By Darren LaCroix | Funny Public Speaking , Uncategorized
“Breaking the Ice” is all important to creating the connection with your audience. You can not persuade, inform, educate, or entertain and audience until you connect with them first. I sit down for this third and final installment (if you haven’t seen the other two, just scroll down on this blog) of my interview with […]
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Laugh & Learn with me as I sit down with my comedy mentor, Las Vegas Headliner, Vinnie Favorito. Our Humor Boot Camp just got reviewed in the Las Vegas Sun… I love the headline they used: “For those without a whit of wit, this is the class for you” Click here to see Sun Review […]
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Hello all, I’ve been thinking long and hard about this, I think it is time for me to move on. A select few in Toastmasters feel that I should not “earn money” offering my educational tools when I speak at Toastmasters. They also feel myself and the other World Champions get “too much” exposure so […]
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When you read a book or go to a seminar, what is your purpose in spending that time? For me, it is to make a change, to have a higher understanding of the subject, and to be more successful at it. Although I crave “getting things done,” I am basically lazy. So when books have […]
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I’m really enjoying the discipline of blogging! But it was not an easy discipline to acquire. While in Las Vegas this past weekend, my friends, Bryant and Pam, took me to see Spamalot. Although I’ve always loved humor, I was never a huge Monty Python fan. That has slowly changed. Spamalot stars John O’Hurley as […]
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I’m waiting in line for a flight from LA to Vegas when an attractive woman, who was obviously very concerned with her looks (invested in prestigious name clothing, the nails, the hair, the sunglasses & “casually dressed” to the nines), heard our flight was delayed by 45 minutes. She let out a disgusted gasp… Uuuugh! […]
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