Love this – I will file it – not sure where I can use it in my speaking, but I hope the opportunity arises. In the meantime, …. I can share it with you!!
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
G. K. Chesterton
Some speakers say, “I could never use humour in my speech; I just don’t feel comfortable with it.” I believe that anyone can use humour and that it is a valuable tool in speaking. Appropriate humour relaxes an audience and makes it feel more comfortable with you as the speaker; humour can bring attention to the point you are making; and humour will help the audience better remember your point. It can break down barriers so that the audience is more receptive to your ideas. First, let me make it easy for you to use humour. http://bit.ly/oAKOwt
All you’ll ever need to know about the enjoyment, appreciation and art of performance humor. Patricia Fripp with Larry Wilde. Larry made publishing history as the author of the most popular humor series of all time. His 53 books have sold more than 12 million copies. The New York Times called him “America’s best-selling humorist.”
In this one-of-a-kind album, you will learn the inside secrets of America’s greatest comedians … you can hear the collective wisdom of the people who defined American comedy. For the first time, you will learn the most fascinating, interesting, inside stories about how Larry convinced the great comedians to share their never-before-revealed views on making people laugh. => http://bit.ly/bQQFTS
Let’s be honest. We all LOVE those individuals that make us LAUGH.
The funnier you are, the more people like you, and the more they pen up to your speeches.
Well, how funny are YOU?
Our natural humour skills are vial to our public speaking.
What if you could suddenly become EVEN FUNNIER, just by following a few simple rules?
Master wit Max Matterson has worked in the comedy world for the past 20 years. He’s the co-author of “Comedy Writing Secrets” and trained many of the big late night show hosts.
He knows EXACTLY how to train ANYONE to become super-witty in just minutes. Matterson claims there are just a series of simple rules that ANYONE can follow to become hilariously funny!
Do YOU want to discover his COMEDY SECRETS?
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Use humor in presentations to make yourself more likable. Humor is a great rapport builder which knocks down audience resistance to your message. Make sure you space it throughout your presentation. You will subconsciously or consciously be tagged as trite by the audience members and out of touch if you tell a joke at the beginning and then forget humor for the rest of the presentation.
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Sometimes it can be a huge challenge to be funny.
But being funny and using humour are incredibly powerful tools in public speaking. They can make an audience relate to your message. They can provide contrast to a serious subject and lighten the mood, making the audience more receptive. They can improve your image as a speaker and as a person.
Sometimes humour can be spontaneous and that is oftentimes the most effective it will be. But sometimes it takes practice and serious attention to writing the speech to create that spontaneity – faking it till making it is one of the rules of public speaking after all!!
We can research jokes. We can copy the successful styles of speakers who use humour.
And another way is to learn from the comedians. While comedy is different in many ways from public speaking, or maybe can be seen as a specialised form of public speaking, there is much that can be learned from the comedians and implemented in your speeches.
Larry Wilde did just that. He interviewed great comedians for a book and learned much in the process. He interviewed famous comedians like Woody Allen, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, George Burns, Johnny Carson, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, and Jerry Lewis.
And now you can hear an interview with Larry Wilde about his experiences and the education in comedy that he gained. The interview is conducted by none other than Patricia Fripp, herself an award-winning speaker.
Learn the inside secrets of America’s greatest comedians. Hear the collective wisdom of the people who defined American comedy.
What the Great Comedians Teach Us About Comedy – Recorded live at the National Speakers Association of Northern California. Download here from Patricia Fripp’s website.
Have you talked in front of many people? Have you wondered what to do in order to get your ideas across?
Any public speaker who has faced a crowd of listeners knows that humor has a great effect and brings out a point like nothing else. I have talked to many presenters and all of them say they have a number of jokes up their sleeve, as well as visual gags — CARTOONS.
Read on >>>
In the first two articles of this series, we learned how using the rule of three can improve your speeches by [1] writing triads of words, phrases, and sentences and [2] by applying three-part speech outlines.
In this article, you will learn how adding an unexpected twist to the third element can add power or humor to your speech.
Rule of Three + Unexpected Twist = Speech Gold >>>
— John Kinde (JohnKinde@HumorPower.com)
The key is in the delivery. It’s what you do.
In the business of delivering your humor, there is a technique referred to as a “take.” A take is your physical response to a joke. For example, you may deliver a joke and then raise your eyebrows. Or tilt your head. Or open your eyes wide. Facial expressions are some of the most popular takes.
Using a take is like putting an exclamation point at the end of your humor line. It helps you drive home the humor. It signals the audience to realize, “Hey, this is supposed to be funny!”
There are a couple of approaches to using takes. One way is to look for a different physical delivery technique for every punch line. This can make the talk more interesting for you. And this can add a colorful variety to your speech. We also know from the acting business that it is easier to remember lines if they are linked to a physical action. So your jokes will be easier to remember, each linked to a different take.
Another approach is to use the same take for each punch line. This conditions the audience to laugh. Two classic comedians used repetitive takes which became signatures: George Burns’ puff on the cigar and Rodney Dangerfield’s tug of the necktie. They were sending signals to the audience that it was time to laugh.
You will find that even small takes can produce good results. Just a small wink might just be what you need to get the laughs. Experiment and have fun.
Be More Funny, Make More Money®
with David Glickman
All things being equal, the funnier speaker gets hired. Period. In today’s competitive speaking market, you cannot afford to be mildly amusing. You must be funny. Really, really funny. When people talk about you (behind your back — which is a good thing) you want them to say, “What an incredible speaker! Great content — and hilarious!” Meeting planners are looking to get the biggest bang for their buck — they need their speaker to be both informative and entertaining. Let’s say the meeting planner has narrowed down their choice to five speakers — all of whom share the same expertise on the topic and all of whom have approximately the same fee. They will always choose the funniest one. Period. It’s very simple — be more funny, make more money.
In this teleseminar you will learn:
with David Glickman
All things being equal, the funnier speaker gets hired. Period. In today’s competitive speaking market, you cannot afford to be mildly amusing. You must be funny. Really, really funny. When people talk about you (behind your back — which is a good thing) you want them to say, “What an incredible speaker! Great content — and hilarious!” Meeting planners are looking to get the biggest bang for their buck — they need their speaker to be both informative and entertaining. Let’s say the meeting planner has narrowed down their choice to five speakers — all of whom share the same expertise on the topic and all of whom have approximately the same fee. They will always choose the funniest one. Period. It’s very simple — be more funny, make more money.In this teleseminar you will learn:
- How to add humor to even the most serious subjects
- How to customize material for your specific audience (Because the more specific the humor, the more terrific the humor!)
- How to increase your humor writing skills exponentially
- What to do if your humor were to fall flat — and how to turn that into an advantage
- How to use your humor as a strategy to increase bookings
Register or order the CD or MP3 recording. Note: people who register for the teleseminar will get the MP3 recording of the session for free.
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If you want more information on adding humor to your presentations, we suggest the recordings of two earlier programs to complement David’s program:
- “How to Generate Big Laughs by Interacting with Audience Members Without Embarrassing Them — or You” with Brad Montgomery, CSP
- “To Prop or Not to Prop: If, When and How to Use Props in Your Presentations” with Tim Gard, CSP, CPAE
With your order of David’s teleseminar, CD or MP3, at checkout you will be offered these recordings.