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View Full Version : 400+ One-liners to Spice up Your Presentations Stijloor 28th December 2007, 06:02 PM Friends, I found this site (http://www.vegard.net/about/one-liners.php) while browsing: 400+ one-liners. Useful to spice up presentations. If humor fits your style....:D Happy New Year! Stijloor. AndyN 28th December 2007, 10:52 PM Happily, I've never had to resort to anything like this to 'spice up' any presentations! These appear to be good reading, but how would they go over, if spoken instead....... Stijloor 28th December 2007, 11:01 PM Happily, I've never had to resort to anything like this to 'spice up' any presentations! Note that I said: "IF humor fits your style." Some trainers can use these in the context of an example or to make a point. I've got a few that I use all the time. Funny, tasteful, and great to emphasize a (learning) point I'm trying to make. These appear to be good reading, but how would they go over, if spoken instead....... You should watch me....! :D Or, you could ask my students.... Happy New Year! Stijloor. Umang Vidyarthi 29th December 2007, 05:26 AM Friends, I found this site (http://www.vegard.net/about/one-liners.php) while browsing: 400+ one-liners. Useful to spice up presentations. If humor fits your style....:D Happy New Year! Stijloor. I like it,and it fits my style like a wedge.I already have a small collection e.g.: "Something is better than nothing,but nothing is better than non-sense." "Money is not everything but,Money is needed for everything." "You are No One.Stop and thimk,You can be No.One"(mis-spelling in thimk is intentional). Thanks for enlarging my collection. /Umang :D AndyN 29th December 2007, 09:59 PM Note that I said: "IF humor fits your style." Some trainers can use these in the context of an example or to make a point. I've got a few that I use all the time. Funny, tasteful, and great to emphasize a (learning) point I'm trying to make. You should watch me....! :D Or, you could ask my students.... Happy New Year! Stijloor. No problem with the humo(u)r on my part, in fact that's one of the things I got excellent reports about! I would, however, point out that I've seen humo(u)r used to 'spice up' a presentation by an instructor who really didn't know their stuff, as a means to 'cover up' that fact. Having a bunch of 'one-liners' up your sleeve doesn't ameliorate a fundamentally poor presentation. I am very happy to share that making the topic relevant to the audience is a far more appropriate delivery technique, to which some humo(u)r can be added. In another post, I drew a parallel between shopping lists and audit checklists - one which nearly everyone, in every audit class can relate to! And, what's more, shopping can be made humo(u)rous, since it leverages real life situations which most everyone can see the funny side of......... So, there. I've given my trade secrets away! Make the discussion relevant and then humo(u)rous and people will learn not just the joke, but the teaching point too.......... (The (u) was added for our Canadian and British readers!!) Stijloor 29th December 2007, 10:57 PM (The (u) was added for our Canadian and British readers!!) I'm sure they would have gotten it without the (u). :D Jim Wynne 29th December 2007, 11:02 PM I'm sure they would have gotten it without the (u). :D Yes, but it made the post more colourful. Stijloor 30th December 2007, 07:58 AM Make the discussion relevant and then humo(u)rous and people will learn not just the joke, but the teaching point too.......... I believe that's what I said.... Some trainers can use these in the context of an example or to make a point. I've got a few that I use all the time. Funny, tasteful, and great to emphasize a (learning) point I'm trying to make. Happy New Year! Stijloor. Jim Wynne 30th December 2007, 12:22 PM The subject of "canned" humor made me think of Robert Orben, a comedy and speech writer who for many years published a subscription newsletter called (iirc) "Orben's Current Comedy." My father was in radio, and I know that many DJs and other broadcasters were subscribers for years, and many of the people who sounded witty on the air would have been lost without Orben's help. After a while I was able to tell who was using Orben's stuff though, because the problem with canned one-liners is that they almost always sound canned. There is skill involved in taking someone else's humor and making it sound extemporaneous, and many speakers I've heard are sorely lacking in it. In fact, most people who have that skill don't need canned material, and can be funny and engaging without it. bio_subbu 31st December 2007, 01:08 AM :cool:Friends I am adding some spice up presentation here. Happy New Year 2008 Subbu (India) |
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