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What to do When Good Humor Goes Bad |
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When a Good Speech Goes Bad
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Written by David Mudie
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
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It’s a speaker’s worst nightmare (other than the fear of
speaking itself for some), to tell a joke and not have the audience
respond. Now this isn’t really a problem
to be solved once it has happened – rather we want to change the way we present
humor in order to avoid it in the first place.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 October 2007 )
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The Surprising Element of Humor |
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Articles -
Using Humor Effectively
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Written by David Mudie
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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Can you think of any stories that you could share with your
audience – where they will think they know where you’re taking them, but in the
end you hit them with something else? They
could be real, they could be fiction. They could even have their roots in a real event but be exaggerated to
increase the element of surprise and the incongruities. If you can, then you will enjoy delivering
your speech all the more and your audience will enjoy hearing it – in the
process giving you their complete attention and helping make your speech a
success.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 September 2007 )
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Self Effacing Humor - It's a Safe Way to Get a Laugh |
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Articles -
Using Humor Effectively
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Written by David Mudie
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
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In our last issue we talked about a very common form of
humor, making fun of others. We love to
laugh at others when we know we’re not in their situation. As I pointed out, examples of such humor
include the Canadian Newfie jokes, the Texan Aggie jokes, and the countless,
“How many <name your group here> does it take to change a light bulb”.
Although this is a good formula for humor it also is
risky. As a public speaker you need to
be very careful about offending members of your audience.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 07 September 2007 )
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