Debra Fine
Professional Speaker, Best Selling Author, Conversation Expert, Communication Guru, Nationally Recognized Spokesperson

Conversation Skills * Small Talk Tips * Mingling Skills * Business Networking Skills and Networking Tips

Debra's January 2008 follow up book to her bestseller, The Fine Art of Small Talk (Hyperion) is The Fine Art of Big Talk: How to Win Clients, Deliver Great Presentations, and Solve Conflicts at Work (Hyperion)

Do you dread networking events, meeting new people, hospitality suites and business related mingling functions?

Does attending another open house make you want to run inside your own and lock the door? These occasions represent opportunities to develop relationships and broaden networks. Once you master The Fine Art of Small Talk every conversation will become an opportunity for success. Learn about Debra Fine’s customized motivational keynote presentations that teach conversation skills and networking techniques, workshops that cover everything from icebreakers and listening skills to remembering names and exit lines. Discover her bestselling book “The Fine Art of Small Talk” (Hyperion 2005).


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"Every Conversation Is an Opportunity For Success"

_____________________- Debra Fine

A Colorado Motivational Speaker and Author with 10 Years of Keynote Speaking and Training Experience

Debra Fine is a former engineer who developed her keynote presentation and workshop The Fine Art of Small Talk to teach conversation skills and techniques for use at networking events, job fairs, conventions and conferences, and with clients, customers and patients at meetings, banquets and other business functions. Debra is a nationally recognized expert on communication skills, presenting motivational keynotes, training programs, seminars and workshops for organizations that include First Data Corporation, Vail Associates, Lockheed Martin, The United States Treasury Department, and the University Of Chicago Graduate School of Business along with hundreds of insurance, real estate, legal, financial and health care associations. View a list of the many clients that gained everything from icebreakers to exit lines here. Debra's home is in Denver, Colorado so search no further for a Vail, Aspen, Keystone, Breckenridge or anywhere in Colorado speaker! Her programs are rated the "Best in Colorado" and she was recently described in The Denver Post as being "A mixture of stand-up comic, therapist and teacher. "
View some testimonials here

"Our group of 500 participants thought you were wonderful. They loved the topic and your wonderfully energetic and amusing delivery. Many people told me we should have given you twice as much time. In the eight years that we have sponsored this conference you have proved to be our most popular luncheon speaker. The response was simply overwhelming"
- Melodye A. Turek
Executive Director, Colorado Safety Association


During Debra's fast-paced, interactive, entertaining and motivating keynote speeches, seminars and workshops, audience members learn how to:

Start a conversation and keep it going
Master introductions
Remember Names
Use icebreakers and conversation starters that work every time
Avoid conversation "killers" and “foot in mouth” disease
Revive a dying conversation
Develop business relationships and social friendships
Approach social functions with confidence and savvy
Become "active" listeners
Mingle with confidence
Improve rapport building skills
Make sure your body language is inviting and natural
Overcome communication barriers
Make the most of networking opportunities
Handle awkward social situations
Exit conversations with grace
Turn every conversation into an opportunity for success
Feel more at ease at parties, networking events, meetings, receptions, and interviews
Come across as composed and self-assured when talking to people or entertaining clients at conventions, trade shows and other work related functions

Customized Motivational Keynotes, Seminars & Workshops for Every Event

Presentations are tailored to your specific industry, organization or event.  Workshops, seminars and keynote speeches are a specialty for individual corporations, associations, conventions, spousal programs, clubs or special meetings. Training and workshop packages will be tailored for any size group both internationally and nationally and especially enjoys speaking in Colorado-her own backyard.
Book Debra to speak at your next meeting or event!

Debra is a member of the Colorado Chapter of the National Speakers Association along with the National Speakers Association. She is a 12 year member of the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast and devotes much of her volunteer time to Rotary sponsored activities.

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Debra Fine, National Spokesperson for Whole Foods and their Resolutions Start Here program
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See Debra on the Today Show (Jan. 2006)
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"The Fine Art of Small Talk" in USA Today
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Debra interviewed Motley Fool on NPR?
That's big talk!


Listen to Debra reveal "Small Talk Secrets" on NPR Morning Edition!
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Look for Debra Fine's book "The Fine Art Of Big Talk"
published by Hyperion

Debra's visit to the Today Show!
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Debra on the Early Show
October 6, 2005
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Debra Fine presents programs on conversation skills, business networking skills, and mingling skills for corporations, organizations and associations both across the country and internationally. Debra is a Denver, Colorado motivational speaker and trainer. Search no further for a Denver speaker or Rocky Mountain Keynote Speaker. Her keynote speeches and interactive workshops cover conversation skills, rapport building skills and networking skills and techniques and small talk tips that include icebreakers and conversation starters, listening skills, exit lines, introductions and even remembering names.

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