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Saturday, December 26, 2009
On December 13th, I toured the new Crystals Mall at City Center with my great pal and best client, Dan Maddux, Executive Director of The American Payroll Association and new meeting location MEET Las Vegas. Of course, one of the premier features in Las Vegas, the fountain in front of the Bellagio is in fact Mark Fuller's creation. Mark Fuller and WET are As my friend and selling author Susan RoAne always encourages us to talk to strangers...or or
 
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Here’s an Observational Humor monologue from a Darren LaCroix humor workshop in Las Vegas. THE SET-UP (What was said and what happened during the workshop.) 1.  Darren mentioned that he is a very physical, high-energy speaker (which is true).
 
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Here’s an Observational Humor monologue from a Darren LaCroix humor workshop in Las Vegas. THE SET-UP (What was said and what happened during the workshop.) 1.  Darren mentioned that he is a very physical, high-energy speaker (which is true).
 

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We're not there yet, but clarity and simplicity are the goal. Las Vegas: an odd place to talk about simplicity? A few weeks ago, I opened for the Synergy Conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. As our world gets more complex, discussions about simplicity grow. Yet, ironically the issue of simplicity itself — what it is, how we attain it, etc. —  is not at all simple.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate National Humor Month than to spend four days at the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) conference.  With nearly 200 people attending from around the globe, we spend four days laughing, learning and making new friends. Jollytologist Allen Klein received the Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award. 
In just a little over three weeks, Darren LaCroix is offering his two-day Humor Boot Camp in Las Vegas.  Visit Darren’s web site for details about the event, November 21-22, 2009.  This is an opportunity you shouldn’t miss.  Stage time, personal coaching and insights from a humor expert.  I highly recommend
Going to Las Vegas? Going to Las Vegas to invest her retirement funds. 2.  A Top-Ten List is a great vehicle for creating and delivering humor.  It’s a regular feature on the David Letterman show. The key isn’t TEN items. 
I'm keeping the summer presentation schedule very light so I can finish up the Presentation Zen Design book by early Fall.)  • Synergy 2009. May 4-7, Las Vegas (USA) I'm really pumped about this one. Next week I'll be up in Tokyo meeting with friends to talk about TEDx Tokyo. In the evening of April 7 I'll be giving a presentation in the Apple Store theatre in Ginza.
For more information why not investigate what you could learn at my November 14-15 Speaking School in Las Vegas. This week I interviewed Sims Wyeth one of my East Coast Fripp Speech Coaches. He taught and performed as an actor. These are some of his ideas.
For more concepts such as this why not attend the Patricia Fripp Speaking School on June 29-30, 2009. In Las Vegas at the Platinum Hotel. Fat and Skinny Words: Levels of Abstraction By Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE Nothing can turn your audience off faster than using fat words when they're hungry for skinny ones. Or vice versa.
Patricia Fripp’s Speaking School is in Las Vegas in just two weeks, November 14-15, 2009.  Hot Tip!  Fripp is one of the world’s best public speaking coaches.  I’ve heard Fripp speak more than 20 times.  I always learn something new. 
2001 International Toastmasters World Champion Darren LaCroix partnered with me in our Coaching Camp at Lake Las Vegas. Darren taught us "In our stories our characters do not make eye contact." quot; He quoted World Champion David Brooks who teaches "We all share the same seven emotions." quot; Darren asked our participants "What is the emotion of each of
On December 13th, I toured the new Crystals Mall at City Center with my great pal and best client, Dan Maddux, Executive Director of The American Payroll Association and new meeting location MEET Las Vegas. Of course, one of the premier features in Las Vegas, the fountain in front of the Bellagio is in fact Mark Fuller's creation. Mark Fuller and WET are As my friend and selling author Susan RoAne always encourages us to talk to strangers...or or