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© Mighty Casey Media  Last Pitch Standing Using Comedy to Banish BORING From Pitches + Presentations
© Mighty Casey Media  Funny. Business.
© Mighty Casey Media  Be the real you. Everyone else is taken.
© Mighty Casey Media  But the real me is so... ,[object Object]
Shy
© Mighty Casey Media  Au contraire, mon frere. (or mon soeur)
Do your audiences look like this? © Mighty Casey Media
© Mighty Casey Media  OK, Casey... So how do I keep 'em AWAKE?
© Mighty Casey Media  First rule: BE PRESENT
© Mighty Casey Media  Being PRESENT:  Engages you Engages your audience Engages your likability
© Mighty Casey Media  All Comedy is PERSONAL
© Mighty Casey Media  So...who are YOU? ,[object Object]
Product or project pitches?
Team meetings?
All of the above?
Comedy is just like: Plumbing, Lego, or Building a house © Mighty Casey Media
© Mighty Casey Media  Building Block #1: What's your point?
© Mighty Casey Media  Topic Examples Crazy clients The boss from hell Road trip from hell Bumper stickers Mammograms The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
© Mighty Casey Media  Building Block #2: What's your point of view  –  your comedy premise?  What does the audience  need to know to get it?* * 90% of the audience MUST  get it,  or no laughs!
Point of View  / Premise Examples  ,[object Object]
I want to vote my project team off the island.
I thought my mother was unreasonable.  Then I met my wife.
Software manuals are written by Martians. © Mighty Casey Media
© Mighty Casey Media  Building Block #3: Attitude * This is crazy... You wouldn't BELIEVE what... What is UP with... (and so forth) *also called Persona
© Mighty Casey Media  Got Attitude? ,[object Object]
Scared
Disgusted
Resigned
Amused
Building Block #4 Action! ,[object Object]
Action(s) speak louder than words

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Last Pitch Standing

  • 1. © Mighty Casey Media Last Pitch Standing Using Comedy to Banish BORING From Pitches + Presentations
  • 2. © Mighty Casey Media Funny. Business.
  • 3. © Mighty Casey Media Be the real you. Everyone else is taken.
  • 4.
  • 5. Shy
  • 6. © Mighty Casey Media Au contraire, mon frere. (or mon soeur)
  • 7. Do your audiences look like this? © Mighty Casey Media
  • 8. © Mighty Casey Media OK, Casey... So how do I keep 'em AWAKE?
  • 9. © Mighty Casey Media First rule: BE PRESENT
  • 10. © Mighty Casey Media Being PRESENT: Engages you Engages your audience Engages your likability
  • 11. © Mighty Casey Media All Comedy is PERSONAL
  • 12.
  • 13. Product or project pitches?
  • 15. All of the above?
  • 16. Comedy is just like: Plumbing, Lego, or Building a house © Mighty Casey Media
  • 17. © Mighty Casey Media Building Block #1: What's your point?
  • 18. © Mighty Casey Media Topic Examples Crazy clients The boss from hell Road trip from hell Bumper stickers Mammograms The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
  • 19. © Mighty Casey Media Building Block #2: What's your point of view – your comedy premise? What does the audience need to know to get it?* * 90% of the audience MUST get it, or no laughs!
  • 20.
  • 21. I want to vote my project team off the island.
  • 22. I thought my mother was unreasonable. Then I met my wife.
  • 23. Software manuals are written by Martians. © Mighty Casey Media
  • 24. © Mighty Casey Media Building Block #3: Attitude * This is crazy... You wouldn't BELIEVE what... What is UP with... (and so forth) *also called Persona
  • 25.
  • 30.
  • 32. What your audience sees and feels drives more than 50% of their reaction to you
  • 33. It ain’t the words, it’s the motion © Mighty Casey Media
  • 34. © Mighty Casey Media Building a joke, a/k/a bit: Set it up in no more than TWO LINES
  • 35. © Mighty Casey Media Third line is the PUNCH LINE. Make it end on your punch WORD, Make that a word that's short and... well...PUNCHY
  • 36. © Mighty Casey Media Comedy categories: Absurdity Incongruity Sudden shift in status One of these things is not like the other Surprise twist
  • 37. Got an Inside Joke? Inside information can really punch up a bit Find out who’s in the audience, and tailor the bit(s) Ever want to get a client to really notice you? © Mighty Casey Media
  • 38. © Mighty Casey Media Never forget the power of REHEARSED SPONTANEITY!
  • 39.
  • 41. Guinness Book of World Records dish-drop!
  • 42. …and the scariest of all - the heckler! © Mighty Casey Media … for speakers
  • 43. OK, I’m Presenting TOMORROW…! The internet = Instant Comedy! Play with search terms on Google, see what comes up www.comedy-zone.com Find a joke, then PERSONALIZE it! © Mighty Casey Media
  • 44. Remember this…. Comedy is a muscle Exercise will strengthen it, and make it grow Find your sweet spot, and work it © Mighty Casey Media © Mighty Casey Media
  • 45. © Mighty Casey Media To review: Be present Make it personal Use rehearsed spontaneity Keep bits short + PUNCHY Remember the 'worst case scenario' strategy
  • 46. DOESN'T THIS LOOK MORE LIKE IT?
  • 47. © Mighty Casey Media Thank you! Any questions?
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