Join Katie Munoz
Lively Workshop Leader and Humor Coach and Author
Guiding Professionals to Add Pizzazz to their State
Presence…One Laugh at a Time
Neanderthal
Could this be the latest in new school yard taunts, “Hey You Son a Neanderthal?” Or is it just the latest revelation from DNA?
Back when I was a kid, Neanderthals were known to be strong, lumbering and dumb. They thrived in Europe and the Middle East for some 200,000 years, where they did just fine until modern humans arrived. That’s when they realized that they couldn’t compete with our superior intelligence and hunting abilities. So they all fell down in awe and went extinct.
Weird Sports from Past Olympics
Past Olympics have included some truly bizarre sports, including pistol dueling in 1912. No kidding!
The Olympics have included some pretty unexpected events over the years, some as official competitions and some as demonstration events.
Movie Theaters and Popcorn
Every movie theater has a refreshment stand, and every movie theater refreshment stand sells popcorn. They might sell other snacks too – soda, candy, shaved ice, smoothies, mixed nuts, ice cream, or even granola – or they might not. But you can always depend on finding simple popcorn for sale in a movie theater.
Fear of Losing Your Place
Are you afraid of blowing it on stage?
The bad news is that it happens. The good news is that you CAN live through the experience! I have.
Swine Flu Blues
My head feels like an anchor, my shoulders feel like lead.
My voice went on vacation and my stomach won’t be fed.
My temperature got so hot that the thermometer just turned red.
Emails are stacking up, I don’t even care what they said.
How of Humor Workshop
Speakers, teachers, and marketers all know that humor gives sparkle and pop to your presence.
But even naturally funny people sometimes wish that they knew the formula behind the comedy to make humor more dependable.
Humor and the Rule of Three
“A Jew, a Hindu, and a Christian walk into a bar–” Sound familiar?
For some reason, human beings like to hear things in groups of three.
Rhetorically speaking, this is sometimes called the Rule of Three, and it is just as powerful in a serious context as it is in humor.
Microphone Shock
Have you ever listened to someone use a microphone for the first time? Do you remember the first time you used one?
Maybe you were at the Chamber of Commerce’s giant, annual, Bring a Guest Meeting. The crowd was so big, that they rented a microphone for the occasion. The meeting director said a few words of welcome and then it was time for each person to introduce themselves to the group.
OMG! Mosquito Birth Control
OMG, scientists have come up with a new approach to reduce the populations of mosquitoes without using pesticides. One of the recent proposals was … wait for it … mosquito birth control!