Public Speaking 101 - Using Humor to Develop a Relationship With Your Audience

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Most public speakers know humor is an effective tool for developing relationships with the audience, but a lot of them do not employ any humor in his speeches. Humor builds rapport, keep your audience engaged and keeps them from yawning to an exciting presentation on supply chain management. But how do you actually do it? How ridiculous to inject your boring material? There are several ways you can do it. Here are some of them are very effective:

Most public speakers know humor is an effective tool for developing relationships with the audience, but a lot of them do not employ any humor in his speeches. Humor builds rapport, keep your audience engaged and keeps them from yawning to an exciting presentation on supply chain management. But how do you actually do it? How ridiculous to inject your boring material? There are several ways you can do it. Here are some of them are very effective:

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1 Open your speech with a fast boat. You can expect me to say to open with an anecdote? You can do this too, but they are hit or miss and usually takes longer to say. One liners are simple and do not rely too much on the speaker's delivery skills. Say something about the topic as it is, "Wow, I thought I was the only one excited about the accounting and taxation!" Wake up to the audience an unexpected Smart-alecky remark aimed at making fun of a theme or your own.

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1 Open your speech with a fast boat. You can expect me to say to open with an anecdote? You can do this too, but they are hit or miss and usually takes longer to say. One liners are simple and do not rely too much on the speaker's delivery skills. Say something about the topic as it is, "Wow, I thought I was the only one excited about the accounting and taxation!" Wake up to the audience an unexpected Smart-alecky remark aimed at making fun of a theme or your own.

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2 Sprinkle with the body of your talk with anecdotes and short jokes, but make sure they are short or you might lose your audience. A good rule of thumb for a short anecdote or joke is 3 to 5 lines. Increasingly, the poor, even for a stand up comedian. You can find these jokes Readers Digest, or just search the Internet. They do not have to be knee-slapping funny, just enough to break the monotony. After all, you're a speaker, not the strip so that people are more forgiving and will not laugh at everything you say is remotely funny. Yes, even the knock knock joke.

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