Deciding whether to add humour to your presentation is a contentious topic. It’s considered risky by many and let’s face it: it takes a delicate hand to make it work. What is said it a comedy club at 1am is unlikely to be repeated in the board room the next day. But using comic aspects as a value-add can help you engage your audience and make otherwise unremarkable topics memorable and interesting. Use these 5 tips to add humour to your presentation the right way. For more great tips, visit our presentation blog at: http://buffalo7.co.uk

1. TIPs
for adding humour
to your presentation
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2. EFFECTIVE
relief
humour
provides

3. Engages your audience

4. dry topics
memorable
makes
&

5. and you don’t need to be
to make it work
a comedian

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7. People are taking time out to come
and see you...
...and want something out of it.

8. Treat
comic
aspects
as a
value-add

9. Respect
your audience
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10. annoy or offend
Don’t

11. cut it out immediately
if you think
something might,
not work

12. Maintain your credibility
make sure everyone’s
on the same page

13. There are more of your
audience than you,
so missteps
are hard to recover from

14. Use the right
techniques
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15. Professional
presentations
aren’t the place
for gags and
physical comedy;

16. Consider.....
exaggeration

17. Puns
wordplay

18. Visual humour

19. steal jokes from
anywhere else
NEVER

20. and mix it up
with different types
of humour

21. and keep your
audience on their toes.
Avoid becoming
PREDICTABLE

22. Make sure
it works
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23. Your humour
should be relevant...
...to your subject and audience.

24. Off-topic jokes cheapen
your presentation
and diminish your authority
on a subject.and audience.

25. Industry ‘inside jokes’
generally go down well
and demonstrate that
you have a deep
understanding of your field.

26. Know Where
It’s Appropriate
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27. has its place
in professional
presentations,
humour

28. and it’s important
to know where its appropriate.

29. play it straight if reporting
on financial targets or
pitching a new project
to the higher-ups.
For example:

30. Be a
good judge!

31. For more presentation tips,
visit the Buffalo7 blog:
buffalo7.co.uk