with Gerry Thompson HuffingtonPost blogger
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learn stand-up comedy
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develop your sense of humour
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improve your public speaking and presenting skills and confidence
with one-to-one coaching or team trainings
Upcoming events:
Comic poetry performance:
Thursday June 28th 21.00 to 23.00
Piston Broke pub, Shoreham by Sea
more info
Public speaking workshop:
Develop your skill and confidence in presentation and public speaking
Tuesday July 24th 2018 18.00 to 2100: Brighton
To find out more and book a place, visit here
15% Off first session: use code: YURT2018LAUNCH
latest blog: a humorous take on parenting and how not to do it
A recent talk about what standup comedians can teach speaker/presenters:
Click here to view full 30 minute version, with audience Q +A
Review of this presentation by host Abigail Burgess:
“Yesterday we held our first networking hub of 2018 and it was a huge success. Our guest speaker was the wonderfully amusing and best-selling author, Gerry Thompson of Positive Comedy with his topic of choice – “How to become a better speaker/presenter, learning from what stand-up comedians know”.
“As Gerry took to the floor it was obvious he knew his stuff, you could feel the empathy in his voice, as a young lad Gerry had too experienced the same fear the majority of us mere mortals feel when taking to the stage/floor/boardroom or any other scenario where public speaking is involved. But not today, today Gerry gave a thought provoking, amusing and engaging talk and showed us all exactly how it should be done.
“So, what did we learn? Gerry taught us how to engage with our audience, how to use humour in our talks/presentations and, most importantly, to be yourself. Being a nervous public speaker myself, the top tips I will be taking away from the afternoon will be:
- Be well prepared – practice makes perfect, don’t just wing it
• Recognise the silence – pause and take your time, don’t rush it
• Have access to your material – keep notes handy to refer to if needed
• Breathe – take a few deep breaths and compose yourself
• Focus on a person in the audience who is smiling/engaging, it will help with confidence
• Don’t look at yourself, look at the audience – they want you to succeed
• And most importantly, try to enjoy yourself!
“Thank you to Gerry and everyone who attended – Abbi”
A fun improv exercise often used in our training programmes:
Our classic DIY Comedy workshop, televised by Hong Kong TV:
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