THE ART OF HUMOUR: 6 - HOUR WORKSHOP
Time Session What happens
0:00 to 0:30 Find Your Funny: Icebreakers, comedy games and exercises to get everyone comfortable being playful and spontaneous.
0:30 to 1:10 Why Humour Works: What makes people laugh? Surprise, recognition, exaggeration, contrast, timing. How humour creates attention and connection.
1:10 to 1:50 The Art of Observation: Finding humour in everyday situations. Turning workplace experiences, people and ordinary moments into funny material.
1:50 to 2:30 Funny Without Telling Jokes: Stories, analogies, exaggeration, self-deprecation, unexpected statements and conversational humour.
2:30 to 3:00 The Comedy Toolbox: Rule of 3, misdirection, callbacks, contrast, pauses, punchlines and escalation. Hands-on exercises for each.
3:00 to 3:30 HI-TEA BREAK: Relax, recharge and mingle.
3:30 to 4:10 Make Your Presentation Funny: Transform boring corporate statements, slides and speeches into engaging, memorable material.
4:10 to 4:45 Work the Room: Reading an audience, energising employees, getting participation, handling silence and knowing when not to make a joke.
4:45 to 5:15 Think Fast & Be Funny: Improv-style exercises for spontaneity, quick thinking and responding to unexpected situations.
5:15 to 5:50 The 60-Second Challenge: Participants deliver a short presentation or speech using at least 3 humour techniques. Group feedback and refinement.
5:50 to 6:00 The Takeaway: Everyone creates their personal Humour Toolkit and identifies one technique they'll use in their next presentation.
The flow of the class:
PLAY - UNDERSTAND - OBSERVE - LEARN - PRACTICE - APPLY - PERFORM
This makes it feel like a professional communication workshop powered by comedy, rather than a six-hour stand-up comedy class.
I'd also make "Make Your Presentation Funny" the biggest practical section, because that's where the participants directly connect the comedy techniques to their actual work.
Description:
Learn The Art Of Humour, to stand out among a sea of professionals. Ever thought that I know everything, explain it like Javed Akhtar, I would get that promotion so easily.
Then this class is for you!
Learn the Art Of Humour from a professional comedian and comedy writer. Her work has been nominated twice at the Filmfare.
She has travelled all over the country and internationally with her art.
She has written for award functions and corporate ads or events.
She has also been a teacher to popular actor Kubbra Sait and a Denmark Comedian Kriti Prajapati among many others.
Event venue
Backspace: Lower Parel, Mumbai, India
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