Public Speaking And Using Humour

The whole point of public speaking is to give your audience something to take with them. Rather it be something of entertainment, something of persuasion, and even just some new and interesting facts. You will want your audience members to be able to say that they learned something or that they don’t waste their time listening to you. You will find that it can be hard to break through and audience, but you will want to use your emotions to convince them that they are getting something out of the time that they are spending with you.You will need to use different tools in working the system. One of the best tools to use is humour.

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Public Speaking: Places are funny

Some places are simply funnier than others. Cleveland is funny. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is funny. I live just off Goodluck Road. That's funny. My computer consultant used to live on Easy Street in Temple Hills, Maryland. That's funny. It was hard to find him because people were always stealing the sign, and it's not easy to steal an Easy Street sign.

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Why Use Humour in Your Presentations?

Why should I bother using humour in my presentations?

Can't I just deliver my information and sit down?
You sure can!

That's what most people do.

The problem is that most people are not effective presenters.

They are nighty-nite, snooze-inducing, say-your-prayers, hit-the-sack, unlicensed hypnotists.

They are ZZZZZs presenters.

They might be experts in their field and able to recite hours and hours of information on their topic, but is that effective?

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