{"id":27580,"date":"2019-12-04T19:16:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T00:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/12\/05\/learn-public-speaking-from-a-stand-up-comedian-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:21:47","slug":"learn-public-speaking-from-a-stand-up-comedian-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/12\/04\/learn-public-speaking-from-a-stand-up-comedian-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Public Speaking from a Stand-Up Comedian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21308\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/09\/Dave-Rattigan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21308\" class=\"wp-image-21308 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/09\/Dave-Rattigan-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Rattigan smiles with a mic stand in his hand\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Rattigan professional stand-up comedian<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dave Rattigan, professional stand-up comedian and adjunct faculty member at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a>, will give a presentation titled \u201cFacing Your Fear: Public Speaking\u201d on December 16, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler St, Tewksbury.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to the public and registration is required for this event, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/tewksburypl.assabetinteractive.com\/calendar\/tewksbury-job-seekers-network-learn-how-to-be-a-better-public-speaker-from-a-stand-up-comedian-\/\">Tewksbury Public Library page<\/a> to register.<\/p>\n<p>Rattigan can\u2019t help but interject a bit of fun into the college classes he teaches, even when he\u2019s dealing with most peoples\u2019 greatest fear: public speaking. He should know. The former Boston Globe and People Magazine correspondent was a fearful public speaker. Motivated by a life-long desire to do stand-up comedy, he conquered that fear and has gone on to perform for crowds as large as 2,300 at the Cape Cod Melody Tent and as small as three people at a Lexington restaurant. For nearly two decades, he\u2019s specialized in making better speakers out of those who are nervous, not nervous enough, fearful or cluelessly courageous. This interactive presentation focuses on facing your fear, seeing yourself as others see you, and simple steps to give a better presentation at work or socially.<\/p>\n<p>Rattigan teaches public speaking, interpersonal communications, and professional communications at Northern Essex and UMass Lowell.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation is offered through the Northern Essex Community College Speakers Bureau. For additional information on the NECC Speakers Bureau, please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/engage\/community-resources\/speakers-bureau\/\">Speakers Bureau website<\/a>\u00a0or contact <a href=\"mailto:speakersbureau@necc.mass.edu\">speakersbureau@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or at 978-556-3862. For information on this presentation, contact Robert Hayes <a href=\"mailto:rhayes@tewksburypl.org\">rhayes@tewksburypl.org<\/a> or call (978) 640-4490.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.mass.edu\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/\">60 associate degree and certificate programs<\/a> as well as hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/noncredit\/\">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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.mass.edu\">NECC website<\/a>\u00a0or call 978-556-3700.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Rattigan, professional stand-up comedian and adjunct faculty member at Northern Essex Community College, will give a presentation titled \u201cFacing Your Fear: Public Speaking\u201d on December 16, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler St, Tewksbury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":27290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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