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Public Speaking with Peter George

Using Humor to Make a Difference with Allen Klein

Nov 21, 2022
24:32

Do you have humor in your talks? If so, you may be engaging your audiences while helping them remember your points. If not, why not? Do you speak in business settings and don’t think humor is appropriate? Do you speak on tough subjects where humor supposedly has no place? In either case, listen in as my guest Allen Klein discusses how and why he uses humor in his presentations.

 

Takeaways

 

- How to deal with your fear of speaking

- How humor can be used in even the seemingly most difficult of circumstances

- What to do when things go wrong

- A key to getting ready to perform

- How your state of mind engages the audience

- Perhaps the most important ingredient when it comes to speaking

- What to do when the unexpected happens

- How props can help people learn

- The importance of humor in business

- What to do when you run out of time

- Using video to up your game

 

Resources

 

- AllenKlein.com

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

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