I was invited by Speakers Den Toastmasters, Bangalore to speak on humor and the theme was Bollywood. I recollected my growing-up years and recounted my favourites. It may be pre-historic for Gen [...]
My friend and a compelling professional speaker, Pravin Shekar http://katha108.com has been persuading me to write a book for over three years. I thought my lethargy will put him off. And he [...]
I gave a 15 minute talk on ‘UNLEASH YOUR HUMOR QUOTIENT’ at TEDx Dubai in 2010. My dear friend Pravin Shekar and team at www.katha108.com ran through it and gave me, A FREE Content Audit one 15 [...]
31 May 2013. Quito. The scenic capital city of Ecuador. I was at the Hilton Colon to conduct a two-day workshop on ‘Breakthrough Negotiation Skills’ for my client. Forty eager [...]
Google “humor resources” and you will be besieged with a barrage of books, tapes, links and the like. In this post, I will only talk about four books that have helped me refine my way [...]
Doc Blakely, a Toastmaster and celebrity humorist gave a rousing start to his speech with ” a professional speaker should have three looks Grey hair for that distinguished look A paunch for [...]
People resist humor when it is imposed.When it is used to highlight or reinforce a point, it is more palatable and accepted. Here is an example of Point-Humor-Point or P-H-P, which I use often in [...]
26 November 2012. New York. JFK Airport. I complete my immigration check and move on and forget to hand over the customs declaration form in the next counter. And the officer says ‘ [...]
Session on ‘Changing boss – employee equation’. A participant’s complaint – “my project lead gives special treatment to his wife who is also part of our team. [...]
