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How to Be a Funny Speaker

with Comedian Kate Burr...

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Introducing Me! Kate Burr

COMEDIAN & WRITER

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• Build RAPPORT FASTER
• GET ENGAGEMENT
• COMMUNICATE YOUR MESSAGE

How to use HumOUR to

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• Sales
• Referrals
• Repeat business

MoRe MONEY

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still be taken seriously Just Not a “Funny Person” Not being Cringe worthy

How to add humour

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NEXT STEP

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This is not a Comedy class!

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Common Problems

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Unmemorable

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Don’t 
 Stand Out

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Message gets lost

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Most common 
 presentation problems

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• 1. BORING

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• 2. TOO

TECHNICAL

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• 3. NOT

INTERESTING

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• 4. NOT

RELEVANT

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• 5. TOO

ADVANCED

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6. Presentation Skills suck

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ADD HUMOUR

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Educational Inspirational Entertaining

Great Content 
 SHOULD BE

Chris Ducker.com

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• Increases Blood Flow
• Works Diaphragm & Muscles
• Reduces Stress Hormones
• Increases Memory & Learning
• Improves Alertness & Creativity

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Laughter

”People don’t always remember what you say or even what you do, 
 but they always remember 
 how you made them feel.” 


– Maya Angelou

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How does your Audience Feel

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Words & Structure Gets the Joke Creates the Images makes you happy Makes you Smile & Laugh

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Need more coffee?

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Your brain when you laugh

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Use funny like you would a spice

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Reasons Why and How
 to use comedy in a speech

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• 1. warm up

the crowd

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• 2. Build

Rapport & Connection

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• 3. Positive

state

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• 4. bREAK

DOWN BARRIERS

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”Laughter is 
 the shortest distance 
 between two people.” 


– Victor Borge

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• 5. Highlight

the important points

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• 6. highlight

their Problems

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7. technical

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• 8. complicated

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• 9. energy

Moves & Shifts

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NO WAY!!!

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Spotlight 
 is on you!

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STILL A MYSTERY!

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Under the radar

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Just not a “Funny Person”

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You Don’t need a Degree!

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You don’t need to be qualified

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you are funny!

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know 
 the audience Mirror of truth know yourself

3 Step Secret Formula to Funny

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Be yourself

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How to be funny without being cringe worthy

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Bull Sh*# Radar

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Presenting
 The ToUPEE

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Know yourself

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Put “You”

• n steroids

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Super charged “YOu”

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Your filter 
 is where 
 your FUnny Voice is

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Rowan Atkinson

COMEDIAN

• All Styles work!

Billy COnnolly

COMEDIAN

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NOT THIS!

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• NOt you or True?
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How to have fun and still be taken seriously?

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Know your audience

Know your Audience

What do they do for work? What do they do after work? What social media do they use? What phones do they have? What sort of cars do they drive? What life stage are they at?

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adapt or Generic?

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Hold up a mirror oF Truth

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Common ground

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Extreme Emotional response

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Mundane & routine

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Which is 
 Right 
 A or B?

A B

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Laughing with you or at you?

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Your Humour is a gift

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Don’t let them smell blood

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Get an extra edge more money

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WHY DID YOU SHOW UP?

engage

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• Reduce tension Feel Good

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• Increase Learning & memory
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Congratulations!

Now step up to the plate

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Play to your strengths

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know 
 the audience point out the truth know yourself

3 Step Secret Formula to Funny

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The routine or 
 mundane use it sparingly Extreme emotional response

Extra tips to being funny R

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Hard way

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FAST WAY

HUMOUR Me Kehau Jackson

COMEDIAN & CO-FOUNDER OF HUMOUR ME

• Introducing Us!

Kate Burr

COMEDIAN & CO-FOUNDER OF HUMOUR ME

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Not if you are just starting out

• Not public speaking skills
• not speaker coaching

This is not for everyone!

X X X

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who want to be funny & Make more money

• Create Instant rapport &

Connection with audience

• keep the audience in the palm of

your hanD

This is suited to speakers

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comedians

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With Business Experience

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

Where we hope you’ll find the answer to any question you may have

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See you soon!

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