I am just back from Seattle, Washington where I had the good luck to speak to a group of Microsoft folks.
It went well. Really well. But for me one of the coolest things was watching the audience change from the beginning to the end of my program. They ended off great, smiling, […]
I recently saw funny Georgia Speaker Roger Reese present a program on marketing for speakers.
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He made a zillion great points, but one of my favorites was that if we are selling apples, we need to offer the very best apple. Period.
What mistake many marketers, including speaker (including me!), we market to apple buyers by […]
Ken Futch is a funny Georgia Speaker I recently worked with in an event for the National Speakers Association in Atlanta. (They call themselves NSA-Georgia.)
I had the good fortune to see him present his killer (and funny) stories. He cracks me up! He’s charming, funny, self-depreciating, humorous and just one of […]
I’m just back from Atlanta, Georgia where I was invited to teach members of the National Speakers Association - Georgia Chapter how to be better speakers.
What can I say? It was a blast. I had a great time visiting with some great speakers, some wonderful people, and some new friends.
I taught my […]
As I’ve mentioned before in this blog, I recently spoke to the National Speakers Association — Georgia Chapter where I taught them humor and comedy skills.
It was a total pleasure for several reasons, but perhaps the biggest reason was that I got to see and hang with my friend and Georgia speaker Jon Schwartz.
Jon is […]
This letter is going around the ‘net, but I thought it was funny enough to post it — even though I didn’t write it.
The point is obvious: lighten up and take yourself less seriously.
Wouldn’t it be fun to write a letter like this to your BOSS?
A father passing by his daughter’s bedroom […]
Caramels or Whining. Your choice.
or: What does juice have to do with happiness?
As I tell my audiences, one technique we can use to enjoy our lives, our jobs, and our families more is to CHOOSE to enjoy them more. We can make the choice to have fun. What’s that got to […]
Karyn Buxman is a California based, terrific speaker, humorist, nurse, and good friend. She is also a mom.
In this shorter podcast, Karyn tells us how here 16 year old son (who is also a manager) used a sense of humor to solve a problem with an unhappy customer at the McDonalds he was managing.
He […]
A recent article in the National Speakers Association newsletter Speak Up quoted a few of my pals; fellow humorists and motivational speakers as they discussed humor and being funny.
One of the coolest parts of this good article as a list of Funny Action Items. I’ll reprint them in this blog.
If you are interested […]
