how to be a funny speaker

Funny Business ~ Part 2

In Funny Business — Part 1, I outlined some reasons why it is important to include humor in a presentation.  (The main reason being that humor enhances learning.)  There’s a right way and a wrong way to include humor, and since we have already went over the DON’TS—let’s discuss some of the DO’S: DO look…

how to be a funny speaker

Funny Business ~ Part 1

“Have you ever attended an awful presentation?  Was it YOUR presentation?”  Those are the opening lines I use when I am conducting presentation skills training.  Do they result in folks rolling around the ground laughing uncontrollably? No. (Darn it!) Do they usually “break the tension” at the beginning of a presentation and set the tone…