China 2010 Fall Conference

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Humorously Speaking

1. Warm Up Your Audience
Objectives  
• Prepare a speech that opens with a humorous story
• Personalize the story
• Deliver the story smoothly and effectively
Time: 5-7 minutes


2. Leave Them with a Smile  
Objectives  
•    Prepare a serious speech that opens and closes with a humorous story.
•    Prepare a closing story that reemphasizes the speech's main point.
•    Deliver the stories smoothly and effectively  
Time: 5-7 minutes


3. Make Them Laugh  
Objectives  
• 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  
Time: 5-7 minutes


4. Keep Them Laughing  
Objectives  
•    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.  
Time:  5-7 minutes


5. The Humorous Speech
Objectives  
•    Use exaggeration to tell a humorous story.
•    Entertain the audience.
•    Effectively use body language and voice to enhance the story.  
Time: 5-7 minutes

 
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