August 24, 2020

Harvesting the humor

 Fellow speaker,

Professional Speaker Kelly Swanson suggests you follow these steps to create humor:
  1. Create a setup line (a normal statement)
  2. List assumptions the audience will have about the set up line
  3. List alternative explanations to the setup line the audience won't expect
  4. Tighten up your setup line and shorten your alternative explanation to a short phrase or word
  5. Read the result and see if it seems funny to you
  6. Repeat steps 1-5
  7. Edit as needed
Joking,

Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
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