Humor can give you a competitve business edge. Here’s a few quotes to give you can idea:

WT:When is humor in the workplace good, and when is it bad?
Shaw: We had to make some changes in personnel recently. That’s a very distasteful thing for me. I was meeting with the top guys who report to me. It was getting tense. I said a few things intended to be humorous and get everybody calmed down. It’s not the old Ronnie Shaw that was on the stage telling jokes. It’s the Ron Shaw who proves he has not lost his sense of humor. You just have to know where it belongs and where it doesn’t, and use it where it can do some good.

Ron Shaw, president and chief executive officer of Pilot Pen Corp. of America in Trumbull, Conn., started in stand-up comedy. He toured nationally, opening for the likes of Dean Martin, Liberace and Connie Frances. washingtontechnology.com

John Cantu: Humor is important because it…

• arouses audience interest so you don’t lose them.
• disarms hostility and makes them at least listen to your viewpoint and allows you to get your point across without increasing hostility.
• helps you connect with the audience and build rapport so they listen and absorb your material easier.
• helps you generate higher fees sooner than others with same material.
• helps emphasize points of wisdom and especially helps audience members retain important but dry facts and figures.
• makes a positive impression in addition to your knowledge of the subject.
• makes learners in ongoing training less likely to skip sessions since humor reduces boredom.
• shows that you don’t take yourself too seriously thus makes you more likeable and helps you get higher evaluations or more sales.

John Cantu was the keynote speaker at the Ragan’s Speechwriters 2002 Conference workshop for speech writers and presented at the 2003 PR conferences for Ragan. A former comedy club owner, he has worked with performers such as Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, Margaret Cho, Will Durst, Rob Schneider, and Jerry Seinfeld.

In HumorMall.com’s InnerSanctum you can learn the techniques Cantu discovered from years of working with these and other comedic stars and taught to business executives and professional speakers who wanted to add some humor to avoid being dull and to avoid bombing.

Cantu’s coaching clients have included Malcolm Kushner (author of “Public Speaking for Dummies”), Mike Iapoce, (author of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom,” Stu Silverstein M.D. (Speaker on medical topics), Mark Smith (Co-Author “Guerrilla Trade Show Selling,” & “Guerrilla Teleselling”) and Orvel Ray Wilson (Coauthor “Guerrilla Selling”) and John’s speaking mentor, Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE - Award-Winning Keynote Speaker and a past-president of the National Speakers Association.

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The Light Touch by Malcolm Kushner.

If you are a business person this book will show you how to gain a competitive advantage with humor (even if you can’t tell a joke).

Includes: How to manage conflict with humor; how to develop personal anecdotes that make your point; how to use humor to boost morale and build effective teams; how to use humor in negotiations; how to handle awkward and embarrassing situations with humor; how to use humor to improve letters, memos, and reports; and much more. Transform your sense of humor into a powerful business asset.

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