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\"Dave<\/a>

Dave Rattigan professional stand-up comedian<\/p><\/div>\n

Northern Essex Community College<\/a> professor Dave Rattigan is set to give his presentation \u201cLaughter in Your Life\u201d on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Merrimac Public Library, 86 West Main St. in Merrimac.<\/p>\n

This presentation will focus on how to bring more humor into work and life. Laughter reduces stress, improve\u00a0 outlook, and leads to a better quality of life according to Rattigan.<\/p>\n

At Northern Essex, Rattigan has been making students laugh while helping them learn for two decades. As a professional stand-up comedian, he has been making people laugh for nearly three decades, on Sirius Satellite Radio and at clubs and theaters, but also in less traditional venues like hospitals, libraries, a parking lot, warehouses, business lobbies, gazebos and lots of other places he says he\u2019d like to forget. He has used humor to diffuse tense situations and deal better with stress. In this variation of his \u201cLaughter in the Workplace\u201d corporate presentation, Rattigan uses his stand-up material to lighten the mood, and then facilitates a combination of improv games, funny stories, stand-up, and Q&A\u2019s to help the audience create their own comedy experience.<\/p>\n

As an adjunct faculty member at Northern Essex and UMass Lowell, Rattigan teaches public speaking, interpersonal communications, and professional communications.<\/p>\n

This presentation is offered through the Northern Essex Community College Speakers Bureau<\/a>. For additional information on the NECC Speakers Bureau, please visit the Speakers Bureau website <\/a>or contact speakersbureau@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or at 978-556-3862. For information on this presentation, contact Tracy Shaw at tshaw@merrimaclibray.org<\/a> or by calling 978-346-9441.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex Community College<\/a> has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers more than 60 associate degree and certificate programs<\/a> as well as hundreds of noncredit courses<\/a> designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0 Each year, more than 5,000 students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and another 2,600 take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.\u00a0 For more information, visit the\u00a0NECC website<\/a>\u00a0or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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