'Testimonials'
The Power of Humor
'Testimonials'
The Power of Humor
Why Humor is an invaluable asset for every Business
Why Humor is an invaluable asset for every Business
Nothing positions people for persuasion as well as a sense of humor.
Roger Dawson
Most presentations are glorified snooze-fests. Start with a laugh. A quick laugh lets them know they're in the hands of a good presenter, or at least a likable person. Once you've secured that trust, they'll be more open to what you say next.
David Nihill, Presentation Expert
A sense of humor is viewed as an outward expression
of inner competencies.
The Levity Effect: Why it Pays to Lighten Up
Adrian Gostick
Laughter short circuits the natural human instinct to judge.
Patrick Schwerdtfeger
The point isn’t to say something funny.
The point is to remove the tension in the room.
This makes it easier for people to talk with each other.
Dick Costolo, Former CEO of Twitter
When you laugh with someone, you both feel you’re on the same side. It’s a fantastic tool for building a connection. Indeed, for many great speakers humor has become a superweapon.
Chris Anderson, TED, CEO
Humor lowers defenses, making your audience more receptive to your message. It also makes you seem more likable, and people are more willing to do business with or support someone they like.
Carmine Gallo. Author
The 9 Public-Speaking
Secrets of the World’s Top Minds
The reason why many advertising and marketing experts suggest you do use humor is because it’s fundamental to forming positive relationships. We buy from people we like, and humor is the easiest and fastest way to get there.
Magda Kay
Business executives and political leaders have embraced humor because humor works. Humor has gone from being an admirable part of a leader’s character to a mandatory one.
Former Director of White House Speech Writing
Bob Orben
The most remarkable thing about sharing great humor is the speed
at which it alters people's feelings about you for the better.
In seconds.
Robert Bostick
Laughter opens up an immediate pathway to the heart. It brings people together. This makes it eminently useful in presentations
...and Leadership.
Robert Bostick
Effective teachers, leaders, and business presenters know the first order of business is always the same - get the people in the room
to smile and relax with you.
Robert Bostick
Humor will help you relax by giving you what Peggy Noonan describes as "the quick victory of laughter."
Keith Davis
Once you hear that “laughter,” you know they’re with you.
John Hale
I know as a presenter until I make you laugh you will still be deciding whether or not you like me.
Robert Bostick
In a competitive sales situation, all things being equal, likability will be the tiebreaker. That's where a nice sense of humor can make all the difference...and the sale.
Robert Bostick
Humor in public speaking is like the salt, spices, and herbs in cooking. The proper seasoning can change a tasteless dish into a gourmet’s delight. Humor can turn a dull speech into a resounding success.
Winston K. Pendleton
I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'
Scott Adams-Dilbert Creator
That is the saving grace of humor,
if you fail no one is laughing at you.
A. Whitney Brown
Fear takes us out of our hearts. Laughter brings us back in.
Robert Bostick
Does a professional speaker have to include humor in his talk? No. Only if he wants to get paid.
Cavett Robert, Founder, National Speakers Association
The shortest distance between two people is laughter.
Victor Borge
At the end of laughter is the height of listening.
Jeffrey Gitomer
People buy on emotion and the most popular emotion is feeling good.
Robert Bostick
Any justification your mind conjures up for not using humor
…is laughable.
Robert Bostick
Start off with some fun, smart humor. People need to laugh within the first thirty seconds or else you're going back to your cubicle at the pencil factory and they will never remember you. Starting off with humor is what starts off the good feelings for the rest of your talk.
James Altichur
If you know how to make people laugh,
you'll have an advantage in any professional situation.
Robert Bostick
Nobody likes being marketed to, but by taking the funny approach, your message won’t just get received by your target audience, it may actually be welcomed.
Unknown
Comedy is a concealed weapon.
Jay Leno, Comedian
It's funny because it's true.
