Spice up your Presentations with Humour 1-day Workshop
Humour is the shortest distance between people. Infusing your presentations with fun will set them apart and make you and your message more memorable.
While the use of humour is a short module in my Captivating Communications workshop, this workshop focuses entirely on the keys to effective humour in corporate presentations.
Here's an outline of what's covered:
- Why use humour? …
- When and how to use humour
- What’s so funny? (what we laugh at and why)
- Comedy basics
- Anatomy of a “joke” (Set–up punch line structure)
- Comic timing
- Attitude and persona
- Selecting your topic
- Enhancing the creative process
- Audience/presenter relationship – connecting with authenticity
- Managing anxiety
- Microphone techniques
After this workshop, you will:
- have more ease in public speaking of all types
- understand the mechanics of making people laugh
- understand the keys to being memorable to an audience
- have gained experience in generating original material
- have a greater appreciation of humour
- understand the do’s and don’ts of using humour
- better understand audience psychology
- be able to apply their humour skills in a number of situations, such as presentations, performances, work applications, written communication.