Benefits of humor/personal stories in meetings and presentations:
1. Reduce conflict and stress while building rapport
2. Illuminate points in presentations and meetings to make your message stick
3. Negotiate successfully

Techniques to achieve these benefits:
1. Make sure the humor/stories used are appropriate and relevant to: the audience, the occasion and you point
2. Poke fun at yourself: the only true form of “safe” humor
3. Continue to develop your humor: practice and experience will help you to continually improve

Other points of note:
*Never start a presentation with a joke: if it doesn’t work the way you planned, the energy in the room is already gone before you start
*Don’t use sarcasm
*Don’t make fun of people…DO make fun of situations

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