10 Surefire Ways of Adding Humor to your Presentations
Scott Friedman, CSP - Past President of the National Speakers Association
If you want to truly “connect” with your audience, your programs must entertain as well as educate. This program is full of practical, yet imaginative ideas of how to use humor to increase the value of your presentations. Participants learn how to play off the audience, develop original material, and uncover an organization’s “humor” hot buttons. The program provides insight about where to find clean and appropriate humor as well as who is safe to poke fun at in a meeting environment. As participants begin to bring more and more humor into their own presentations, they will reap the rewards of an entertained and captive audience.
Scott Friedman, CSP, 2004-05 President of the National Speakers Association is the author of 2 books and co-author of 4 others. Scott’s latest book, "Punchlines, Pitfalls and Powerful Programs - Ten Surefire Ways of Adding Humor to Your Presentations," is the perfect resource for those looking to connect with their audience…. whoever that may be. Scott outlines effective methods for engaging and educating an audience through humor and storytelling.
His book Using Humor for a Change is chock-full of great ideas to lighten-up the workload. The “One Minute Humor Break” proves to be the perfect remedy for stress and burnout.
An internationally recognized professional, Scott speaks on a variety of topics over 80 times a year. His areas of focus include employee and customer engagement, branded customer service, and personal branding. He also specializes in humor as a tool in sales, improving service, public speaking techniques and change management. Scott’s varied experience has brought him success in many industries including: hospitality, meetings, real estate, insurance, health care, education, government and just about any association. Scott’s greatest strength is his ability to customize the perfect program to fit the needs of any particular group. His improvisational comedy training, quick wit, and engaging material make Scott’s valuable programs a bunch of fun to listen to. He is a perfect fit for kick-offs, closings, lunches and midnight snacks.