#1 - Warm Up Your Audience
Time: 5 - 7 minutes
Objectives:
- Prepare a speech that opens with a humorous story.
- Personalize the story.
- Deliver the story smoothly and effectively.
#2 - Leave Them With A Smile
Time: 5 - 7 minutes
Objectives:
- Prepare a serious speech that opens and closes with humorous stories.
- Prepare a closing story that reemphasizes the speech's main point.
- Deliver the stories smoothly and effectively.
#3 - Make Them Laugh
Time: 5 - 7 minutes
Objectives:
- Prepare a speech that opens and closes with humorous stories.
- Include jokes in the speech body to illustrate points or maintain audience interest.
- Deliver the jokes and stories smoothly and effectively.
#4 - Keep Them Laughing
Time: 5 - 7 minutes
Objectives:
- Prepare a speech that opens with a self-depreciating joke.
- String together two or three related jokes in the speech body.
- Close the speech with a humorous story.
#5 - The Humorous Speech
Time: 5 - 7 minutes
Objectives:
- Use exaggeration to tell a humorous story.
- Entertain the audience.
- Effectively use body language and voice to enhance the story.
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