SOMEBODY PLEASE LAUGH! 3 steps to better humor in presentations

Delivering humour right, is like playing a game of golf…

… any one can play it. But what leads to a good game is…

Practice…

Good delivery…

..and the right tools.

> Practice > Good Delivery > Right tools

Good humor isn’t a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice . David Seabury American Author

(PRACTICE) ^ 10 till you can deliver right

Try it out on friends. Do they find it humorous?

Good delivery involves: Set up Pause Punch

Set up

Pause

Punch

1. Set up the story Briefly, dramatically

Make it short. Long-winded stories are boring.

Make it dramatic…

The product sold very well Uninteresting

The product disappeared off the shelves Better

2. Pause for drama

A pause calls for attention. Once audience are listening…

3. Deliver punch line...

... slowly, clearly

An example…

When I told my client about the amazing purity of ‘e-boiled water’, he asked me… “ Can I download it from the internet?” SET UP 1 PAUSE 2 PUNCH 3

The audience needs to hear the punch line to laugh…

Do you have the right tools?

Check the sound system

Is no one still laughing with you?

If you are laughing at the audience, they will not laugh with you.

4 letter words, religion, gender bias, disability, politics, insults are NOT FUNNY

If your audience do not like it, skip it.

After all, humor is not the point of your presentation!

This presentation is made with our ‘Minimal’ Approach. Please check www.metamorph training .com to know more about our Powerful Presentations CD which teaches this approach.