How To Understand, Create &
Integrate Humor Into Your Programs

by Izzy Gesell, CSP

Incorporating humor into your work is an effective way of making both you and your material more memorable because humor makes you and your presentations more interesting, entertaining and lively. Since using humor is a skill, anyone can improve his or her proficiency at using humor. This tele-class will give you an understanding of how humor works, how it impacts the mind, body, heart and soul of your audience, how to use that knowledge in a consistent way, and how to adapt general humor principles to fit your unique sense of humor.

You will learn:

• How to capture, collect, organize and re-use humor easily and effectively.
• How to choose appropriate material.
• How to position humor in your programs for maximum effect.
• How to recall and retell any joke you ever hear.
• 5 humor writing formulas you can use to develop your own material.
• How to use and (re-use) ad-libs.
• How to develop humor based on your personal stories and experiences.

Izzy helps trainers, coaches, consultants, speakers and facilitators become unstuck in their careers as well as helping them incorporate humor, Improv Theater techniques, spontaneity and courage into their work as well as their lives. In addition to individual coaching, Izzy has presented programs at national and local meetings of American Society for Train & Development (ASTD), National Speakers Association (NSA), Organization Development Network (ODN) International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and International Coaching Federation (ICF). He is the author of Playing Along: Group Learning Activities Borrowed From Improvisation Theater. He can be reached at izzy@izzyg.com

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