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What Learn How the Pros Make 'em Laugh Will Do for YOU!
"Make 'em LAUGH is invaluable. I am not a naturally funny person, but after listening to the advice of the eight experts I find myself actually thinking in a more comedic way."
- Celeste Longacre, Author and Syndicated Radio Personality
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Learn How the Pros Make 'em Laugh
Audio Learning Program
4 CD program, 60 minutes each
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Improve Presentation Skills with Tips from Stand-Up Comedians
Have you ever sat in awe of a stand-up comedian or conference speaker who made the audience laugh all the way down to their toes? Did you ever wish you could do that? Well, you can, because humor is a learned skill.
In high school, Darren LaCroix was dubbed "the least likely to ever be funny." But one day he heard these words from motivational speaker Brian Tracy: What would you dare to dream if you knew you wouldn't fail?
"A comedian!' Darren thought.
Darren's friends and family thought he was crazy. In fact, the first time Darren ever made his brother laugh was when he told him he wanted to be a comedian! You see, they were comparing Darren to stand-up comedians like Seinfeld, Robin Williams, and Carson--people already at the top of their profession.
Too many times we let other people define our success. Darren LaCroix did not. And in 2001, Darren "outspoke" 25,000 contestants from 14 countries in an international speech contest and was crowned the World Champion of Public Speaking.
How did he do it? How can you do it?
"Before I was a great speaker, I was a phenomenal student."––Darren LaCroix
In this 4-CD set learning program, Darren brings you the wisdom and ways of four stand-up comedians and four humorists at the top of their game. We guarantee you will never look at humor the same way again!
Why are laughs important as a presenter?
- Funny presenters earn more!
- Funny presenters get asked back more often
- Funny presenters sell more in the back of the room
- Funny presenters have more fun
If you want to learn how to be funnier, heighten your confidence in front of an audience, and be at the top of your game, this is the public speaking training program for you!
"Make 'em Laugh is outstanding. I realized the benefits imediatley. Comedy writer, Katie Grady talked about the rule of three. I got a
huge laugh the first time I used this technique."
-Ed Tate, 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking
What You Will Learn
- Ways to deliver your messages more effectively
- Tips to help you bond with audiences
- Body techniques that improve presentation skills
- Improv games you can play anywhere to increase your humor skills
- Where the pros find thier own humor (so you can find yours)
- How the pros find humor "in the moment"
More Advice from the Pros
- How to deal with stage fright
- Tips on what makes people laugh
- Techniques that will get you more referrals
Improve sales presentation skills, fine-tune your training programs, and increase profitability with humor! A powerful tool for achieving your desired results.
"Darren, thank you very much for creating your MAKE EM LAUGH program! Once I understood the step-by-step process of humor, I was instantly able to make my speeches and presentations MUCH funnier and entertaining. Not only that, I actually became funnier and more entertaining too, and as a result, more fun to be around. I realized that just as there is a specific formula for ideas such as remembering names well and achieving great results in many areas, there is also a specific formula for being funny. Your MAKE EM LAUGH program spells out that formula and made the art of being funny quick and easy to understand."
- John Chapin, Author & Speaker
Secrets Darren Gets Out of the Minds of the Humor Pros for You:
Darren brings you inside the minds of humor pros!
Bob Seibel- Stand-up comedy veteran of 20 years, Carnival Cruise Lines and corporate events
How to get laughs from frustrations:
• What makes people laugh?
• What guidelines does Bob use?
• How he tests humor “off stage” to prepare for on stage
• How delivery allows you to talk about frustrations
• How you can say more with less
• What separates a good comedian from a great one
• How he deals with nervousness, and you can too
• How audiences differ, even depending on time of day!
• How often you should test a new humor idea before you throw it out
• Why it is easier for a corporate speak to get laughs than a comedian?
• The one question you should ask people in your audience before hand?
• How would you make a story you already tell funnier?
• What is the fringe benefit for making people laugh?
• What are classic mistakes new funny people make?
• How Bob deals with anxiety, and you can too!
Rosemary Verri- Nationally known humorist, teaches people how to practice Safe Stress and laugh for the health of it!
How to develop your humor awareness:
• What to do with your body when you deliver a laugh line
• For presentations: what should be funny, and what should be serious
• How a friend in customer service, uses humor at work
• How to look for “openings” to make people laugh
• What “extra words” in a presentation do to the size of your laughs
• What are funny words, and why we should use them
• How “self study” can make you funnier
• A mistake Rosemary made early on, that you should avoid
• How people in your audience “enjoy” humor differently
• Where does she get her funny stories?
• How she starts the process of creating a funny story in her garage!
• What are the parts of your funny story you must know!
• How does “setting” effect laughs
• How Rosemary controls her setting for an after dinner talk
• What exactly she says to a meeting planner at the event
• How reading funny material helps her get ideas
Judy Buch – International “Ventriloquist of the year,” seen on Good Morning America
Enhance your stories with characters:
• How to put your characters in funny situations
• How doing a biography of your characters can help create funnier stories
• Why the emotion of the character is important to getting laughs
• What Charlie Chaplin says is needed for laughs
• How to easily show difference in your character
• Details for your characters, but no too much!
• Why must the detail agree with emotion
• What is her starting point of her story
• What MUST happen to a character at some point in the story?
• How to handle “pain” and make it funny
• Why getting the audience involves brings laughs to a higher level
• How to choose who to “get involved” in your presentation
• Why they’ll laugh, and why they won’t!
• A powerful “humor development” exercise you can use!
