great-or-else clients like Microsoft, Starbucks, Genentech, T-Mobile, Costco, BECU, Roche, the American Payroll Association, AAA, the University of Washington, UMass Memorial Health Care, and Bank of Hawaii.

Brian gets event attendees pumped about…whatever it is you want. He’s been relied on to celebrate accomplishments, humanize executives, generate buy-in to initiatives, reposition bad news, and bring everyone to their feet with good news.

Brian Factoids:
Past Guinness Book of World Records holder for producing the world’s shortest TV commercial
Past President of the National Speakers Association, 2017-2018
Holds elite Certified Speaking Professional designation (CSP)
Inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame, 2013 (CPAE)
20-year member of Meeting Professionals International
Award-winning video, commercial and podcast producer



Date and Time

Thursday, January 15, 2026, 5:30 PM until 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) (UTC-08:00)
Videoconference information will be provided in an email once payment is received.

Event Contact(s)

Lynell R Green


Nancy M Giere

Category

Chapter Seminars

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