Sarah Cooper, Comedian
As a professional speaker, I truly believe I could double or triple my business if I was funnier - and you should think about your own instincts with humor and how you can use them to your advantage.
Patrick Schwerdtfeger
Likable presenters set the table of every talk with a delectable mouth-watering piece of humor.
Robert Bostick
A sense of humor is the ability to see the absurdity of life everywhere you look...especially at yourself.
Robert Bostick
Laughter need not be cut out of anything since it improves everything.
James Thurber
"Smile!"
Dog Training Class Picture
A sure way to warm up a room, or a screen, is a photo of dogs.
Robert Bostick
More adorable, cute, dog photos Here
Laughter is still your best medicine.
International Pharmaceutical Association
Laughter is a powerful connection tool. Part of the evolutionary purpose of laughter is to create social bonding. Humor is a great way to become memorable, stand out from the crowd, and leave a positive impression as a likable and fun person.
They say "people buy on emotion and justify with logic" which means
the first emotion you want them to have is to feel good about you.
Robert Bostick
We all love a good laugh. Honestly, show me a living person who doesn’t love to laugh and I’ll show you a walking corpse. Humour is an incredibly relatable way to connect with people. It’s an eruption of happiness—everyone’s favorite emotion. So how do we make people remember us? We make them laugh.
Bryan Loewen
If you have any desire to be a professional speaker, you’ll make a lot more money if you can make people laugh.
Sharing humor is not about demonstrating how funny you are as much as it is about letting people know that you have a sense of humor.
Robert Bostick
No presentation strategy delivers a higher return on time invested than smart, well-delivered humor.
Robert Bostick
In social media, the unofficial mantra is 'be useful or be amusing,
in that order.'
Andrew Hanelly
Laughter is your best medicine is exceptionally high praise.
I think you can trust the medical professionals on this.
Robert Bostick
“You don't stop laughing because you grow old.
You grow old because you stop laughing.”
Michael Pritchard
More Yucks, More Bucks. No Funny, No Money.
Professional Speaking Proverb
Let's face it.
If there was ever a time we needed humor
it's now.
Robert Bostick
"Humor Increases Persuasion's Effectiveness."
Marshal Chiles
Colleagues who make others laugh are seen as more self-confident, competent, and higher in status, according to a series of experiments by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Harvard Business School.”
Wall Street Journal
The most productive result of a meeting is laughter.
Robert Bostick
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
G.K. Chesterton
A sense of humor is a beloved
and coveted communication skill.
It speaks volumes about you.
All positive.
Robert Bostick
We’re here for a good time not a long time.
That’s where humor comes in.
Robert Bostick
Funny Images
The Power of Humor at Work
Wall Street Journal
Colleagues who make others laugh are seen as more self- confident, competent and higher in status, according to a series of experiments by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Harvard Business School.”
Wall Street Journal
If they're laughing, they're buying.
Jeffrey Gitomer
Levity is a funny thing at work.
If they're busting a gut, they'll bust their butts.
The Levity Effect: Why it Pays to Lighten Up
Nothing builds rapport faster than humor.
Never forget that humor’s ability to poison a presentation is exceeded only by its capacity to lift it to another level.
Many years ago the late Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. His answer was, “That’s where the money is.” Why humor? Because that’s where the influence, the appeal, the control, the good feeling--and eventually, the money is.
Robert Orben
Laughter is therapeutic. We turn to comedians the way we turn to doctors—for healing, for relief, for reassurance that everything will be OK in the end. When we laugh, we are reminded that life, for all of its heartbreak and pain, is still worth living.
Matthew Hennessey
Perhaps of all the communication strategies that leaders
utilize, the use of humor is most promising,
but least understood.
C. B. Crawford
You don’t have to be a professional comedian to use humor successfully. In fact, as a business person, you have a tremendous advantage: No one expects you to be funny. If you can’t tell a joke, you can still slip a light remark into a speech or conversation. Even if it’s not that funny, it will communicate the fact that you have a sense of humor. Remember, your goal isn’t to be hilarious, it’s to communicate your sense of humor.
