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Main Subject - Find Your Funny: Eight Tips for Adding Humor to Presentations
Some trainers, teachers and other communicators wish they could add humor to
their presentations, but they think, “I’m like the Muppets Fozzy Bear: I’m not funny.”
The truth everyone is funny; including Fozzy; including you. More importantly, YOU are funny, not in the same way that other people are, but in your own unique fashion. After all, one of the keys to relationships (romantic, plutonic or professional) is the ability to laugh to
The truth everyone is funny; including Fozzy; including you. More importantly, YOU are funny, not in the same way that other people are, but in your own unique fashion. After all, one of the keys to relationships (romantic, plutonic or professional) is the ability to laugh to
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
gether. You already do that in your daily life.
All you need to do now is to take those pre-existing skills and develop them in a
focused way. Here’s how legendary funny man Steve Allen explained it.
“The popular conception of a humorist or comedian is of someone who writes, does or says funny things. But a funny person is also someone to whom funny things happen. The comedian’s experiences are probably no more amusing than others; he
“The popular conception of a humorist or comedian is of someone who writes, does or says funny things. But a funny person is also someone to whom funny things happen. The comedian’s experiences are probably no more amusing than others; he
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
or she simply has a certain sensitivity to the environment and circumstances and
so perceives humor that a more serious person might miss.”
Below I offer eight tips that can help you perceive, absorb and harness the humor around you.
Tip 1. Surround yourself with humor.
Start your day by looking at a humorous daily calendar, listen to humor on your way to work, display silly signs at your work location and prop up your office. Items
Below I offer eight tips that can help you perceive, absorb and harness the humor around you.
Tip 1. Surround yourself with humor.
Start your day by looking at a humorous daily calendar, listen to humor on your way to work, display silly signs at your work location and prop up your office. Items
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
like
daily quote calendars; silly hats and wind up toys have a positive effect on your
emotions and those of the people you come in contact with. Some of the items I
have collected and currently display in my office include a plastic shovel attached to
a neck lanyard (for boring meetings), a skeleton and a crown (my emergency Hamlet
kit for pontificating), various hats (Mounty for finding someone, Viking for going on
adventures and O
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
tback for taking walk-abouts) and a Far Side daily cartoon
calendar. I do it because they help me think funny. Surrounding yourself with these
kinds of items will place you in a humorous mood and create an aura of funny about
you that makes it easier for other people to accept you as humorous.
Tip 2. Look for the absurdity in daily life.
Fortunately for funny people, the business and academic worlds abound with endless absurdity. T
Tip 2. Look for the absurdity in daily life.
Fortunately for funny people, the business and academic worlds abound with endless absurdity. T
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
here are the inane policies, bureaucracies and inarticulate
memos to enjoy. There’s also the unintentional statements of life: you have to hit
“delete” to start Windows; you land at a “terminal” when flying; and you park on
“driveways” and drive on “parkways.” It’s everywhere, if you look for it. If you cannot
find it yourself, read Dilbert. If you can laugh at the daily absurdities, you will be
less stressed when the bizarre happens a
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
d more in touch with the grand adventure
that life is.
Tip 3. Listen to comedians.
The late night comedians provide a daily lesson in being funny. Pay attention to them, not as an audience member, but as a technician. Focus on the structure of the jokes they tell. In this way, you can analyze the joke formulas without being distracted by the delivery. Once you know the basic structures they use, focus on their delivery techniques
Tip 3. Listen to comedians.
The late night comedians provide a daily lesson in being funny. Pay attention to them, not as an audience member, but as a technician. Focus on the structure of the jokes they tell. In this way, you can analyze the joke formulas without being distracted by the delivery. Once you know the basic structures they use, focus on their delivery techniques
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
Soon you will begin to notice the cadences they use, the
pauses they take and the little ticks and quirks they have that bring their humor to
life.
Tip 4. Read books about being funny.
Many comedians are more than willing to share their secrets. By simply searching through a book store web site, you can discover that being comedic is a simple combination of state of mind and solid technique.
Tip 5. Join “Joke-of-the-Day” lists.
Tip 4. Read books about being funny.
Many comedians are more than willing to share their secrets. By simply searching through a book store web site, you can discover that being comedic is a simple combination of state of mind and solid technique.
Tip 5. Join “Joke-of-the-Day” lists.
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
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Joke-of-the-day lists are a part of my strategy for finding funny stuff. Although I
switch lists from time to time, I’m currently on two. I am not suggesting that you
“lift” the jokes you read there. That would be, well, stealing. I am however
suggesting that you can use those jokes to learn how jokes are constructed and to
place yourself in a humorous frame of mind. Once you become adept at spotting the
joke telling formulas, you c
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
an use the jokes you read at these sites to write your
own jokes.
Tip 6. Build a collection of all-purpose funnies.
Start a funny file and whenever you read, hear or see something you consider funny, print it out or write it down and file it. Soon, you will have built a collection of jokes and cartoons you can refer to whenever you need to create a line. The material you have collected will help you brainstorm creating your own.
T
Tip 6. Build a collection of all-purpose funnies.
Start a funny file and whenever you read, hear or see something you consider funny, print it out or write it down and file it. Soon, you will have built a collection of jokes and cartoons you can refer to whenever you need to create a line. The material you have collected will help you brainstorm creating your own.
T
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
p 7. Develop some standard lines you can use over and over.