Dick Doherty- Comedy headliner at The Improv, Copa Cabana in NY City, and the Hong Kong Convention City
How to be intimate with an audience:
• Why our own self -esteem can get in the way of laughs
• How Dick creates humor, without writing anything down
• How he turns spontaneity into good material
• Why anyone can learn to be funny
• Why “who you are” (your persona) on stage is crucial
• Why trying to be funny never works
• How to look at an audience (most look at it wrong)!
• Why controlling how they see you backfires
• How Dick tries new material
• How Dick controls the setting in his comedy clubs, and how you can
• How “your attitude” is part of setting
• How a corporate audience differs from a club
• How the audience’s “sixth sense” effects your laughs
• What humans inherently resist, and how it can get you more laughs
• How what makes you laugh is important to getting them
Katie Grady—“One of the best young comedians” –Boston Globe. Stand-up comic and comedy writer
Learn the joke writing process:
• Why she thinks anyone can learn to be funnier
• Discover how long it takes her to write
• Learn and use some of Katie’s writing exercises
• How to think funny for your corporate audience
• Katie’s tools that she uses
• The rule of three, and how to use it in your next presentation
• How to develop humor for the subject you speak about
• What the ratio 10:2 has to do with creating laughs
• How her “comparisons” is perfect for corporate humor
• How everyday life is full of humor you can use
• How Katie “polishes” her humor
• Hear Katie and Darren dissect a joke
• Why humor buddies are powerful, and where you can find one
• How Katie “tests” her humor before it hits the stage
• Learn Katie’s process beginning to end
Don Gavin – Boston Comedy Legend, seen on Showtime, HBO, Caroline’s Comedy Hour, Evening at the Improv
Get laughs from observations:
• Who you should make fun of in corporate presentations
• What fairy tales have in common with teasing yourself
• How Don looks at setting
• Why your introduction is important to your laughs
• What Don does to “research” before he goes to a corporate presentation
• Don’s view on what makes people laugh
• How he tests his material, so you can model it
• After performing 9,000 shows, hear Don’s take on “stage time”
• Hear his take on a mistake a sports celebrity made while giving a presentation
• How to use your surroundings in your presentation for laughs
• How to use your strengths and weaknesses for laughs
• How you can learn to funnier and more comfortable on stage
• How his background as a teacher helped him in comedy
• How confidence effects laughter
• When the audience really starts judging you
• What is the difference between a good comedian and a great one
Izzy Gesell, MS Ed,CSP – “America’s Humorologist,” Keynote Speaker, trainer, author of the book Playing Along
The Power of Improv:
• How anyone can learn to be funnier
• Why we laugh
• Who taught Izzy to be funny
• Izzy dispels the myth: You have to start a presentation with a joke
• Why speakers “stepping on their own laughs” hurts your laughs!
• Why he created his book: Playing Along
• How improv isn’t always as it appears
• How to “practice” spontaneously
• How to use improv to build rapport when you make mistakes
• Use Izzy’s Radio Announcer Improv game to sharpen your skills daily!
• How you react when people suggest things to you, tells you about yourself
• Where Izzy searches for new bits, it may surprise you
• How to train yourself to discover why something is funny
• Secret comedy questions, that help discover humor in any subject
• Where else in corporate America can we all find fodder?
• Discover Izzy’s process for making stories funnier
• Biggest mistake people make telling funny stories, and how to avoid it!
Kevin Knox – Stand-up comedian—regular at the Tropicana in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, seen on Comedy Central
You have to believe it is funny first:
• What makes people laugh?
• What his persona is on stage, and what yours should be
• What are mistakes presenters make trying to be funny
• Who influenced Kevin style
• Where Kevin’s humor comes from
• How Kevin ‘tests’ his humor on stage
• Where in his routine he puts new material
• How does he keep a funny story fresh (though he has told it many times)
• How does he look at funny stories to make them funnier
• What goes through Kevin’s mind just before he goes on stage
• How he adjusts his performance based on a half full room
• How to best create the best “setting” for laughs
• How time of day effects laughs
• Do you ever bad shows? (his answer might surprise you)
• How corporate performances differ from clubs
• Where else he suggests you can test material
Darren LaCroix--Internationally recognized keynote speaker, stand-up comedian, and motivational humorist. He instructs corporate clients such as the Sheraton Hotels, IBM, and Fidelity Investments on how to use humor in the workplace. Since winning the World Championship of Public Speaking Darren has coached and taught CEOs in countries throughout the world how to improve presentation skills.
"This set of the masters is helpful in a truly unique way. It allows you to access the minds and philosophies of some of the world's best laugh makers. It will broaden your horizons about all the different ways you can work with an audience to "Make Em Laugh!"
-Rory Vaden MBA
Co-Founder/Professional Speaker Success Starts Now®
One of Darren's secrets: "I listen to stand-up comedy on my way to keynote speeches. It helps me get in the right frame of mind to make the audience laugh." Order you 4-CD set of Learn How the Pros Make 'em Laugh today and start the laughter!
"Using humor to connect with audiences is something I have struggled with at times. ‘MAKE EM LAUGH’ not only taught me the understand humor but more importantly how to use it safely AND effectively. I find myself listening to it often while writing new speeches. ‘MAKE EM LAUGH’ has definitely made me a better speaker."
Guy Burns, Las Vegas, NV
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4 CD Set: $99.95 (Get MP3s as free bonus!)
MP3 download vesion $39.95
"If you are looking for easy, simple, and straight forward tips and
tricks on how to add humor to whatever presentation you have to give,
Make me laugh is your tool. I always believed that you either have
humor in you or you don't, but now I know that most of it involves
learnt techniques that are really not that hard to learn. The program
gave me a great sense of "AHA - that is how they do it". Be warned
though, you might never look at comedy the same way again after you go
through Darren's program."
Nadia Mori, Canada
www.naidamoricommunicates.com
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