Malcolm l. Kushner
Keep your humor “on target” by making sure it relates to the content of your program. That way, it enhances instead of detracting. On-target humor provides pegs for retention, illustrates key points, and generates genuine enthusiasm in an audience. Don’t ask, “Is it funny?” Ask, “Does it work in getting my point across and increasing commitment to my message.
Terry Paulson PhD
It feels significant that most five-year-olds are far less boring than most 45-year-olds. It’s because they make us laugh just by being authentically themselves.
Robert Bostick
Audience laughter is like a dog wagging its tail.
Robert Bostick
At the end of laughter is the height of listening.
At the end of a spreadsheet analysis...not so much.
Robert Bostick
A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.
John Cleese
Humorists also have a built-in tendency to see and enjoy the incongruities, ironies, absurdities, and ridiculous aspects of real life. They thrive on the oddities of things that happen.
Paul E. McGhee, How to Develop Your Sense of Humor
These are the people who give humor a good name. They’re perceived as warm, down-to-earth and kind, good at reducing the tension in uncomfortable situations and able to laugh at their own faults.”
Louise Dobson
If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.
John Cleese
Humor is the welcome mat between a speaker and his audience. A short joke, a quick laugh, breaks the ice between you and that sea of strangers. When they laugh they’re immediately on your side.
The laughter makes them your friend. It's the most powerful
ammunition you can carry. “Powerful” is the right word for the
word for the ammunition that humor gives you. I’ve seen a clever gag or story accomplish more than all the ranting
and raving in the world could.
Bob Hope
The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense.
Jacob August Riis
How is Humor Useful?
The most important part is it enables us to get along with other people, to cope with difficulties, to diffuse tensions, and just simply to make life, in general, more enjoyable. And by having a sense of humor it means we have a perspective on the commonplace
everyday absurdity of it all.
Robert Makoff
New Yorker Cartoon Editor
Sharing humor in a presentation is a means to an end. The end is people find you likable, intelligent and someone they enjoy listening to and working with. Maybe even leadership material. Today the means to that end is available to everyone. It’s called HumorPoint.
Robert Bostick
Humor is a multi-billion-dollar industry, saturated with actors, stand-up comedians, humor authors, cartoon artists, filmmakers, comedy writers, late-night TV hosts and more. A “sense of humor” is something we actively seek in a partner, and in our closest friends. Our favorite people, characters, and memories are often the ones that make us laugh. Why is humor so lucrative, loved, and sought after? The answer is because humor makes us feel good.
Isabella Steele
I’ve written other social skills books, but I consider
humor to be the most advanced and most
life-changing topic. There’s a reason it’s so
highly coveted: humor is power. Humor helps
build connections and relationships in ways that
few other social interactions can. It makes all
participants feel good (laughing naturally
releases dopamine). It brings people
together in shared positive experiences
that are memorable and lasting.
Gregory Peart
Humor is such an important Leadership Trait we teach it at
Stanford’s Business School by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
The New Management Superpower Is Humor. Seriously? by John Kao
Bell Leadership Study Finds Humor Gives Leaders the Edge
Sales Isn’t A Laughing Matter. But Maybe It Should Be?
by Lou Carlozo
40 Ways to Add Humor to Your Talk or Presentation
How to Make a Presentation More Humorous (With 7 Top Tips from Experts) Sharon Hurley Hall
Using Humour in a Presentation – It’s No Laughing Matter
How I Got a Reply from Adam Grant in 2 Days, by Making Him Smile
10 Reasons Why Humor Is A Key To Success At Work
5 Reasons to Use Humor in a Job Interview
Did you hear the joke about the CEO?
A ‘Fail-Safe’ Humor Strategy for Leaders
Using humor in the college classroom: The pros and the cons.
12 Ways to Hook an Audience in 30 Seconds
Want to Get a Promotion? Be Funny
