Are you a public speaker? Want to earn more every time you speak?  Though I do this for a living, I learned it the hard way.  Time and real-life experience.  Craig Valentine, fellow World Champ, and a close friend, is a master at it.  I listened to his: Mastering Back of the Room Sales while [...]

Mark your calendars Feb 26 & 27 in Las Vegas! Join me and fellow World Champion Speakers: Craig Valentine, Ed Tate, and Hall of Fame Speaker Patricia Fripp! Transform your speaking in just 2 days. Only once per year do we share the stage. Lady and the Champs! Book early and save! Come a day [...]

Join us in Vegas Feb 21 & 22! Don’t take our word for it hear what people are saying:   Learn more go to: Lady & the Champs Darren LaCroix learned how to be funny the hard way by experience. He is a keynote speaker with a thriving publc speaking career. He authored books, CD’s, [...]

Feedback. Bio, promotional copy is all good, but what do think AFTER they heard you live, or watched your DVD? Is it good enough to get people “who spent money,” excuse me, invested in your program to go out of their way to send you feedback? It doesn’t matter what you think? Or your friends [...]

(Introductory One-time Offer for Own the Stage only goes until September 1st!) The response has been overwhelming. Serious Presenters see it! Watching World-Class coaching of 8 speakers without buying a plane ticket or a hotel room. Orders have been coming in from around the world. The very first to invest from Ireland, Davin Mac Ananey! [...]

Some presenters need a higher level of feedback to keep growing! We’ve yet to be stumped. I team up with Craig Valentine, fellow World Champion Speaker to coach speakers. I year ago we filmed one of these Boot Camps where we transformed 8 speakers in two days. That footage became a Boot Camp in a [...]

Here is an interview about the “story” behind Own the Stage… click on video: Own the Stage TIME, Darren LaCroix, 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking P.S. Own the Stage Launches on Thursday July 17th!

With a coachable presenter and a good coach, anything is possible. With Two World Champion Coaches the odds go up even go up. Without the perspective of Mark Brown, my coach, I would have had a very limited career. Without the perspective of Craig Valentine and Patricia Fripp, I would not have the confidence I [...]

I’ve been working on creating the most powerful learning tool for ADVANCED PRESENTATION SKILLS. A year ago, fellow World Champion Speaker, Craig Valentine and I were talking about “use of stage” resources. So many people have been asking for recommendations and we honestly did not know of one that we believed in. Craig and I [...]