Professional Public Speaking and Humor

December 2, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Professional Public Speaking 

One key in becoming a Professional Speaker is being able to make audiences laugh. If you are funny speaker then you are a money speaker! The last time I worked internationally in my professional speaking job was in Amsterdam  and I spoke in english with an interpreter. You guessed it…. I used humor in my speech and got a roar of laughter even through an intepreter who translated my keynote into Dutch. You may not be a naturally funny or humorous personality. But this is the entertainment business and you can be trained to deliver great humor each time you speak. One solution is to find a successful motivational speaker and study how they use humor in their speaking.

Here are 5 Reasons why you need to make your audience laugh as professional speaker.

1)  Laughter relaxes us and chases away depression.
“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.”
– Arnold Glasow

2)  Laughter enhances creativity.
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung
into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.”
– Jean Houston

3) Laughter is the ultimate escape.
“Laughter is an instant vacation.”
– Milton Berle

4)  Laughter gives purpose and meaning to life.
“The most wasted day is one in which we have not laughed.”
– Sebastian Chamfort

5)  Laughter is spiritual.
“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.”
– Carl Barth

Don’t miss the opportunity to get professional speaker training that will take your speaking career to the next level of being a great professional speaker.

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