Speakernomics

Effectively Use Humor with Mike Goodwin


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This week on Speakernomics, Robert Kennedy, III speaks with comic and comedy coach Mike Goodwin, offering key takeaways on incorporating humor into your presentations to elevate your impact. In this episode, Mike shares how to:

  • Embrace Humor for Connection: The importance of using humor as a powerful tool for connecting with audiences, inspiring them, and providing entertainment.
  • Understand Your Audience: Recognizing the audience's dynamics and adjusting your approach accordingly
  • Crafting Jokes: The three essential components of a joke, keeping it concise and avoiding unnecessary details.
  • Natural Funny Remarks: Pay attention to naturally funny remarks in everyday conversations, as these can be seamlessly incorporated into presentations for authentic humor.
  • Strategies for Less Naturally Humorous Speakers: For those who may feel less naturally humorous
  • Balanced Humor in Presentations: Aim for a balanced approach, with approximately one laugh every 10 minutes in a professional presentation.

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    Question: What's one thing that you will do to effectively incorporate humor into your presentation?

    Who is Mike Goodwin?

    Mike Goodwin is a refreshingly funny comedian, speaker, and leader. His signature bowtie represents his expectation-defying brand of comedy that leaves a variety of audiences from churches to corporate events to swanky galas-laughing hysterically and completely inspired, without a foul or vulgar word spoken.

    A native of Camden, South Carolina, holds a master’s degree in Education from the University of South Carolina, is a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a former primary and secondary education professional. He infuses his varied life experiences into his act, making him relatable to audiences from all walks of life.

    Using his ability to merge leadership and laughter, Mike is a powerful communicator whose primary goal is to leave places and people better than he found them. He’s appeared on America’s Got Talent, Lifetime, BET, Dry Bar Comedy, TBN, Daystar, USA, Circle TV, SiriusXM, the That Sounds Fun Podcast Tour, and USO Europe Comedy Tour. Mike’s programs have inspired teams at corporations like Guess, Proctor and Gamble, and Dermira.

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