WMTW 070: David Nihill from FunnyBizz [podcast]
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“The end of laughter is followed by the height of listening” David Nihill (Tweet this)
Toby Jenkins chats to David Nihill about the importance of humour in business presentations and the 5 specific steps to make your speaking much funnier.
Show-notes:
Key points
- Co-founded FunnyBizz and is the author of the book “Do You Talk Funny? 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker.”
- Their goal is to abolish “Boring content.”
- Comedic principles and storytelling helps you stand out on a presentation.
- Information delivered by opinion tends to lose the attention of listeners.
- Information delivered by story attracts attention and tentativeness.
- Top TED talks have high laugh per minute rate.
- Running an event without any sponsorship is not the best plan.
People mentioned
Links mentioned
- Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds
- Confessions Of A Public Speaker
- The Four Hour Work Week
- Tools
- Toofr
- Funny GIF follow ups
- Can my books teachings be replicated, via Inc.
- For analysing Twitter and pulling URL’s, Followerwonk.com
- For extracting emails from URL’s, watch.
Get in touch with David
- 7Comedyhabits.com
- FunnyBiz.co
- Follow him on Twitter @FunnyBizzSF
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