Comments on: 10 tips to add humour to your presentation http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/06/10-tips-to-add-humour-to-your-presentation.html www.craigstrachan.com/blog - Keep talking! Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/06/10-tips-to-add-humour-to-your-presentation.html/comment-page-1#comment-5562 Craig Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:14:48 +0000 http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/?p=301#comment-5562 Thanks Simon Agreed, it does not have to be a joke to be funny, and all humour needs to be appropriate. What do they say - if in doubt, leave it out. Craig Thanks Simon

Agreed, it does not have to be a joke to be funny, and all humour needs to be appropriate.

What do they say – if in doubt, leave it out.

Craig

]]> By: Simon - presentation skills trainer http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/06/10-tips-to-add-humour-to-your-presentation.html/comment-page-1#comment-5561 Simon - presentation skills trainer Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:54:26 +0000 http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/?p=301#comment-5561 All good and valid tips! Mind you, I'd go further and (as a trainer specialising in presentations) I'd suggest that it's often a good idea to differentiate between 'humour' and 'jokes'. Unless you're a stand-up comic, avoid jokes - let your humour grow organically out of the situation you find yourself in. That way you avoid risks of telling inappropriate jokes, corny jokes and so on.... Simon All good and valid tips! Mind you, I’d go further and (as a trainer specialising in presentations) I’d suggest that it’s often a good idea to differentiate between ‘humour’ and ‘jokes’. Unless you’re a stand-up comic, avoid jokes – let your humour grow organically out of the situation you find yourself in.

That way you avoid risks of telling inappropriate jokes, corny jokes and so on….

Simon

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