Humorously Speaking

# Project Objectives Minutes
1 Warm Up Your Audience
  • Prepare a speech that opens with a humorous story;
  • Personalize the story;
  • Deliver the story smoothly and effectively.
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2 Leave Them With a Smile
  • Prepare a serious speech that opens and closes with humorous stories;
  • Prepare a closing story that reemphasizes the speech's main point;
  • Deliver the stories smoothly and effectively.
5-7
3 Make Them Laugh
  • Prepare a speech that opens and closes with humorous stories;
  • Include jokes in the speech body to illustrate points or maintain audience interest;
  • Deliver the jokes and stories smoothly and effectively.
5-7
4 Keep Them Laughing
  • Prepare a speech that opens with a self-deprecating joke;
  • String together two or three related jokes in the speech body;
  • Close the speech with a humorous story.
5-7
5 The Humorous Speech
  • Use exaggeration to tell a humorous story;
  • Entertain the audience;
  • Effectively use body language and voice to enhance the story.
5-7