How to Hold Your Audience with Humor

Download or read book How to Hold Your Audience with Humor written by Gene Perret and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Guidelines for fostering humor to further camaraderie and communication in public speaking are discussed and illustrated. Topics included the natural association of humor and dignity; the rationale and effectiveness of humor in a speech; the use of humor as a tool in conveying a message; tailoring humor to the speaker; how to gather humor for speeches; the art of delivering humor (audience involvement, ad-libbing tips, what to do when humor fails). A variety of humorous anecdotes illustrate the applications of humor in structured speeches. (wz).