ORGANIZING AND

DELIVERING AN
ENTERTAINMENT
SPEECH
AIMS OF AN
ENTERTAINMENT
SPEECH
An entertainment speech aims to
share goodwill, joy, and pleasure to
the audience. The purpose of an
entertainment speech is not to
educate, inform, or inspire because
the primary goal is to make the
audience relax, enjoy, and even laugh.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR
SPEECH
ENTERTAINING?
To make your speech entertaining,
you may:
 tell jokes;
 share funny stories;
 dramatize experiences; and
 recall a scary story
STEPS IN WRITING AN
ENTERTAINING
SPEECH
1. Choose! Choose a light topic. Remember, you are
there to give the audience a good time.
2. Enjoy! If you exude confidence and you obviously
enjoy the moment, the audience will enjoy your
presence, too.
3. Simplify! Simplify the flow of your speech. Your
audience does not need a mentally exhausting
message.
4. Visualize! Your words should be highly descriptive.
Use vivid words and keep them flowing to make your
audience feel as if they were in your story
STEPS IN WRITING AN
ENTERTAINING
SPEECH
5. Surprise! Astonish your audience with unexpected
twists in your presentation. The more you surprise
them, the more entertaining your speech will
become.
SUGGESTED OUTLINE
1. Introduction
1.1 Open with an anecdote or funny story which captures the interest of the
audience.
1.2 Introduce the main message of your speech.
1.3 Provide a sneak peak of the content of your entertaining speech.
2. Body (you may use any of the techniques below)
2.1 Talk about the series of events that made you think of your main
message.
2.2 Use a humorous quote which highlights your message.
2.3 Share related stories and anecdotes of others.
3. Conclusion
3.1 Recall the main points you talked about in your speech.
3.2 Recount your main message.
3.3 Make a final statement which connects to the opening anecdote.
MARIANNA PASCAL’ S SPEECH
HOW TO PREPARE A
HUMOROUS SPEECH
Many of us long to deliver a humorous
speech well.

We imagine ourselves being witty, telling

jokes, seeing our hearers beam
appreciatively, laugh in the places they're
meant to and the applause as we finish
triumphantly, but we really don't know how
to write or deliver one.
5 KEYS TO WRITING &
DELIVERING GREAT FUNNY
SPEECHES
1. Understanding the principal purpose of your
speech
Is the primary goal of your speech to be funny or
is it to impart knowledge with humor?
Unless you are a stand-up comedian, the main
purpose of your speech is probably to give your
message in an entertaining way, which will
include humor.
This implies that you will use humor as a tool to
help you communicate, to carry your message to
the audience. It is not the main focus of your
speech but an enjoyable addition.
The more integrated it is, the more effective it
will be.
Getting clear on your primary goal will help you
decide how you plan, write and deliver your
speech.
2. Understanding humor
Humor comes in many shapes and sizes from
small smirks to full blown belly laughs. To use it
effectively it helps to have an understanding of its
varieties. This enables you to choose what will suit
your audience, your speech topic, and the
occasion.
3. Integrating humor
What works, what doesn't, and why?
We know adding humor to our presentations
makes them more effective and more memorable
but sometimes the more we try, the worse it gets.
The jokes fall excruciatingly flat.
You can avoid that pain by reading how to use
humor effectively.
Those great funny speeches you admire bring
more than a knowledge of the basic "ha-ha, hee-
hee" building blocks together.
4. Storytelling & characterization
Having a great funny story to tell is good. Having a
great introduction or set-up to it, is even better.
Find out how do that well.
Characterization techniques enable you to become
the characters in your story. Your stories are richer
for it.
5. Rehearsal/practice
Practice, and then more practice, will refine
your speech. You'll find out what works,
what doesn't, where you need to edit and
why.
STEPS TO KNOW HOW TO
USE HUMOR EFFECTIVELY
IN SPEECHES
•KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
•USE SAFE SPEECH HUMOR
•INTEGRATE HUMOR
•LEARN HOW TO REHEARSE HUMOR
QUIZ
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PRESENTATION