ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FORWARD

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PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 WHY USE HUMOR?

CHAPTER 2 AUDIENCE

• Pre-Program Questionnaire

• All Male / All Female

• Size

• Outdoors

• Time Of Day

• International

• In Fun

• Name Tags

• Handouts

• Alcohol

• Connecting With The Audience

CHAPTER 3 ROOM SETUP

• Equipment

• Create An Atmosphere Conductive To Laughter And Interaction

• Seating

• Sound System

• Music

• Visuals

• Climate

• Distractions

CHAPTER 4 INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENINGS

• Self Introductions

• Openings

• Starting Off

• Response To Introduction

• Localized / Personalized Comments

• Bonus Material

CHAPTER 5 BODY

• Use Humor To Maintain Interest Level

• Some Attention - Gaining / Interest Devices

• Use As Much Humor As You Need

• How To Make A Point With Humor

• Learn Material Easily Using Bits

• Transitions

CHAPTER 6 CLOSINGS

• Bonus Material

CHAPTER 7 SELECTION OF MATERIAL

• Appropriate Targets

• Humor To Avoid

CHAPTER 8 DELIVERY

• Stage Fright Strategies

• I Can't Hear You!

• Joke Telling

• Delivering The Punch Line

• Rule Of Three

• Callbacks

• To Laugh Or Not To Laugh That Is The Question

• Timing

• Types Of Pauses

• Humor Placement

• Dynamic Range

• Dynamic Range Quick Fixes

• The WOW Factor Of Your Dynamic Range

• Other Important Delivery Tips

CHAPTER 9 Bomb Proofing

• Relevance

• Humor Risk

• Saver Lines

• Pre-Planned Ad-Libs

• Emergency Situations

• Humorous Acknowledgments To Tough Situations

• Watch Your Clock So They Don't Watch Theirs

CHAPTER 10 MOVEMENT AND APPEARANCE

• Stand Up And Be Counted

• Stage Positioning

• Bad Habits

• Clothing

• Is Anybody Out There?

• Bonus Tips

CHAPTER 11 Involvement And Interplay

• Remove The Lectern

• Standing Ovation

• I Won! I Won!

• May I Help You?

• Old Yeller?

• Mental Involvement

• I Get So Emotional

• I Could Do Without Some Emotional Audiences

• Interplay

CHAPTER 12 HOW TO PRACTICE

• Practice Alone

• Use Your Friends .... Carefully

• Record Your Presentations

• Get Coaching

CHAPTER 13 THIRTY-FOUR WAYS TO BE FUNNY

• Acronyms And Abbreviations

• Advertisements

• Alliteration

• Anachronisms

• Asides

• Audience Gags

• Bloopers

• Caricature

• Cartoons And Comic Strips

• Comic Verse

• Costumes

• Definitions

• Exaggeration

• Fake Facts And Statistics

• Jokes

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymorons

• Pleonasms

• Letters

• Fake Surveys

• Magic

• Malapropos And Usage Blunders

• One - Liners

• Parody

• Props

• Proverbs And Fortune Cookie Humor

• Question And Answer Sessions

• Quotations

• Roast Humor And Insults

• Self - Effacing Humor

• Signs

• Simile

• Toasts

• Words And Sounds, Places, Food, And Numbers Words Are Funny

CHAPTER 14 STORYTELLING

• Enthusiasm

• What To Do After Identifying A Story?

• Do's

• Don'ts

• Tricks

• Extra Special Bonus Genius Technique

CHAPTER 15 SOURCES AND ORGANIZATION OF MATERIAL

• Sources For Speakers

• What About Specific Industries?

• I Like Humor, Where Can I Find It?

• Old Humor Is Good Humor

• Organization

CHAPTER 16 AUDIO / VISUAL EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTERS

• Why Visuals Are Effective

• Overhead Projection

• Projection Setup

• Projection Screen

• Using Overhead Projection Correctly

• Slide Projection

• Flip Charts

• Video

• Computers (Pre-Program)

• Internet

• Multimedia

• Computers (Post-Program)

• A / V Tips Galore

• Five Tips On How To Be Funny While Using A / V

• Overhead / Slide Design Tips

• Bonus Chapters

CHAPTER 17 TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PRESENTATIONS

• Basic Approach: Creating A Favorable Learning Situation

• Involving Your Participants: Using Participant Introductions

• Characteristics Of A Good Technical Program

• The Length Of The Program

• Team Presentations

CHAPTER 18 SALES PRESENTATIONS

• Getting The Sale

• Following Up After The Sale

• Use Product Related Stories

• Tips Galore

• Tips For One-On-One Or Small Boardroom Presentations

• Tips For Larger Presentations

• More Sales Tips

CHAPTER 19 TIPS FOR WOMAN PRESENTERS

• Nance Rosen, Senior Corporate Executive

• Denise Koepke, Trainer

• Barbara Sanfilippo, Speaker

• Lilly Walters, Speakers Bureau Owner

• Hope Mihalap, Humorist

• Sheila Feigelson, Speaker And Humor Consultant

• Lola Gillebaard, Speaker

• Patricia Fripp, Speaker

• Joyee M. Saltman, Humorist, Professor, Therapist

• Marianna Nunes, Speaker

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE YOUR USE OF HUMOR

APPENDIX B ADDRESSES

APPENDIX C TIPS FOR TELEVISION, VIDEOTAPE, AND VIDEO CONFERENCING

APPENDIX D WORLDWIDE VIDEO COLOR SYSTEMS

APPENDIX E ROOM SETUP CHECKLIST

APPENDIX F TOM's Banquet / LUNCHEON TIPS

APPENDIX G BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX H WAKE 'EM UP GLOSSARY (Pg.280)