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 identify a specific “subject” that could benefit from incorporating humor, use the process below.
1) Identify the Subject
2) Make a list of “small” things associated with the subject
3) Make a list of “big” things associated with the subject
4) Make a list of “absurd or crazy” things associated with the subject.
5) Once you have your lists, find a combination of two “set-ups” that are of equal weight. Now, find a single item that is unequal weight or just unusual and crazy!
6) Make the final combination as concise as possible.
Still sounds a bit complicated? The explainer video below breaks it down into clearer steps!
This is a series of blog articles and brief videos on “Finding the Funny – Learn the Step-By-Step-Process to Develop and Deliver Humor & Funny Stories & Incorporate into Serious Content.” The blogs are excerpts from my e-learning course (see link on right) which includes:
- Over 16 lessons
- Over 8 hours of video instruction
- Activities and quizzes to complement each lesson
- Downloadable worksheets and templates
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