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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 [...]
Wish you were funnier? Do you ever re-listen to those learning programs you have on your shelf? As a constant student, I’m always learning from people who are experts in their fields. I just reviewed a tele-seminar I did with Judy Carter awhile back, and I was re-inspired by her story of how she persisted [...]
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Filed under How to Be Funny, Stage Time Articles · Tagged Affirmations, Champ, Ed Tate, Funny Part, Funny Thing, goal-setting, Movie The Secret, New Thoughts, Professional Speaker, Retrospect, Stage Time, Trophy, visualization
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Filed under Master Public Speaking, Public Speaking Career · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Craig Valentine, Darren LaCroix, Ed Tate, funny public speaking, How to Be Funny, keynote speaker, motivational speeches, Patricia Fripp, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, speaking coach, toastmaster international, toastmasters speeches, World Champions
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, [...]
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Filed under Master Public Speaking, Public Speaking Career · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Craig Valentine, Darren LaCroix, Ed Tate, funny public speaking, How to Be Funny, keynote speaker, motivational speeches, Patricia Fripp, public speaking business, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, toastmaster international, toastmasters speeches, world champion speakers
So many speakers have heard my joke about “doubling my debt” when I owned my Subway Sandwich Shop. As funny as it was, it was not that funny at the time. The fact is I was not alone, so many people in this country are in financial trouble. I made all aspects of my life [...]
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Filed under Public Speaking Career · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Darren LaCroix, Ed Tate, funny public speaking, How to Be Funny, keynote speaker, motivational speeches, public speaking business, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, toastmaster international, toastmasters speeches, World Champion Speaker
Each year over 25,000 contestants compete in a speech contest hosted by Toastmasters International hosts called World Championship of Public Speaking. The previous World Champions gather informally the morning of the contest to share stories, experiences, and laughs. This year Tumbleweed Entertainment video taped the breakfast for a documentary on the fear of public speaking: [...]
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Filed under Darren on the Road · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Darren LaCroix, David Brooks, Ed Tate, funny public speaking, How to Be Funny, keynote speaker, Mark Brown, motivational speeches, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, toastmaster international, toastmasters speeches, world champion speakers
Sometimes we don’t see our own true value. Ed Tate, 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking, is an amazing speaker on Leadership. Though it is not his main subject area, I’ve been after Ed, one of my best friends, to video his “other” award winning speech. Every time I hear this speech the message blows [...]
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Filed under Master Public Speaking, Public Speaking Career · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Darren LaCroix, Ed Tate, funny public speaking, How to Be Funny, keynote speaker, motivational speeches, presentations, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, speaking to youth, talking to teenagers, toastmaster international, toastmasters speeches
Well, took me a few days to write this (you’ll learn why in my next blog). My New England Patriots were defeated on Sunday. I’ve been getting condolences from around the country. Some of you are even being kind (Thanks, Henry). I appreciate it. The Super Bowl was a heart-breaker. The Giants were a better [...]
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Filed under Darren on the Road · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Boot Camp, Boot Camps, Darren LaCroix, Day Job, Ed Tate, Fear Of Public Speaking, funny public speaking, Giving Presentations, Graduates, How to Be Funny, Industry Experts, John Chapin, keynote speaker, Mentor, motivational speeches, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Marketing Firm, Storytelling, toastmaster international, toastmasters speeches, vinnie favorito, World Champion
Sometimes a picture paints more than 1000 words… thanks to John Moffatt for sending me the photo!
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Filed under Toastmasters · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Darren LaCroix, David Brooks, Ed Tate, funny public speaking, How to Be Funny, Jim Key, keynote speaker, Lance Miller, Mark Brown, Mark Hunter, motivational speeches, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, toastmaster international, Toastmasters, Vikas Jhingran, World Champion of Public Speaking
I spent last weekend with Craig Valentine, and this weekend, I was with Ed Tate, attending a seminar on marketing seminars. (Both these guys are intent learners, and great friends off the platform). As I flew to Atlanta for this conference, the pilot came on the loud speaker and said, “We’ve got to stop in [...]
Posted by Darren LaCroix on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Filed under Darren on the Road · Tagged become a motivational speaker, Continuing Your Education, Ed Tate, funny public speaking, How to Be Funny, keynote speaker, motivational speeches, Public Speaking Career, Public speaking class, Public Speaking Course, toastmaster international
