How To Create More Humor For Your Speech
Jul 22, 2017 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Connect with Every Audience, Humor Me, NSA, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Mistakes, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
What is the best way to include relevant humor in your speech? One of the biggest challenges for speakers is crafting relevant humor for their speeches. Many make the mistake of inserting jokes, or telling funny stories simply to get a laugh. Although you get the...How to Create Humor to Be a Funnier Speaker
Jun 24, 2017 | Humor Me, Public Speaking Tips, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Last week, you read about a foundational concept – how to incorporate humor to be a funnier speaker. Here is a 7-step process to uncover and develop that humor: 1. Ask “What could be funny about this?” Consider the picture of our pup, Sky, sitting in my office...How To Be A Funnier Speaker – Part 1
Jun 17, 2017 | Connect with Every Audience, Humor Me, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speech Writing, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
The picture above is obviously not a well known speaker (even though our neighbors hear her nightly ‘speeches’ to the squirrels, chipmunks, and deer in our back yard). It’s our pup, Sky. At first glance, is there anything funny about this picture?...Don’t Create Story Humor, ‘Free’ It
Apr 17, 2016 | Connect with Every Audience, Humor Me, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Imagine this story: You’re lying in a hospital bed in a city that’s not your hometown. You’ve just regurgitated fairly large amounts of blood for the previous three hours, and you don’t yet know why. Sounds like a great premise for humor, doesn’t it? Actually, there...Stop Joking Around When You Speak!
Sep 26, 2015 | Humor Me, Public Speaking Tips, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Being Funny When You Speak is No Laughing Matter In a scene that’s been repeated far too often, John was ready to speak. To calm his nerves and try to make the audience like him, he told an old joke about a traveling salesman. As you might expect, the joke fell flat....Our conference was elevated to a new level of professionalism. Michael will be retained to help make our trainers become better communicators, both visually and verbally and to assist us with next year’s conference. We highly recommend him and Speaking CPR to assist with your next event."
Robert Gerbus, President, Trans Ash, Inc.
Robert Gerbus, President, Trans Ash, Inc.
Michael Davis exceeded every expectation and was one of the best coaches I ever worked with. His quiet professionalism, and unsurpassed knowledge of storytelling helped make my Ted X Cincinnati talk extremely powerful.
I would recommend Michael, as a story and speaking coach to anyone with a high stakes talk to give. Michael will help you take your speech from good to great!”
LTC (Ret.) Scott Mann, Green Beret, Storyteller, Trainer, Coach, Author
LTC (Ret.) Scott Mann, Green Beret, Storyteller, Trainer, Coach, Author
He truly has a gift in connecting with the heart of each person he works with and helping them to unleash their story into their talk. All of the speakers raved about his work with them. Each of them has had broad experience in speaking, but they all felt that working with Michael raised the bar on their ability to speak. You can listen to all of his speakers, Anthony Munoz, Richard Bernstein and Graeme Joffe, at http://www.tedxcincinnati.com/talks/.”
Allison Wonders Gars
Speaker Coach Manager, TED x Cincinnati
Allison Wonders Gars
Speaker Coach Manager, TED x Cincinnati
“Investing in Michael is one of the best investments I have ever made. I speak on the subject of diversity in the workplace, which can at times be a difficult topic to discuss.
Michael taught me a repeatable process that allows me to create a foundational concept, a logical structure, an opening that grabs the audience’s attention, and a conclusion that encourages my audience to take action that will save them time and money.
I found Michael easy to work with, flexible with his schedule, and a wealth of information about the art of speaking. If you need to improve your presentation or speech, I highly recommend you consider hiring Michael. It is one of the best investments you can make in your own growth.”
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Founder, QUEST Diversity
Natalie Holder
Founder, QUEST Diversity
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