TIPsfor adding humourto your presentation

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EFFECTIVErelief

humourprovides

Engages your audience

dry topicsmemorable

makes&

and you don’t need to be

to make it worka comedian

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People are taking time out to come and see you...

...and want something out of it.

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Treat comic

aspectsas a

value-add

Respect your audience

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annoy or offendDon’t

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cut it out immediately

if you think something might,not work

Maintain your credibility

make sure everyone’s on the same page

There are more of your audience than you,

so missteps are hard to recover from

Use the right techniques

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Professional presentations aren’t the place for gags and physical comedy;

Consider.....

exaggeration

...and want something out of it.

Puns

wordplay

Visual humour

steal jokes from anywhere else

NEVER

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and mix it up with different types

of humour

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and keep your audience on their toes.

Avoid becoming

PREDICTABLE

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Make sure it works

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so missteps are hard to recover from

Your humour should be relevant...

...to your subject and audience.

Off-topic jokes cheapen your presentation

and diminish your authority on a subject.and audience.

Industry ‘inside jokes’ generally go down well

and demonstrate that you have a deep

understanding of your field.

Know Where It’s Appropriate

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has its place in professional presentations,

humour

and it’s important to know where its appropriate.

steal jokes from anywhere else

play it straight if reporting on financial targets or

pitching a new project to the higher-ups.

For example:

Be a good judge!

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