Many people feel the need to put humor in their presentation. Indeed, if you can make people laugh and prove a point at the same time, that is always a wonderful thing.
But humor is hard. It’s really hard. Jokes or observations that make our friends or family laugh may keep an audience stony-faced. If you do have the need or desire to bring humor to a presentation, then please give yourself plenty of raw material.
Jerry Seinfeld told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that only one out of ten jokes “works.†This is Jerry talking about his own material! That means even Jerry Seinfeld bombs 90% of the time!
