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Mighty Casey Media Last Pitch Standing

Using Comedy to BanishBORINGFrom 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...

Boring

Shy

Mighty Casey Media Au contraire, mon frere.

(or mon soeur)

Mighty Casey Media Do your audiences look like this?

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OK, Casey...

So how do I keep 'em

AWAKE?

Mighty Casey Media First rule: BE PRESENT

Mighty Casey Media Being PRESENT:

Engages youEngages your audienceEngages your likability

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All

Comedy is

PERSONAL

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So...who are YOU?

Technical presentations?

Product or project pitches?

Team meetings?

All of the above?

Comedy is just like:

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Mighty Casey Media Building Block #1:

What's your point?

Mighty Casey Media Topic Examples

Crazy clientsThe boss from hellRoad trip from hellBumper stickersMammogramsThe 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!

Mighty Casey Media Point of View / Premise
Examples

This project has given me Tourette's Syndrome.

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 Building Block #3:Attitude *

This is crazy...You wouldn't BELIEVE what...What is UP with...(and so forth)*also called Persona

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Got Attitude?

Confused

Scared

Disgusted

Resigned

Amused

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Building Block #4
Action!

Don't just say it, BE it

Action(s) speak louder than words

What your audience sees and feels drives more than 50% of their reaction to you

It aint the words, its the motion

Mighty Casey Media Building a joke, a/k/a bit:Set it up in no more than TWO LINES

Mighty Casey Media Third line is thePUNCH LINE.

Make it end on your punch WORD,

Make that a word that's short and...well...PUNCHY

Mighty Casey Media Comedy categories:

AbsurdityIncongruitySudden shift in statusOne of these things is not like the otherSurprise twist

Mighty Casey Media Got an Inside Joke?

Inside information can really punch up a bit

Find out whos in the audience, and tailor the bit(s)

Ever want to get a client to really notice you?

Mighty Casey Media Never forget the power of

REHEARSED SPONTANEITY!

Mighty Casey Media Worst Case Scenario...

I forgot!

The microphone stopped working!

Guinness Book of World Records dish-drop!

and the scariest of all - the heckler!

for speakers

Mighty Casey Media OK, Im Presenting TOMORROW!

The internet = Instant Comedy!Play with search terms on Google, see what comes upwww.comedy-zone.comFind a joke, then PERSONALIZE it!

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Remember this.

Comedy is a muscle

Exercise will strengthen it, and make it grow

Find your sweet spot, and work it

Mighty Casey Media To review:

Be presentMake it personalUse rehearsed spontaneityKeep bits short + PUNCHYRemember the 'worst case scenario' strategy

DOESN'T THIS LOOK MORE LIKE IT?

Mighty Casey Media Thank you!Any questions?

Mighty Casey Media Tips + worksheet @Mighty Mouth Blogwww.mightycasey.com

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