logging in or signing up Funny Joke Politics aSGuest268 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1758 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: September 28, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript FUNNY JOKE POLITICS : FUNNY JOKE POLITICS How & how not to use humor in communications Being funny can... : Being funny can... dethrone & deflate an opponent allow you to say things you couldn’t with a straight face puncture an argument make messages much easier to pass along broadly deflect criticism, show humanity When does it work? : When does it work? Rarely. When does it not work? : When does it not work? Often. Why? : Why? Care too much; don’t want to make light Comedy is bad at communicating new ideas Focus is too specific; no entry point Wrong messenger Also: it’s really, really hard How? Meet them half way : How? Meet them half way Need to find a shared premise: common ground The more surprising, the funnier Formulas for funny : Formulas for funny Ridiculing character Pushing argument to extreme Translate to human speak: sociological or psychological Connect to pop culture Juxtapose Language A with Message B Ridiculing character : Ridiculing character Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7bzdj9RlG4 Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7X8u5IEEBc Translate to human speak : Translate to human speak Explain with pop culture : Explain with pop culture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqtL-P8kzo Language A, Message B : Language A, Message B Language A, Message B : Language A, Message B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs But, really, how? : But, really, how? Don’t go with first idea — brainstorm 10 more Commit. Context matters — find something to copy Don’t underestimate the power of swearing, kittens, and sex You don’t have to be funny : You don’t have to be funny Best as a mindset, not a format Just be interesting. Good people : Good people Andy Cobb — andrewtcobb@ca.rr.com Lee Stranahan — lee@stranahan.com Andrew Boyd — andrewontheroad@gmail.com Robert Greenwald — Brave New Films You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Funny Joke Politics aSGuest268 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1758 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: September 28, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript FUNNY JOKE POLITICS : FUNNY JOKE POLITICS How & how not to use humor in communications Being funny can... : Being funny can... dethrone & deflate an opponent allow you to say things you couldn’t with a straight face puncture an argument make messages much easier to pass along broadly deflect criticism, show humanity When does it work? : When does it work? Rarely. When does it not work? : When does it not work? Often. Why? : Why? Care too much; don’t want to make light Comedy is bad at communicating new ideas Focus is too specific; no entry point Wrong messenger Also: it’s really, really hard How? Meet them half way : How? Meet them half way Need to find a shared premise: common ground The more surprising, the funnier Formulas for funny : Formulas for funny Ridiculing character Pushing argument to extreme Translate to human speak: sociological or psychological Connect to pop culture Juxtapose Language A with Message B Ridiculing character : Ridiculing character Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7bzdj9RlG4 Push argument extreme : Push argument extreme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7X8u5IEEBc Translate to human speak : Translate to human speak Explain with pop culture : Explain with pop culture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqtL-P8kzo Language A, Message B : Language A, Message B Language A, Message B : Language A, Message B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs But, really, how? : But, really, how? Don’t go with first idea — brainstorm 10 more Commit. Context matters — find something to copy Don’t underestimate the power of swearing, kittens, and sex You don’t have to be funny : You don’t have to be funny Best as a mindset, not a format Just be interesting. Good people : Good people Andy Cobb — andrewtcobb@ca.rr.com Lee Stranahan — lee@stranahan.com Andrew Boyd — andrewontheroad@gmail.com Robert Greenwald — Brave New Films