06. How to Make Your Audience Laugh – Without Trying Too Hard (Jeremy Nicholas)

Jeremy Nicholas is an award-winning TV and radio broadcaster, well known for his news and sports reports for BBC TV and radio.   He is an accomplished speaker who is brilliant at adding humour to presentations. In October 2015 he was awarded the highest award in UK speaking, the PSAE - Professional Speaking Award of Excellence, only the fifteenth person in history to receive it. He’s a past president of the Professional Speaking Association, London.   Kids of all ages are more impressed that he’s the voice of the announcer on 11 global best-selling football video games FIFA 06 to FIFA 16. If your children have this game, you will know this man’s voice, perhaps a little too well.   He’s a published author and his third book ‘A Million Tips on Public Speaking - Volume One’ is available as a free download on his website www.JeremyNicholas.co.uk.   Andrea spoke to Jeremy to learn more about how to add humour to business presentations.   Key Takeaways- Crazy things that business speakers do- How to be funny- Where to find humour in real life- How you can transform facts into stories- How to get a guaranteed laugh with a simple structure anyone can implement   We hope you enjoy it!   +++IDEAS ON STAGE RESOURCES   Want to inspire your audience, increase your influence, and make a bigger impact? - Read the Confident Presenter book: https://amzn.eu/d/bKswMEe - To make the most of the book, take the Confident Presenter Scorecard to assess you presentation skills in less than 3 minutes, for free: https://ideasonstage.com/score - Attend the next Ideas on Stage web class: https://www.ideasonstage.com/uk/masterclass