Starting in 1966,Ric Masten traveled across the United States, Canada and England speaking to and performing for hundreds of conferences, colleges, schools, churches and service clubs. He has been called a "serious humorist," "after-dinner philosopher," "motivational lyricist," and was named the "Official Village Troupadour and People's Poet," by Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, his birthplace. He was also named the "Poet Laureate of Prostate Cancer" by the National Prostate Cancer Coalition.