For Meeting Professionals
Event Planner’s Resource Kit
Shari understands the pressure of planning a successful event—which is why she works hand-in-hand with organizers to tailor each presentation. Drawing from decades of real-world entrepreneurial experience, she customizes her message to align with your event’s goals and leaves audiences energized, inspired, and talking long after the final applause.
For Meeting Professionals
Event Planner’s Resource Kit
Shari understands the pressure of planning a successful event—which is why she works hand-in-hand with organizers to tailor each presentation. Drawing from decades of real-world entrepreneurial experience, she customizes her message to align with your event’s goals and leaves audiences energized, inspired, and talking long after the final applause.
For Meeting Professionals
Event Planner’s Resource Kit
Shari understands the pressure of planning a successful event—which is why she works hand-in-hand with organizers to tailor each presentation. Drawing from decades of real-world entrepreneurial experience, she customizes her message to align with your event’s goals and leaves audiences energized, inspired, and talking long after the final applause.
Shari's Introduction & Bio
Shari Fitzpatrick is the creator of the world’s famous line of gourmet-dipped strawberries, the renowned Shari’s Berries.
Today Shari is the author of her book Berried in Chocolate, travels internationally as an inspirational speaker, distributes her national, new line of premium chocolate gifts exclusively at BerriedInChocolate.com, enjoys operating her B & B in the California wine country and supporting children living in extreme poverty through her Boys and Berries ministry in Puerto Vallarta Mexico!
For over 30 years, Shari’s story and her creations have attracted attention through appearances in O Magazine, In-Style Magazine, People Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneurial Soul; on the Today Show, Food Network, The Apprentice, The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, QVC and HSN.
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I’m Shari Fitzpatrick—founder of Shari’s Berries, risk-taker, and storyteller who turned a sweet hobby into a national brand. I’ve faced the highs of entrepreneurial success and the lows of devastating loss, learning resilience, faith, and grit along the way. Today, I inspire audiences with real-world business lessons and life-changing motivation they’ll never forget!
I’ll share the real, raw lessons I’ve learned in business and in life, inspiring your audience to dream big, push through their dips & difficulties, and create their own sweet success.
I’m Shari Fitzpatrick—founder of Shari’s Berries, risk-taker, and storyteller who turned a sweet hobby into a national brand. I’ve faced the highs of entrepreneurial success and the lows of devastating loss, learning resilience, faith, and grit along the way. Today, I inspire audiences with real-world business lessons and life-changing motivation they’ll never forget!
I’ll share the real, raw lessons I’ve learned in business and in life, inspiring your audience to dream big, push through their dips & difficulties, and create their own sweet success.
How to build a berry successful business, despite some dips along the way!
How to live a berry successful life, despite some dips along the way!
How to live a FRUITFUL LIFE
Get ready to be “Berry” Inspired
Resilience & Change: Having hope and success during difficult times
While sharing her inspirational story, Shari will cover the value in doing what you love, how to balance work inside your life and the importance of having your priorities in the correct order.
Through storytelling and humor Shari will share simple secrets for success while reminding you that we become stronger and learn the most during the difficult times in our life.
Those in attendance will leave motivated, energized and encouraged!
And oh, by the way….Shari brings her famous berries for all in attendance!
PASSION
- The secret to a successful business
- The importance of doing what you love/enjoy
- Life is short
GUERILLA MARKETING 101
- Low-cost unconventional ways to market your product or service
- The customer is always right
- Taking berry great care of our employees
HAVING OUR PRIORITIES IN THE RIGHT ORDER
Faith, then Family, then Work
MAKING MISTAKES
- The 51% rule
- Mistakes aren’t so bad…
- The value of the lessons that we learn
HOW TO MEND A BROKEN HEART?
- We are strengthened through the difficult times in our lives
- Our Character vs. Our Comfort
- Respond rightly to what God allows in our lives
- Disappointment in life are unavoidable but discouragement is a choice
STARTING/BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS
- Just Start!
- Bigger is not always better
- Seek Wisdom and Surround yourself with professionals
- Spend your time doing what you are best at and what you enjoy
- Getting Published 101
Life is short.
Are you spending your time doing what you love?
Don’t sell yourself short, have your priorities in the right order and live a FRUITFUL LIFE!
Shari travels from Sacramento, CA and prefers to handle her own travel arrangements—making your job simple and stress-free!
You can download Shari’s event requests for a perfect presentation here.
- Entrepreneurship
- Business/Corporation Motivation
- Entertainment
- Celebrity
- Inspirational
- Faith
- Resilience & Change
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Universities
- Associations
- Conferences
- Keynote
- Food Industry
- Financial Industry
- Women In Business
- Women of Faith
- Hospitality
- Non-Profits
Chocolate & Wine Tasting
Enhance your event with Shari’s signature touch — pair her keynote with a wine and chocolate experience. Perfect for a cocktail hour, an intimate VIP gathering, or a sweet finale after her talk. Guests will savor Shari’s exclusive private wine label from her California wine country estate, perfectly complemented by her world-famous chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Gourmet Gifts
Delight your attendees, VIPs, or sponsors with a custom gourmet gift from Shari’s Berried In Chocolate collection! Choose from decadent chocolate-dipped berries, grapes, and cookies — or add a bottle of Shari’s private wine label for a truly unforgettable send-off. (Shari’s Wine is also available chocolate dipped!)
About Shari
Shari Fitzpatrick turned a $1,500 credit card and a love for dipping strawberries into Shari’s Berries—a multi-million-dollar national brand. She’s tasted sweet success, suffered crushing loss, and came back stronger than ever. Now she fires up audiences with grit, laughter, and chocolate-dipped inspiration to help them create their own sweet success!
Shari’s journey in transforming a simple berry into a national symbol of celebration has equipped her with unique insights and inspirational stories, perfect for your next event!
Shari’s Newsletter
About Shari
Shari Fitzpatrick turned a $1,500 credit card and a love for dipping strawberries into Shari’s Berries—a multi-million-dollar national brand. She’s tasted sweet success, suffered crushing loss, and came back stronger than ever. Now she fires up audiences with grit, laughter, and chocolate-dipped inspiration to help them create their own sweet success!
Shari’s journey in transforming a simple berry into a national symbol of celebration has equipped her with unique insights and inspirational stories, perfect for your next event!
About Shari
Shari Fitzpatrick turned a $1,500 credit card and a love for dipping strawberries into Shari’s Berries—a multi-million-dollar national brand. She’s tasted sweet success, suffered crushing loss, and came back stronger than ever. Now she fires up audiences with grit, laughter, and chocolate-dipped inspiration to help them create their own sweet success!
Shari’s journey in transforming a simple berry into a national symbol of celebration has equipped her with unique insights and inspirational stories, perfect for your next event!
Shari’s Newsletter