Presentation given at the Division L Toastmasters Humorous speech competition 28th October 2017, Pardubice, Czech republic by Trevor Smith Vision Presentations

1. Humour
as a
Weapon

2. How often do we laugh?

3. 400

4. 400 17.5

20. Humour as a ‘Weapon’!

27. Trevor Smith MBA, BSc (Hons)
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28. 28

29. TRAINING
&
ENTERTAINING

30. TRAINING
&
ENTERTAINING
ENTRETRAINING

31. 31

32. concur
32

33. 33

34. Czech Republic
England
Germany
France
Holland
Italy
Belgium
Spain
Switzerland
Portugal
Poland
Russia
Latvia
Estonia
Croatia
Slovakia
Ireland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Korea
Turkey
South Africa
Ukraine 34

36. Reciprocation
Commitment
and
Consistency
Social Proof Liking Authority Scarcity
A

40. Reciprocation
Commitment
and
Consistency
Social Proof Liking Authority Scarcity
Connection

41. Humour as a ‘Weapon’!

42. More receptive state
to be influenced and
persuaded.

43. Helps - open our mind!
Receptive and willing to listen!

44. The ‘Science’ of laughter

45. Scott Weems, Ph.D.,
cognitive neuroscientist

46. beta endorphins –
chemicals that alleviates depression
and
human growth hormone
helps with immunity

47. “reward” neurotransmitters

48. Happy Brain Chemicals
dopamine serotonin endorphin oxytocin

49. The ‘Science’ of laughter

51. Bill Connelly

52. Ronny Corbet and Ronny Baker

53. Dame
Edna Everage

57. Ben Elton

58. Hugh Laurie Stephen Fry

59. Dawn French

60. Lenny
Henry

61. Bill Maher

62. Trevor Noah

64. Milo Yiannopoulos

65. How do I use
humour as a
‘weapon’ in my
work?

67. Catastrophic Gaffe RATNER MOMENT

72. Using Humour

73. Types
of
Humour

74. Joke
Anecdote
Banter
Blend word
Blunder
Conundrum
Freudian slip
Hyperbole
Parody
Recovery
Repartee
Satire
Situational humour
Freudian slip

86. Ned Stark
Game of Thrones

87. ‘Everything before
the but is horse s**t.’
Ned Stark
Game of Thrones

89. wit
involves a very quick and clever mental sharpness;
being able to see a situation in a unique way and instinctively
being able to respond with a relevant comment or comeback.
Sometimes wit can be funny, other times, just clever.

90. It’s easy.
Just go to your account settings,
deactivate your account and go and do some real work!

91. Use humorous
anecdotes
rather
than jokes

92. Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses.
He’s not breathing and his eyes are glazed, so his friend calls 911.
“My friend is dead! What should I do?” The operator replies,
“Calm down, sir. I can help. First make sure that he’s dead.”
There’s a silence, then a loud bang.
Back on the phone, the guy says, “Ok, now what?”

96. Don't try to make jokes about
areas outside your expertise.

97. Use
self-deprecating
humour

99. One day a group of psychology students went to a scientific field trip.
The doctor there was showing them brains from real people
and telling them how expensive it would be to buy one.
He said it was five million dollars for a female brain
and ten million dollars for a male brain.
The men snickered, thinking they knew why.
One of the women said, ''Well, why is that, dr.?‘’
The doctor answered,
"The men's brains cost more,
because they have never been used."

101. May be if we tell millennials
that the brain is an App
Thy will start using it!

102. Keep it Clean

103. Always give
the Source

104. Engage Your Audience

105. Exaggeration

107. Breaking a Tense Situation

108. MAP
Material
Audience
Performer

110. “Practice doesn’t make perfect:
perfect practice makes perfect.”
- Vince lombardi

112. Trevor Smith MBA, BSc (Hons)
trevor.smith@visiontraining.cz
info@bitesizetraining.cz
0420 777 013 806
www.bitesizetraining.cz
www.visiontraining.cz
www.visionpresentations.com

113. One more last thing…

114. Back up slides

119. ‘NO!
Try not!
DO or DO NOT!
There is no try!’