Humor is an especially dynamic tool for even the occasional public spokesperson or presenter.

It can Immediately attract the eye of the audience

- Be used to explain the points in your speech – break your speech into more controllable chunks and give the fans a breather

- Raise your likeability factor with the audience

- Be used to transition from one point at the next

- Be used as a planned reply when the astonishing occurs naturally, for some folks humor comes simply. For others, it could be a struggle and they doubt whether or not they should employ it. The benefits to the public spokesperson from employing humor, mean that it is easily worth learning the systems of humor, and with a little application any one can use it efficiently.

Here are eight tips you may use to boost your public speaking:-

- Build a warehouse of stories and remarks that you may use. You can find these by being an eager observer of day to day life. Alternative sources of humour papers, books, mags, conversation, films, Television etc. Make a written note of these stories and employ a filing system to specify them under appropriate headings.

- Observe other successful public speakers. Analyse how they use humor in their speeches. Do they begin with humor? How will they use it in their speech? What gestures, facial expressions, body language etc do the employ?

- Commit to memory the tale particularly the punch line. This is essential to the successfulness of the story. If you should chance to stumble over the punch line the possibility for humor is lost.

- Rehearse and Practice in front of a mirror, so you can see your demeanor, gestures movements for example. Also practice your timing and pauses. The more times you tell a joke the better you may become at telling it

- Make the stories topical to your speech. When using humor the point you are making it should illuminate. Stories and jokes that don’t relate to your speech will belittle the main body and will confuse your message and the audience?

- Use humor like it is utilized in each day in great conversation – it is easy and natural

- Know your audience. The humor used should match the spectators. Humor that is acceptable at convention of sales folk won’t be acceptable at a spiritual event.

- Don’t milk the gag for at least one laugh and if it falls flat, move swiftly on as if you didn’t expect them to giggle anyhow. By adding the spice of humor the correct way you will immediately improve the onlookers’s perception of you and your speech. Why not make the effort and apply the above tips in your next speech?