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Humorously Speaking
Audiences love to laugh. This
manual shows you how to use humorous stories and jokes throughout your
speech to grab and keep listeners' attention and illustrate your points.
You also learn how to give an entirely humorous speech.
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SPEECH TITLE |
OBJECTIVES |
DURATION |
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Warm Up Your Audience |
Prepare a speech that opens with a
humorous story. Personalize the story. Deliver the story smoothly and
effectively. |
5-7 minutes |
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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 minutes |
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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. |
5-7 minutes |
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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 minutes |
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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 minutes |
