Bringing the skills of Stand-Up Comedians to Speaking
Submitted by Jack Milner on November 27, 2018
“The most viewed TED speakers deliver on average one joke per minute in their keynote speeches. The best deliver two jokes per minute.” Jeremey Donovan, ‘How to Deliver a TED talk’
A great speaker does not need to be famous (although it helps), they do not need to have conquered Everest in a kayak while singing the entire score of Sound of Music (but again it will help), however, more than anything their speech needs:
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To entertain and amuse – a bit like a stand-up