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Darren J. LaCroix

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Darren J. LaCroix
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Born1966 (1966)
Worcester, Massachusetts, US
🏡 ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada
🎓 Alma materBryant University (1988)
💼 Occupation
Speaker, author, comedian
🌐 Websitehttp://darrenlacroix.com

Darren LaCroix (born 1966) is a keynote speaker, author, comedian and teacher of the techniques of successful public speaking.

Background[edit]

LaCroix was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Bryant University in 1988.[1]

Career[edit]

Lacroix claims that after graduating from college he bought a Subway Sandwich Shop franchise with a loan, which failed, so that he had effectively taken a "$30,000 in debt and turned it into $60,000 in debt."[2] He moved back in with his parents, took a job at Bose Corporation in nearby Framingham, Massachusetts, and tried stand up comedy, beginning in a small, local club.[2]

After working for Bose for 11 years, Lacroix was earning enough money teaching public speaking to feel able to quit his day made a career out of teaching people to speak in public.[3][2] [4][5][6]

LaCroix and his partner, Darren LaCroix, ran a Massachusetts company, the Humor Institute, to teach public speaking skills.[7][8] He also created a program "Get More Laughs By Next Week" to teach humor creation processes.[9] He is a co-founder of The Humor Institute and a co-creator of The Humor Boot Camp.[8]

Public speaking[edit]

In 2001 LaCroix won the World Champion of Public Speaking sponsored by Toastmasters International. His winning speech consisted of LaCroix speaking about the fear of failure, about how someone could reach for a goal and still fall on their face. In the winning speech, he deliberately fell flat on his fact to underscore the lesson that a speaker could flop, recover, and go on to make a successful speech.[10][8][11][2][12][13]

Author[edit]

LaCroix is a co-author of Speaker's EDGE: Secrets and Strategies for Connecting with Any Audience, with Patricia Fripp, Ed Tate, Craig Valentine, Mark Brown, and LaCroix himself. He is also co-author with Rick Segel of Laugh & Get Rich: How to Profit from Humor in Any Business. The book has been translated into three languages.

References[edit]

  1. Kooker, Naomi R. (December 23, 2001). "TOASTMASTERS BAR NONE AT NORFOLK FACILITY, INMATES LEARN NEW WAYS TO MAKE THEIR POINTS". Boston Globe. Boston, Mass.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Basheda, Lori (26 August 2001). "Stand and deliver Speaking Toastmasters select their world champion, whose theme is failure's value. Series". Orange County Register. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. Kooker, Nomi (23 December 2001). "TOASTMASTERS BAR NONE AT NORFOLK FACILITY, INMATES LEARN NEW WAYS TO MAKE THEIR POINTS". Boston Globe. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. Gibes, Al (September 26, 2010). "Laugh and learn: Speaker says to humorize is to humanize". Las Vegas Review Journal.
  5. Silver, Kate (September 30, 2010). "Las Vegas humor coach insists anyone can be funny—even you". Vegas Seven.
  6. Sean, McCarthy (27 February 2005). "Word to the stars: Gab's no gift, so be prepared". Boston Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. Courtemanche, Dolores (8 May 1998). "Comic wrings laughter from serious illness". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Holliday, Bob (1 April 2008). "Where laughing matters". The Pantagraph. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  9. LaCroix, Darren. "Get More Laughs in every presentation for the rest of your life". Archived from the original on 2010-11-15.
  10. Murphy, Dave (20 March 2002). "Sometimes you can be a successful flop". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  11. Anton, Mike (August 26, 2001). "The Region; Victor in 'Olympics of Oratory' Falls Flat, but His Speech Doesn't; Communication: A pratfall helps salesman underline his message". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.
  12. Black, Jonathan (2006). Yes You Can!: Behind the Hype and Hustle of the Motivation Biz. Bloomsbury. ISBN 1596910003. Search this book on
  13. Erard, Michael (2007). Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean. Knopf Doubleday. ISBN 1400095433. |access-date= requires |url= (help) Search this book on

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