humor

(noun)

The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.

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Examples of humor in the following topics:

  • Using Humor

    • Take care with the subject matter as sometimes humor can do more harm than good.
    • If you decide to use humor at any point in your presentation, it is a good rule to avoid all sexual, religious and racial topics or references.
    • The use of irony in rhetoric is primarily to convey an incongruity, often used in humor to deprecate or ridicule an idea or course of action.

  • Humor

    • To answer questions like these, we need to reflect on some features of humor in business writing.
    • In general, humor does people good.
    • Humor can highlight a message in a positive way and make it more likely to be understood and appreciated.
    • Putting humor to good advantage in business writing requires thought and care, however.
    • Hold onto them by entering them into your computerized "humor file. "

  • The Beginning

    • Beginning a speech with a quote, statistic, story, or humor can make the audience feel interested and invested in what you have to share.
    • There are many ways to start a speech before segueing into an introduction: beginning with a quote, statistic, personal story, or even opening with humor are all good options, but only if used correctly.
    • So be careful, because humor is only funny when it is told right, and humor can sometimes do more harm than good.
    • Be sure to avoid all sexual, religious, and racial topics if you open with humor.
    • Discuss the best practices for opening a speech using quotes, statistics, personal stories, humor, and overviews

  • Two Spices for the Business Kitchen

    • Enlightened business people have long known that good-natured humor in the workplace often stems from, and causes, positive feelings.
    • By the same token, it's common to associate laughter with humor.
    • Rather than immersing themselves in jokes or other forms of humor, these groups strive primarily to produce joy through play.

  • Write Productively-Part I

    • A "Humor" file.
    • If you fit in the second category, or if you simply want to be sure you remember some especially comical stories and one-liners you hear or read, a humor file will help out.
    • Still, after keeping a series of annual humor files for the last seven years, I feel I can safely go back to a previous year's stash of goodies to find something which will spruce up a memo or report today.

  • Sensitivity to Human Relations

    • Interpersonal skills – This is an extensive list of characteristics involving social ability, friendliness, sense of humor, patience, etc.

  • Portfolios for Job Searches

    • It included lots of photographs, seven speech outlines, 35 or more speech assessment forms, a dozen "Thoughts for the Week," assorted humorous tidbits, six critiques of historic and live speeches, a list of "thoughts," and a short essay on "What I Learned From This Course."

  • Making the Most of Committees

    • Avoid sarcasm and cynicism; encourage humor and merriment.

  • A Little Bit About Everything

    • http://www.webbyawards.com/main/ A gateway to some of the best humor, facts, trivia, art, music, and thoughts on the Web.

  • Thanks Be to Those Who Labor

    • This undertaking comprised some dirt and danger and dullness, but they accomplished it with steady smiles and good humor.