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Funny Speeches: Spontaneity

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Summary: Your humor should appear spontaneous, even when it's been prepared ahead of time. Learn how to give a funny speech from professional speaker and communications instructor Tracy Goodwin in this free public speaking video.

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By Tracy Goodwin
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Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more

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"Alright, let me tell you something else about humor in public speaking. It really needs to appear to be spontaneous. And what spontaneous is, is it kind of happens in the moment. Now, if you're good at thinking on your feet, this will be really easy for you. Maybe a funny idea pops into your head right in the moment. Or, possibly you've practiced something funny, that you're going to interject at this particular point in your outline or this particular part of your speech. That's great! The one thing that you really, really, really, really don't want to do is rehearse, over rehearse the humor. Because what happens then is it starts to sound a bit wrote. It's not spontaneous, it's like I've memorized my speech. In fact, it's like I've memorized my joke! Ha, isn't that funny. No, it's not funny. Don't be too familiar with your humor or it will fall flat. Keep it spontaneous."

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