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.  This is an opportunity you shouldn’t miss.  Stage time, personal coaching and insights from a humor expert.  I highly recommend everything Darren offers. 

Looking forward to your talk at WebmasterWorld Las Vegas! Posted by: Joe Duck | Oct 14, 2006 7:34:49 PM Great advice...very How to Change the World A practical blog for impractical people. « The Education of a Late-Adopter Blogger | Main | Addendum to How to Get a Standing Ovation » January 18, 2006 How to Get a Standing Ovation When I started public speaking in about 1986, I was deathly afraid of public speaking--for one thing, working for the division run by Steve Jobs was

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. 

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.

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. The presentation will be in yasashi English with key concepts appearing in Japanese on the visuals.

If you want to attend Patricia Fripp & Darren LaCroix's  Coaching Camp in Las Vegas, Saturday-Sunday, January 30-31 you can now attend from your living room! Yes...we we are going VIRTUAL!

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. 

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.