Humorously Speaking

Humorously Speaking

1 – Warm Up Your Audience
Time: 5 – 7 minutes

Objectives:

• Prepare a speech that opens with a humorous story.
• Personalize the story.
• Deliver the story smoothly and effectively.

2 – Leave Them With A Smile
Time: 5 – 7 minutes

Objectives:

• 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.

3 – Make Them Laugh
Time: 5 – 7 minutes

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.

4 – Keep Them Laughing
Time: 5 – 7 minutes

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.

5 – The Humorous Speech
Time: 5 – 7 minutes

Objectives:

• Use exaggeration to tell a humorous story.
• Entertain the audience.
• Effectively use body language and voice to enhance the story.