Steve Allen once commented as follows.
“Comics with this ability (to ad-lib) are extremely rare. There may be fewer than fifty professional comedians on the planet that are skilled at doing it. (Most) comedians are indeed working without a script, but there is the crucial distinction that what they are doing is recalling jokes that already exist, which they apply to the situ
Steve Allen once commented as follows.
“Comics with this ability (to ad-lib) are extremely rare. There may be fewer than fifty professional comedians on the planet that are skilled at doing it. (Most) comedians are indeed working without a script, but there is the crucial distinction that what they are doing is recalling jokes that already exist, which they apply to the situ
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
tion
of the moment. This is no small feat either, since one has to think rapidly and also
have a remarkable memory -- a memory car file through which the comic’s brain
can riffle at lightning speed. But again, as impressive as this feat is, it is more a
matter of craftsmanship and professionalism than art.”
You can reach a degree of this professionalism by learning the craft. When you notice that learners have laughed at a comment you
You can reach a degree of this professionalism by learning the craft. When you notice that learners have laughed at a comment you
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
made, make a mental note of
what happened and try to replicate it with another audience. If your get the same
laugh in front of three audiences, keep it; play with it; expand it. If it stops working,
revert to the original line and lock it in. Then begin searching for another line.
Continue in this manner over a period of time and you will develop your own
comedic library of “ad-libs” to draw upon as the situation warrants.
Tip 8. Hav
Tip 8. Hav
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
e fun.
This is perhaps the biggest secret of being funny. The audience will not laugh if you are not having fun. Your demeanor sets the expectation. If you exude enjoyment of the world around you, and of the events and learnings that occurs within your classroom, your trainees will join you. They will also join you if you choose to regard what you are doing as drudgery. The banana is in your hands. Having fun and you will be insta
This is perhaps the biggest secret of being funny. The audience will not laugh if you are not having fun. Your demeanor sets the expectation. If you exude enjoyment of the world around you, and of the events and learnings that occurs within your classroom, your trainees will join you. They will also join you if you choose to regard what you are doing as drudgery. The banana is in your hands. Having fun and you will be insta
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
tly likeable, and thus more likely to gain laughs.
Joke Killers to watch out for
There are some additional factors that will prevent you from being funny. As you put on your new humor hat, make sure you do the following.
Caution 1. Make your humor self-deprecating
The best humor is self-directed. I find it preferable to point out my faults before others do. In that way, I admit my fallibility while indicating that I can take a j
Joke Killers to watch out for
There are some additional factors that will prevent you from being funny. As you put on your new humor hat, make sure you do the following.
Caution 1. Make your humor self-deprecating
The best humor is self-directed. I find it preferable to point out my faults before others do. In that way, I admit my fallibility while indicating that I can take a j
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
ke. It
sets a benchmark for the training environment. In addition, humor that is self-
deprecating is less likely to offend others.
Caution 2. Be yourself.
Humor will not work if it is forced. When people laugh with you during your everyday life, it is not because you have taken on a persona, it is because they enjoy who you are and the humor that naturally emanates from your humanity. Be who you are. Allow that naturalness to cr
Caution 2. Be yourself.
Humor will not work if it is forced. When people laugh with you during your everyday life, it is not because you have taken on a persona, it is because they enjoy who you are and the humor that naturally emanates from your humanity. Be who you are. Allow that naturalness to cr
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ate your humor for you. I can offer an
example by picking on myself. It has been said that I look stiff and formal. I cannot
help it: it just is. That continence could have prevented me from being funny.
Instead, I have learned to use it. Because of my look, I dress and act slightly
pompous. That pomposity allows me to say and do fairly absurd things. The
disconnect between how I look and the craziness of what I say or do creates surpr
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ise
and allows natural humor emerges.
Caution 3. Avoid offensive material.
Political, religious or ethnic jokes are all not worth the telling. Even if some members of your audience respond with laughter, other members will become so offended that they will shut down (or shut your training down) and make learning difficult if not impossible. In addition, blue material should be avoided at all costs. Risqu? lines often obtain the
Caution 3. Avoid offensive material.
Political, religious or ethnic jokes are all not worth the telling. Even if some members of your audience respond with laughter, other members will become so offended that they will shut down (or shut your training down) and make learning difficult if not impossible. In addition, blue material should be avoided at all costs. Risqu? lines often obtain the
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
r laughs from the unease and discomfort of the
audience. In a nightclub setting, that may be appropriate. But in a learning
environment, where comfort is directly tied to positive results, creating discomfort
for a cheap laugh is worse than insulting, it’s stupid.
Caution 4. Never say you are going to tell a joke.
The best way to insure that your joke won’t work is to telegraph it in advance. Remember, in previous months we discove
Caution 4. Never say you are going to tell a joke.
The best way to insure that your joke won’t work is to telegraph it in advance. Remember, in previous months we discove
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
ed that much of the laughter results
from learner surprise that you have told a joke. The very act of announcing your
intentions in advance almost guarantees a failure of the joke.
So, you are funny. You just didn't know it. Take the actions steps listed above and you too can find your funny.
Visit Lenn on line at www.www.offbeattraining.com
lennmillbower@offbeattraining.co
So, you are funny. You just didn't know it. Take the actions steps listed above and you too can find your funny.
Visit Lenn on line at www.www.offbeattraining.com
lennmillbower@offbeattraining.co
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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