#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.