Welcome to the Improvement Academy

Hosted by IrishmanSpeaks - Conor Cunneen

Our objective: To provide fun, enjoyable programs to Improve  Public Speaking and Presentation Skills - with a Smile

How do I make my speeches funnier says Mark Twain

  Adding Humor to your Presentation

 

       "Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand"

- Mark Twain

"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."

- Victor Borge

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor."

- Charles Dickens

 

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What Mark Twain Can 'Learn' You about Public Speaking!

   

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"The pause is an exceedingly important feature in any kind of story, and a frequently recurring feature, too.

It is a dainty thing, and delicate, and also uncertain and treacherous; for it must be exactly the right length - no more and no less - or it fails of its purpose and makes trouble."

Mark Twain 

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What if you had a complete, easy-to-follow system for

Adding Humor to your Presentation?

 

We're not joking! Keep reading to discover how acclaimed keynote speaker and award-winning humorist - IrishmanSpeaks Conor Cunneen will show how you can have 'em Learning AND Laughing so that your audience will leave with a Smile on the face, a Spring in step AND a great message. 

In just FOUR WEEKS, you will develop the ability to consistently CAPTURE and CREATE relevant humor to add to your presentations. 

The Net Result? You will better engage your audience, communicate more effectively AND generate increased fees, repeat business and bookings.

"But I'm not a comic," I hear you say. Neither is your course creator - IrishmanSpeaks Conor Cunneen, but this lyrical Irishman makes his audience laugh (corporate, association, healthcare, financial services, oncology) because he consistently CAPTURES the humor around him and adds it in a relevant manner to his presentations. YOU can do the same.

 

 

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Adding Humor to your Presentation

 

Tips, Tricks & Techniques to creating humorous content in just 4 weeks. Make them laugh by using FIVE lessons based on the acronym LAUGH!

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Uncomfortable

Google!

Hee Hee Hee to Ho Ho Ho

 

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What Mark Twain Can Learn You 'bout Public Speaking

NINE lessons  on Public Speaking based on Twain's writings and speeches that amazingly spell MARK TWAIN

Message

Audience

Relate

Knowledge

Tickle  

Wait (The Paws Pause)

Involve

Narrate

 

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Your Host and Instructor 

IrishmanSpeaks - Conor Cunneen

 Happily exiled in Chicago where the Guinness is good, the people are friendly and I have been force fed more corned beef and green beer than I ever had in Ireland.
Keynote Speaker /  Educator / Author / Award-Winning Humorist
Dad / Husband /  Metallica fan

That's me on left presenting to AMSN Symposium

 

More About the exiled Irishman!
Incentive Marketing Association

"Conor, in my close to thirty years of association work, I have never seen a speaker as well received as you."

CDBP&M Law 

"Conor has a wonderful way of using humor to deliver an important message. It is rare to find a speaker with those qualities. I didn't want his presentation to stop"

SITE Europe

"Frequently very funny, but always with a serious message, he kept our delegates well entertained."

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Hilarious quotes and flubs from characters as diverse as Will Rogers, Lyndon Johnson, Mark Twain, Groucho Marx, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, George Bush, JFK, Cher, Winston Churchill and many others 

 

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Aurora University

"Your ability to convey powerful messages through business examples, storytelling and great humor is masterful. I don't think I have ever seen an audience laugh so much yet leave with genuinely good ideas to improve the workplace. As one of our attendees said "Awesome!" Thank you for a wonderful, funny and impactful program.

Ass. Registered Nurses

"Conor was fantastic when he spoke to our 235 nurses. He nailed it on all levels: Learning, laughter, leadership"

Northwest Community Hospital 

"Thank you for your powerful, engaging and humorous presentation. You captivated the audience when you made us laugh, and you gave us plenty to think about.

Paces Dining

"What an impact Conor had on our management team, laughs, messages and conversations. Everyone truly enjoyed him and already asking if he can return next year! ."

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