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How Speakers Can Get Audiences To Spread Their Ideas

November 21, 2023 by drjim
Ideas are only valuable if your audience will spread them

When a speaker gives a speech, they want to be able to convince their audience to take action and spread their message

Categories 4 - Demo Tags benefits of public speaking, communication channels, humor, importance of public speaking, overload, senses, spread, Toastmasters, true self

How To Add Humor To A Speech

May 23, 2023 by drjim
Use a checklist to make your next speech funnier

Speakers who want to add humor to their next speech should use a humor checklist to make sure that they’ll get the laughs that they are looking for

Categories 3 - Create Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, checklist, clear, concise, current, humor, importance of public speaking, laugh, references, surprise, Toastmasters

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

Using Humor To Educate Your Audience

February 7, 2023 by drjim
It can be possible to educate an audience even as you make them laugh

Speakers who want to educate their audience should consider using humor in their speech to make sure that their audience remembers them

Categories 3 - Create Tags attention, benefits of public speaking, confident, connection, humor, importance of public speaking, jokes, laughing, library, props, relationship, Toastmasters

How To Create A Humorous Speech

November 8, 2022 by drjim
Creating a humorous speech is easy if you know how to do it

Speakers who want their speech to be remembered need to find ways to work more humor into their next speech

Categories 3 - Create Tags attention, audience, benefits of public speaking, characters, costume, exaggerate, funny, humor, importance of public speaking, laugh, Toastmasters

Does Humor Have A Place In A Business Speech?

October 4, 2022 by drjim
If done correctly, a speaker can eliminate the boring from a business speech

Speakers can add humor to their business speeches in order to connect with their audience and have their message remembered

Categories 5 - Rehearse Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, business, clash, humor, importance of public speaking, interact, pain, Remember, speech, test, Toastmasters

What Are The Rules For Adding Humor To A Speech?

September 27, 2022 by drjim
What rules do you have to follow when adding humor to your next speech?

Speakers who want to add humor to their next speech need to be careful about how they go about doing it

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, humor, importance of public speaking, international, jokes, longwinded, observational humor, steal, stories, Toastmasters, web

How To Work Stand Up Comedy Into Your Next Speech

September 20, 2022 by drjim
If done right, you can incorporate stand-up comedy techniques into your next speech

Speakers who want to do a better job of connecting with their audience need to study stand-up comedians and work their techniques into their next speech

Categories 7 - Change Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, comedian, comedy, humor, importance of public speaking, jokes, laughing, laughs, stand-up, Toastmasters

10 Ways To Make You Next Speech Even Better

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 by drjim
Every speaker wants to make their next speech their best one yet

In order for a speaker to become better, instead of making one big change they need to make a series of smaller changes that will improve their speeches

Categories 3 - Create Tags apologize, benefits of public speaking, distracting mannerisms, eat, filler words, humor, importance of public speaking, notes, style, Toastmasters, visuals, volume

Will Your Speech’s Humor Translate?

October 5, 2021 by drjim
Getting international audiences to laugh can be hard to do

Speakers who want to give a funny speech to an international audience need to make sure that it will appeal to their cultural norms

Categories 7 - Change Tags benefits of public speaking, humor, importance of public speaking, inappropriate, international, practice, self-depreciating, test group, Toastmasters, translation
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