Connecting with your audience through laughter
Feb 11, 2023
How often do you laugh per day? Haven't a clue, you might respond.
Now, allowing for the fact that 70% of statistics are made up, 10% are accurate and the other 33% are guesswork involving bad math (including what you have just read), there seems to be general consensus that adults laugh - or at least smile - 12-20 times on a normal day. You might even laugh at that statistic, saying - "No way, don't believe it." Read on, dear Reader, read on.
University of Western Ontario Study
One study of adults by by Rod Martin and Nicholas Kuiper of the University of Western Ontario found that participants laughed 17 times each day. As you might appreciate, the more social the situation, the more opportunities for laughter.
Imagine, if when making a speech or presentation, you could add just one, two or three instances of laughter to increase the average number of laughs for your audience. Laughter helps you connect better with your audience. When you connect better with your audience because you added a humorous anecdote or quip to your speech, your message will be received better and be more memorable. You can make it happen by following some simple practices.
One Simple Practice - Write it down. For example, if you did laugh 17 times yesterday, what are the chances you will remember what generated the laughter or merriment. Not too high, I would suggest. That is why you need the tools I referenced in a previous blog - in particular some method to CAPTURE and Record the specific instances.
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In my workshops, a lot of people are surprised at how often the average person laughs per day, with many unable to recall the last time they laughed. Yet, almost certainly, the person who has difficulty in recalling when a smile last creased their face, likely would have grinned, laughed, smiled a number of times before lunch today. The point is that unless we pay attention to when we laugh, we rarely remember that we did laugh or smile, unless it is some mighty guffaw!
Adding humor to your presentation or speech is a process. The more you utilize a process which I outline in my course on Adding Humor to your Presentation, the better your chances of generating laughter and smiles when you are presenting.
Hope you find these blogs helpful. Stay safe and ...........
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Coming soon, to the same channel is more on L.A.U.G.H. - The Formula for Adding Humor to your Presentation,
L = Listen
A = Anecdote
U = Uncomfortable
G = Google
H = Hee Hee Hee to Ho Ho Ho
Hope you find these blogs helpful. Stay safe and ...........
Keep On, Keepin' ON!
Learn more about Adding Humor to your Presentation
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Hi, I'm an Irishman happily exiled in Chicago where the Guinness is good (VERY important) the natives are friendly and I have been force-fed more corned beef and green beer than I ever had in Ireland. 'That's no joke,' he said while writing a blog on adding humor to a speech or presentation.
I primarily earn a crust as a humorous, motivational, business speaker who provides good content interspersed with large dollops of humor, designed to ensure a better connection with my audience.
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