Many of you might be misunderstood that being funny on stage means you have to dress up as a clown or a court jester in order to please your audiences. It has to be ardently funny, elegant and professional when you present your business ideas to your clients as a method of seeking close rapport with your audiences.
Therefore, you are required to levitate your sense of humor by expressing it via your presentation slides. There is one pioneer in making laughter via PowerPoint in stand up comedy - Tim Lee; who is making use of his science background to twist abstract theory into thought provoking comedy.
It is indeed interesting to flourish your slides with this comical approach that can attract your audiences' attention in such a serious and intense condition. Sometimes, you need to create a stress-free environment in any business meetings - regardless formal or informal meetings.
Is it hard to become a talented stand up comedian like Tim Lee?
The answer is yes. But you do not have him to win your audiences. You can review his slides during his performances as your main reference.
Start with simplicity
In most of his performances, you will realize that his presentation slides are practically simple and clear in which he used simple slide layouts with plain white slide background.
Notice that he used the classic-black-and-white theme (plain white background with black colored fonts) in his slides.
In some certain extent, it takes a little effort to make people laugh due to simplicity of his slides. In addition, he used the same approach for displaying other visuals such as graphs and tables. In other words, he does not have to use additional visuals - videos, flash, and audios to mesmerize his audiences.
Normally, pictures are placed in the middle of the slides. If you are a serious type of person and persist in giving out conventional presentation, it is preferable that you include funny pictures that are related to the text-contents.
How to make yourself a 'stand up comedian'?
Being a comedian has no shortcuts. However, if you are a rigid person and you have a low sense of humor, being funny at suitable times able to develop a close and quick rapport with your audiences. These are the simple steps on how to put a smile upon your audiences' faces.
Step 1: Start to identify your own distinctive type of comic
There are several of well-known comedians that have their respective type of comic. For example, Jim Carrey is belongs to physical comics category whereas Jay Leno belongs to topical comics category. Other comic categories are character, observational, prop and gimmick comics; and impressionists and improvisationalists.
Step 2: Write and practice
After you have identified your type of comic, it is time to list out the points that you can make your audiences burst with laughter. Write every single point on your notepad. You will soon improvise these funny ideas in front of your family and friends before you start performing a stand up comedy in front of your audiences.
Step 3: Decide your distinctive stage persona
Once you have observed the behavior patterns of several stand up comedians, innately you will develop your unique personality onstage though there will be some resemblance of these well-known comedians. Eventually, it will definitely make your Powerpoint presentations more entertaining to watch.
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