This photo was my screen saver during a time when a business was failing, money was tight and the thought of escape was never far from my thoughts. I have since found out that the Island Company actually makes a similar shirt, but adds the line “Buy A Ticket.” And the escape quote by [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2008’
PresentationZen – Excellent post on humor
Stand and Deliver: The comic & the presenter – a great post on Garr Reynold’s blog PresentationZen. One quote sums up part of the reason I started UsingHumor and by extension also validates our NoJokes! mantra. “Presenters do not have to be funny, but they do need to evoke and to engage, something stand-up comedians [...]
Hearing Yourself
A secret to Using Humor in presentations, or one on one is by learning to use tone, inflection, and emphasis when speaking. Just as a magician uses misdirection in order to make his tricks work, we must use our voices in order to make our message understood. I come from a theatre background in general [...]
