by Dave Hill | Oct 26, 2020 | Humor, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, rule of 3, Storytelling
Story Embellishment – increase your audience experience, maximize laughter, turn chuckles into belly-laughs. Be brilliantly different. Embellishment, or adding additional details to make a story more amusing, is great way to incorporate humor into your speeches,...
by Dave Hill | Oct 20, 2020 | Humor, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, rule of 3, Storytelling
Humor-Rule-Of-Three – Highly Effective And Simple Means Of Incorporating Relevant Lighthearted Material Into Your Speech Content. The following are some examples of the rule-of-three in action. This is a fun humor development process…it takes a bit of...
by Dave Hill | Oct 11, 2020 | Humor, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, rule of 3, Storytelling
Implementing This Technique As you develop content for a presentation, look for areas where you describe or list multiple items, or where the content would benefit from the one/two/three structure. (E.g. When you’re describing a person, place or thing.) Once you...
by Dave Hill | Oct 5, 2020 | Humor, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, rule of 3, Storytelling
The Humor Rule-of-Three follows the formula: Set-up + Set-up + Twist. Equal weight + equal weight + unequal weight Equal weight + equal weight + absurd or crazy item Before we go further let me explain “equal weight” – they could be: Similar physical...
by Dave Hill | Sep 28, 2020 | Dialogue In Stories, Humor, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, Purposeful Movement, Storytelling, Strong Accent, Voice
What is purposeful movement and why do we need to include it as a storytelling and humor tool? Purposeful movement can include: Walking to your left on the stage (The left, from the speaker’s view, is typically used to indicate “later” or the “future.” An easy way to...
by Dave Hill | Sep 21, 2020 | Dialogue In Stories, facial expression, Humor, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, Purposeful Movement, Storytelling, Strong Accent, Voice
What are facial expressions and why are they effective in driving humor to the highest level? When used correctly, facial expressions match the mood of the story scene and elevate its effect. Facial expressions are essential to making you and your story more...
