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Using Pauses To Boost The Humor In Your Next Speech

May 15, 2023 by drjim
Use pauses to make the humor in your speech work harder

Speakers who want to make their next speech be even funnier can learn to add pauses with their words to make the humor have more punch

Categories 7 - Change Tags benefits of public speaking, bonds, connect, humor, importance of public speaking, laugh, pause, punch line, punch word, silence, speech, Toastmasters

Sometimes Waiting Makes You Sound Funnier

May 17, 2016 by drjim

When I give a speech, at the right spots in my speech I would like my audience to laugh. I must confess to never being quite sure how best to go about making this happen. I have spent a great deal of time studying how to add humor to a speech, but my attempts to … Read more

Categories 6 - Present Tags anticipation, audience, bonds, comic timing, connection, humor, laughter, pause, pauses, silence, tension, words

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