You have found the right Blog! – Being more humorous, adding fun & laughter to your presentation is ESSENTIAL for a professional speaker. Many speakers who have added more humour found they got higher fees and more spin-off work. (Yay!)
You’ll get better audience responses and your message will be more memorable if you can just MAKE EM LAUGH.
Many stand-up comedians are now doing very well on the speaking circuit. Nobody wants a boring speaker.
YOU CAN LEARN TO BE FUNNIER! – Learn to tell and act out your own FUNNY stories and anecdotes on stage.
Showing funny videos and pictures sourced from the internet CAN also get a laugh – but in reality – that’s NOT your content and you really should have COPYRIGHT permission for using those.
Who can help you add more humour to your presentations? – These experts….
Australian Speaker and Comic of the Year – Marty Wilson has written a great book about using more humour in your speaking.
More Funny More Money by Marty Wilson
This book by David Nihill also has some great tips about being a better and funnier speaker.
Do you Talk Funny? by David Nihill
2 CD Set – Get more laughs by Doug Stevenson
GET MORE LAUGHS by Doug Stevenson – A bargain for just US$5
This CD Set is packed full of 29 comedy tips to make your presentations more humorous. I found it really useful. Available from Doug here
Some regular stand-up comedians get into trouble at corporate conferences. Generally this is because the material has been OFFENSIVE and decidedly NOT FUNNY.
It is always safer to use your own clean material and self-deprecating humor can be good too.