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.
You can download Shari’s event requests for a perfect presentation here.
From the Founder Herself: The Real Story of Shari’s Berries
The Juicy Truth Behind Shari’s Berries
What It Means to Truly Live a Fruitful Life
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
What Audiences Will Learn from Shari Fitzpatrick
Through powerful storytelling, humor, and heartfelt honesty, Shari Fitzpatrick shares the real truth about entrepreneurship, resilience, and living a truly fruitful life. Her story reminds audiences that success is rarely a straight line — and that the hardships we face along the way build our character, shape our priorities, and ultimately lead to growth and success.
Entrepreneurship is hard. Life is hard. But it’s often in the most difficult seasons that we learn the most and become stronger than we ever imagined.
Those in attendance will leave motivated, energized, encouraged — and equipped with practical wisdom they can apply immediately.
And yes… Shari brings her famous chocolate-dipped strawberries for everyone in attendance, making the experience as memorable as it is meaningful.
Key Takeaways
PASSION: Doing What You Love
Why passion is the foundation of long-term success
The importance of doing work you truly enjoy
Why life is short — and settling is not an option
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS HARD (AND WORTH IT)
Why challenges are part of every meaningful journey
How hardship builds character, grit, and confidence
Turning setbacks into stepping stones toward success
GUERRILLA MARKETING 101
Low-cost, unconventional ways to market your product or service
Why relationships and customer experience matter more than budgets
Taking berry great care of your employees and your customers
HAVING YOUR PRIORITIES IN THE RIGHT ORDER
Faith first, then family, then work
How right priorities create clarity, peace, and sustainable success
Why balance isn’t about perfection — it’s about alignment
MAKING MISTAKES (THE 51% RULE)
Why mistakes aren’t failures — they’re teachers
How to move forward when things don’t go as planned
The value of lessons learned through trial and error
HEALING & GROWTH THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES
How disappointment is unavoidable, but discouragement is a choice
Character vs. comfort — and why character always wins
Responding well to what God allows in our lives
STARTING & BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS
Just start — clarity comes with action
Why bigger is not always better
The importance of seeking wisdom and surrounding yourself with the right people
Spending your time doing what you do best — and what you love
GETTING PUBLISHED 101
How sharing your story can open unexpected doors
Why your experiences matter more than you think
Life is short.
Are you spending your time doing what you love?
Don’t sell yourself short.
Put your priorities in the right order.
And choose to live a FRUITFUL LIFE. 
Shari travels from Sacramento, CA and prefers to handle her own travel arrangements—making your job simple and stress-free!
- 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