Toastmasters Advanced Manual - Humorously Speaking The RAT Pack Toastmasters Club, Roseville, MN

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Communications & Leadership Advanced Manual
Humorously Speaking


Last Edited:  09/01/02
 

#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-depreciating 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.

 

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