Humorously speaking

Most presentations benefit when you include humor. But not telling the "joke of the day" off the Internet,. which just leave the audience feeling uncomfortable on your behalf. Instead, you need to study humor and use your own humor in your presentations.

If you did not know, you can make a study of humor. Until two years ago, I did not know that anyone could study humor as a subject. You can study stand-up comedy when you purchase one of Judy Carter's books. You can study humor with products and bootcamps from Darren La Croix.

My humor in presentations has improved since I began to study humor. In fact, I won my District 53 Toastmasters club contest today with my humorous speech.

I recommend that all presenters make a point to study humor as you get a chance. Humor makes the difference between your current presentation and the memorable presentation that your audience wants to enjoy.

Go ahead and develop your humorous stories. Your audience will thank you while you will distinguish yourself from peers who believe that anything less than 35 bullets on a PowerPoint slide is wasted space.