Episode 40

Michael Kerr | How to become a humorous speaker

Do you ever want to use humour in your presentations but feel a bit too scared? It can seem daunting. Things seem to either be funny or not, and easy to get wrong. Why is it that the North American spelling of humour drops the 'u'? I want to start a rallying call to put the U back into North American humour... or maybe I'll just take a quick nap first?

My guest this week is a highly experienced speaker who is known for bringing humour and delivering exceptional and engaging talks. He's a hall of fame speaker and he travels the world helping companies find the benefits of humour and helping people to stop taking life too seriously.

We got to chatting about the theory of humour and what makes things funny but most importantly, how you can start bringing some humour into your own presentations.

Enjoy the listen but look out for the YouTube episode, as Michael got up to a little mischief that you'll only see on the YouTube edit.

To find out more about Michael Kerr go to MikeKerr.com

Michael says “Life is too short to work in a soul-sucking, fun-sucking workplace, and life is too short to take yourself seriously!  If you take yourself too seriously the irony becomes that no one around you ends up taking you remotely seriously!” 

You can find out more from Michael in his book 'The Humor Advantage' and from his writings at his Humor at Work blog

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From former flight attendant to international coach and trainer, on to podcaster and persuasion expert, it's been quite the journey for John.
John has been a lead coach and trainer with the Harv Eker organisation for over 10 years and is currently focused on helping his clients develop their personal presentation skills for media and speaking stages through his coaching business brand Present Influence.
He's the author of the upcoming book Podfluence: How To Build Professional Authority With Podcasts, and host of the Podfluence podcast with over 150 episodes and over 15,000 downloads John is now focused on helping business coaches and speakers to build a following and grow your lead flow and charisma.
You can now also listen to John on The Coaching Clinic podcast with his good friend and colleague Angie Besignano where they are helping coaches create sustainable and successful businesses, and the Try To Stand Up podcast where John is on a personal and professional mission to become funnier on the stage and in his communication.

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