Giving a business presentation can be daunting, whether you're an entry-level employee or a seasoned top executive. The way you start your presentation plays in integral role in whether you capture ...

“Dying is easy,” the Shakespearean actor Edmund Gwenn said on his deathbed. “Comedy is hard.” Every business communicator who has tried—and failed—to lighten up a presentation by being funny knows ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Humor has long been a favorite tool of successful speakers and not just because it can make the audience and the presenter feel better. Laughter has ...

Public speaking is undoubtedly one of the most nerve-wracking things you can do, and I've previously covered a number of technical innovations that attempt to help you deliver a better speech. For ...

“What is a cow playing an instrument doing?” my six-year-old son asked at the dinner table. “I don’t know, what?” I responded. “He’s making mooo-sic.” My son then burst into laughter, completely taken ...

But new research shows that humor at work is a gamble, and the costs of a flop are often greater than the rewards of a ...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio - It was very entertaining to hear some true confessions from two community's officials speaking about their baseball playing days. It was during the Brunswick Youth Sports ...

I just finished giving a TEDx talk at Barnard College in NYC. During the process of researching, writing, practicing and finally performing my talk, I learned a ton of lessons. I gave talks before, ...

Best-selling author Eric Larson adeptly wove humorous anecdotes from his life into explaining how he created his historical books at a presentation in Bowling Green on Sept. 10.