I sometimes hear people say things like this: “I have to do a work presentation and I want to do it on something funny.” Or they ask “are funny things to do presentations on?” It depends on what your goal is. If this sounds like you my suggestion for you would be to focus on …
Tag: humour
Jun 12
Humorously Speaking, part 3
Here’s a post about the 3rd project in the Humorously Speaking manual. The first video in this series is viewable here Humorously Speaking 1. and the 2nd post is here. There’s more to creating humour than just comedy writing techniques; this video goes “beyond the rule of three”. As I’ve said before, if you want …
Jun 03
How Room Design May Affect Your Presentation
“…the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture in San Diego are encouraging interdisciplinary research into how a planned environment influences the mind…” Scientific American Mind, April 09 It’s interesting that research is being done into how the architecture of buildings affects mental ability. I think this research is interesting for those of us who have to make …
Feb 23
The Pitfalls of Joke Stories at Work
I’ve written before that I have a love hate relationship with joke stories or, street jokes. Let me clarify the sort of thing I am talking about: Two campers are walking through the woods. A huge brown bear appears just ahead of them. The first guy drops his backpack and digs out a pair of …
Sep 25
Humorous Speech & Table Topics Contests
We had a really successful night at Grosvenor Square Speakers at the beginning of this week. We decided to experiment with the way the club chairs the contests and we divided duties successfully between myself as VPE and Debbie Mahs. Even though the club doesn’t usually run its contests this way, it made a refreshing …
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