What Should A Speaker Do When Disaster Strikes?
All speakers dread forgetting what they wanted to say next and so when it happens we need to have a way to buy time in order to remember what comes next
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What Does A Joke Look Like In A Speech?
Speakers who want to work jokes into their next speech have to take the time to understand the structure of a joke in order to make it work
How Can A Speaker Be Funny Across Cultures?
As speakers we all understand just how tricky humor can be to deal with. If we want to make things just a little bit more tricky, we can introduce the challenge of trying to deliver a speech to people who belong to a different culture than we do and all of a sudden the whole … Read more
Public Speakers Want To Know How To Be Funny
If there is anything that we would like to happen during our next speech then it is to be remembered. How to go about making that happen is something that we spend a great deal of time trying to figure out. We know about the importance of public speaking and so we use fancy words, … Read more
How Public Speakers Can Deal With A Lost Train Of Thought
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting older or if there is some other reason for it, but more than once when I’ve been about half-way through a speech, I’ve lost my train of thought. I mean it was just there – I knew what I wanted to say and then poof – it … Read more
5 Ways To Make Speech Humor Work
Humor is hard. Humor in speeches is extra hard. However, humor is also a key part of getting your audience to realize the importance of public speaking. Your chances of connecting with your audience and getting your point across increases dramatically if you can work humor into your next speech. What’s a speaker to do? … Read more
2 Tips For Making Any Audience Laugh
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make your next audience laugh. Good luck! We all know that humor is a powerful tool in the hands of a speaker; however, we all also know that on top of all of the other presentation tips that you are trying to get right, it’s … Read more
The Problem With Using Humor In A Speech
You are a great speaker. It’s just that if you use humor incorrectly, that might screw everything up. We’ve all been told that humor is a powerful tool that can make a speech that much more enjoyable for our audiences. That makes us all want to use humor and to use it more. However, if … Read more