logo
  • Home
  • Humor
  • Fear
  • Storytelling
  • Pro Speaking
    • Creating a Product
    • Promote Your Business
  • Other Speaking Topics
    • Connect with Your Audience
    • Before You Speak
      • Writing a Speech
    • Public Speaking Skills
      • Speech Coaching
      • Speech Delivery
    • Public Speaking Mistakes
    • Visual Aids
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Public Speaking: Humor Delivery Tips

Date: September 1, 2014

(Ignore these and you can start passing out pillows and blankets.) * Don’t signal your punch line. If ...

Read more
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Funny Speech Writing – Make Them Laugh So They Listen

Date: July 14, 2014

Need to write and deliver a speech? Do everyone a favor and write one with humor. Why? Because ...

Read more
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Public Speaking: Twelve Things Humor Does to Audience

Date: July 7, 2014

 If you choose to use humor in the upcoming public speaking event, then know that people really like ...

Read more
Is it OK to use Humor in speaking?
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

In Public Speaking, It’s Best To Skip The Humor

Date: June 30, 2014

There is nothing more painful to watch than public speaking humor. Normally it falls flat on it’s face, ...

Read more
Using Humor in a Serious Speech
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

How to Use Humor in a Serious Speech

Date: June 29, 2014

Many speakers can get laughs with a humorous story. However, what about when you have a serious story? ...

Read more
What makes a good speech?
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

25 Phrases to Guide You to Greatness in Speaking

Date: March 6, 2010

Every now and then it is important to remind ourselves of some of the foundations that can lift ...

Read more
Funny quotes
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Humorous Public Speaking Quotes

Date: February 26, 2010

Humor is a tool to that can be used to create interest and connection with your audience when ...

Read more
Where to find funny speech material?
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Speaker Alert – Make Me Laugh Or Else!

Date: December 10, 2009

Stop. How funny was the last speech that you gave? What – you were talking about how best ...

Read more
Where to get your funny stories?
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Look Into Personal Experience to Find the Moments of Humor

Date: September 9, 2009

This article is an excerpt from the new book, Speaker’s EDGE …enjoy! If you’d been sitting in the ...

Read more
How to Be Funny
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Public Speaking – Do You Have to Be Funny?

Date: April 4, 2009

As in day to day conversation, being funny in public speaking is a great skill to possess. It ...

Read more
Tips for Using Humor in Public Speaking
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Public Speaking – 8 Simple Tips to Put Humor Into Your Speech

Date: February 22, 2009

A speech can be interesting, informative and highly entertaining without being humorous. Most speakers are invited because they ...

Read more
How to add humor to my speech?
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

What Do Master Presenters Do Differently? Seven Essential Habits of Master Presenters

Date: February 22, 2009

What commonalities have you noticed about people who are true “masters” on stage? What are those small differences ...

Read more
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Giving a Speech? 10 Tips for Public Speaking

Date: February 21, 2009

1. Write your own introduction. Probably someone else is going to introduce you. Write the words yourself, making ...

Read more
Humorous Speaking - People Learn More when Laughing
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

If They’re Laughing, They’re Learning

Date: January 30, 2009

I guess I need to start somewhere, so I thought I’d start out by referring to something that ...

Read more
How to set up a conference room
  • Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Room Set-Up for Maximum Mirth

Date: January 23, 2009

The arrangement of chairs, the sound system, the lighting and the overall climate of the room can make ...

Read more
1 2 Next

Looking for Something?

Popular Posts

  • Public Speaking: Humor Delivery Tips

    September 1, 2014
  • Speak to Be Remembered and Repeated

    December 10, 2008
  • Public Speaking: Connection

    December 12, 2008

Recent Posts

  • Public Speaking: Humor Delivery Tips

    September 1, 2014
  • Public Speaking: Int’l Perspective on Humor (Part 3 of 3)

    August 4, 2014
  • Public Speaking: Int’l Perspective on Humor (Part 2 of 3)

    July 28, 2014

Public Speaking Topics

  • Before You Speak
  • Connect with Your Audience
  • Creating a Product
  • Fear of Public Speaking / Stage Fright
  • Humor in Speaking
  • Misc Speaking Topics
  • Professional Speaking
  • Promote Your Business
  • Public Speaking Mistakes
  • Public Speaking Skills
  • Speech Coaching
  • Speech Delivery
  • Storytelling
  • Visual Aids
  • Writing a Speech

Public Speaking Resource Sites

  • CRAIG VALENTINE ~ 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking
    .
  • DARREN LaCROIX ~ 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking
    .
  • JIM KEY ~ 2003 World Champion of Public Speaking
    .
  • LANCE MILLER ~ 2005 World Champion of Public Speaking
    .
  • PATRICIA FRIPP ~ NSA Hall of Fame Award-Winning Speaker
    .
  • Rich Hopkins' SPEAK & DELIVER ~ A Public Speaking Blog for the Speaking Public
    .
  • Lisa Braithwaite's SPEAK SCHMEAK ~ Things I'm Thinking About Speakers and Speaking
    .

© 2016 Copyright Cynthia Lay. Website by the Butterfly Herder.

  • Home
  • Contact Us