Are your speeches funny ha ha or funny ho hum?
If you had a recipe for a 100 guaranteed never to fail funny speech what would be in it? Interview with Steve Barancik -comedic storyteller
In this exclusive interview for write-out-loud.com Steve answers questions about how he prepares material, tests the funny factor and more. A commedian’s primary purpose is to make us laugh. A speech maker’s primary purpose is to successfully deliver their speech. What is a double entendre? But will a step by step prescribed approach to writing and delivering a sure-fire funny speech work? There are elements to writing and delivering humor in speeches that we can learn and practice but sadly
there’s not a never-fail-sure-to-get-them-laughing recipe that you can use whatever the occasion. Find out here on this page on types of verbal humor with examples. That’s the sort of speech lots of people want to deliver and they want a recipe that tells them how to achieve it. What ’sounds’ are funny? There’s links
to examples too. And behind the consideration of audience and occasion is the purpose of the speech itself and who is delivering it. When it ends you look out into the audience and see looking back at you faces alive and beaming with delight. You’ll find tips and techniques here. If you liked this article why not sign up to receive Speaking Out Loud, my free monthly ezine? Know pitfalls are and how to avoid them. I mean the sort of speech that has everyone laughing, and wiping away tears with the backs of their hands. No. The techniques used to do that may include humor. Personal storytelling
Personal anecdotes or stories told with humor powerfully reinforce your message. What one audience will find hilarious will make another sit in stony silence. Or are you a speaker who wants to use humor to get your message across more effectively? Understand verbal humor
How do puns work? The reason the one size fits all solution to funny fails is that we aren’t all one size. For the comic humor is the main course. You can learn how to a get giggle or two or three into your presentations through any of the following pages:
How to use humor effectively
Find out what the keys to integrating ‘funny’ into your speech are. Are you a stand-up comic? The difference? For the speaker humor is a side dish. Similarly what is suitable for one occasion can be woefully wrong in another. Something along the lines of for an average 4 minute speech you’ll need:
3 jokes
2 double entendres
1 or more examples of alliteration…