LARC facilitates interactive events that shift your group from surface-level interaction to real connection through simple, fun conversation and relationship-building practices.
Buy the LARC Book
We've forgotten how to talk to each other. This book is your way back.
“The strength of relationships is the single most powerful predictor of happiness and longevity.”
- Harvard Study of Adult Development based on 80 years of longitudinal research
The world's oldest, happiest, and healthiest people have one thing in common… Connection.
And the research shows most of us are missing this key ingredient. Loneliness now affects 1 in 4 people globally. Anxiety and social discomfort have doubled among young adults since 2010.
Connection is a skill you can learn through LARC's structured approach—whether at our public events, private workshops, or with our book.
LARC is your practice ground for the conversations you're designed to be having, from strangers to the people you love most.
Connection Skills for Universities, Businesses, and Communities
Students are intellectually equipped but socially underprepared. LARC gives them the relational skills that determine success in job interviews, professional relationships, and life.
For Universities
Culture is whether your team can have a hard conversation without shutting down. LARC builds the relational infrastructure that makes great teams actually work.
For Businesses
Our public events turn strangers into friends in two hours. No networking. No small talk. Just real conversation and genuine connection.
For Everyone
The LARC Approach
A method simple enough to remember and powerful enough to change every conversation and relationship you have after this page.
Me → You → Us
Understanding Me
Get grounded. Regulate your nervous system. Show up present.
Skills: Intention, emotional regulation, self-awareness
Understanding You
Listen to understand, not to respond. Ask questions that create depth and meaning.
Skills: Active listening, curiosity, question-asking
Understanding Us
Go first. Navigate the hard stuff. Give/receive feedback and end conversations skillfully.
Skills: Initiate conversations, repair conflict, lead through endings and long-term relationship building
Be interested in people before trying to be interesting to them.
Transform Your Communication
🍢 APPETIZER
30-90 min
Warms up your group and sets the tone for real connection
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Conference opener
Retreat closer
Orientation kickoff
🍽️ ENTREE
2 hours
Where strangers become friends and friends go deeper
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Book talk
Team session
Classroom event
Public LARC night
🍴THREE-COURSE MEAL
Full day+
Connection weaves through the whole event and carries home with you
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Company retreat
Multi-day conference
Orientation week
Popular
🍱 ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET
6-12 months
Transforms how your people relate to each other
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Semester program
Annual team development
Community circle
What People Say
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“It is these kinds of experiences that truly enrich our lives.”
“Everyone with whom I had a conversation opened up my eyes to different ways of thinking and living. An experience like that is truly energizing. It’s become an important part of our lives. People love the chance to have deeper conversations free of all the usual banter, gossip and chit chat that passes for ‘communication.’”
“One employee said this was the most impactful meeting of their career. The level of authenticity and integrity built between the team exceeded expectations.”
LARC’s Team
Tom Karrel has spent 11+ years teaching communication and relationship-building skills to executives, entrepreneurs, nonprofit teams, and students across 50+ universities around the world.
He's the author of The Lost Art of Random Conversations and Listen. Think. Act. and the creator of the LARC Method, a practical framework for building deeper connection through meaningful conversations.