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  • Do You Talk Funny?

  • 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker
  • Written by: David Nihill
  • Narrated by: David Nihill
  • Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (131 ratings)

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Do You Talk Funny?

Written by: David Nihill
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Publisher's Summary

Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change.

In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be a comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible. One part of the plan was at least logical: He was already Irish and already called Dave. In one year David went from being deathly afraid of public speaking to hosting a business conference, regularly performing stand-up comedy, and winning storytelling competitions in front of packed houses. He did it by learning from some of the best public speakers in the world: stand-up comedians.

Do You Talk Funny? shows how the key principles of stand-up comedy can be applied to your speaking engagements and presentations to make you funnier, more interesting, and better looking (or at least two of the three). Whether you are preparing for a business presentation, giving a wedding toast, defending your thesis, raising money from investors, or simply want to take on something you're afraid of, this book will take you from sweaty to stage-ready. Ten percent of the author's proceeds from this book will go to Arash Bayatmakou via Help Hope Live until he is fully back on his feet and thereafter to one of the many facing the same challenges after suffering severe spinal cord injuries.

©2015 BenBella Books (P)2015 David Nihill

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Book good, me likey!

Easy to follow, easy to implement, fantastic performance. Ending in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

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So good.

It's so good. 12 more words to describe "good?" Fuck you I'll do it into.

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improve your presentations

Simple and actionable. I've enjoyed Dave's humor and this book is helping me deliver better business presentations

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Good

glad he didn't donate his brain to science before writing this book.

a nice reminder to keep things light and practice is beyond important.

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Good learnings

I got this book because I love the comedy industry and it’s something I’ve always been curious about. This was an interesting look behind the scenes into what goes into making a set. I also got a lot of tips I can use to make my work presentations less boring. 😄 recommend for anyone in comedy or who has to make a presentations for work.

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Good book, me likey

Very well presented with hilarious accents and anecdotes, 5.4 laughs per minute!
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Laughter is the key 🔑 in business conversations

This book does gave an powerful nugget for business owners. The nugeest is to add laughter in your conversation. 90% of people in business are dull and business only. Very few people realize the power of talk funny in business conversation.

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Good information!

It was a great jumping point. It goes by very fast and it's very easy to understand.

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Corporate speaking course - no funny

David Nihill spent a year learning how to become a stand-up comedian. He told a story for which he won a contest. He imparts how to use the lessons he learned and apply them to doing business presentations.

Throughout the book he gives decent advice on how to make your presentation interesting and humorous. The irony is not lost on me, but might be lost on him that he does it in a boring, dry and humourless way. I didn't find anything he did or said funny. While enthusiastic, it was coma inducing. To be honest, he says "To be honest" way too much. Even when he got to his contest winning performance, it didn't strike me as funny, but could be because he has sucked the life out of it by then.

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Legitimately helpful no matter your venue

This book was an easy listen and packed with insightful material. I doubted how useful I would find a book like this written about spoken comedy, but I was delightfully surprised.

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