by jmcinnis | Nov 11, 2011 | B. Research Techniques
I’ve talked in a past blog about kicking off your speech with a quick funny survey, so I think it would be great to go into more detail on this valuable method of connecting with you group. In my humor keynote, Finding the Funny in Change, I talk about the importance...
by jmcinnis | Nov 3, 2011 | A. Humor Writing
I’m writing this from an airplane 30,000 feet up! YEAH. .my life will get even better when all airplanes get internet access. . .I’m so haThe WHEN of joking I’m writing this from an airplane 30,000 feet up! YEAH. .my life will get even better when all airplanes get...
by jmcinnis | Oct 16, 2011 | A. Humor Writing
I like that TV show Modern Family because it shows just how non-normal most families are. And, depending on how non-non-normal your family is/was, it might have been bad for growing up, but it’s still great for comedy. In my last blog I talked about questions you can...
by jmcinnis | Sep 23, 2011 | A. Humor Writing
Networking can be BORING . . especially if you’re giving out the same information and asking the same standard (read: dull) questions. When you meet someone, or introduce a new employee or hand an award to someone, what’s the first bit of information we tend to give...
by jmcinnis | Sep 13, 2011 | A. Humor Writing
No, not IdioTS, that’s IdioMS. Those aren’t the people you work with who don’t “get it,” . . .idioms are sayings that we hear constantl. Things like “a penny saved is a penny earned” or “a fool and his money are soon parted.” People are familiar with these ...
