Humorously Speaking – Objectives

Speech 1– Warm Up Your Audience

• Prepare a speech that opens with a humorous story.
• Personalize the story.
• Deliver the story smoothly and effectively.
• Time: Five to seven minutes

Speech 2 – Leave Them With a Smile

• Prepare a serious speech that opens and closes with humorous stories.
• Prepare a closing story the reemphasizes the speech's main point.
• Deliver the stories smoothly and effectively.
• Time: Five to seven minutes

Speech 3 – Make Them Laugh

• Prepare a speech that opens and closes with humorous stories.
• Include jokes in the speech body to illustrate points or maintain audience interest.
• Deliver the jokes and stories smoothly and effectively.
• Time: Five to seven minutes

Speech 4 – Keep Them Laughing

• Prepare a speech that opens with a self-deprecating joke.
• String together two or three related jokes in the speech body.
• Close the speech with a humorous story.
• Time: Five to seven minutes

Speech 5 – The Humorous Speech

• Use exaggeration to tell a humorous story.
• Entertain the audience.
• Effectively use body language and voice to enhance the story.
• Time: Five to seven minutes