Get your laugh on each 3rd Sunday night of the month,
6-8 PM in the East Bay at this specialty Toastmasters club
Sign-in at 5:45 on 1st floor
at St. Paul's Towers, 100 Bay Place, Oakland CA 94610

Copywriter David Garfinkel, a close personal friend of John's, in discussion with humorist and screenwriter Jeff Heidner

Bill Cole helps attendees understand strategies for adding humor to their presentations.

Patricia Fripp CSP, CPAE, and close personal friend of John Cantu, tells stories of John and of speaking,

The following handouts (in PDF format) from past presentations by our members and guests are made available to you for use in developing and honing your humor and comedic skills:

John Tenza's Prop-osition Funny handout (10-18-09) on Use of Props! (PDF)

"If you want to add more humor to your presentations" (Cantu article on humor)

Article/handout by Jollytologist Allen Klein, CSP on How to be Funny Without Telling Jokes (PDF)

Use of "Call and Response" to connect and engage your audience (Craig Harrison)

Craig's instructional Book Review of David Glickman's Punchline Your Bottom Line book

Handout explaining Judy Carter's Exaggeration technique

Ashley Harkness handout on Use of Timing

Short One-Liners presentation by Ashley Harkness

Craig Harrison's intro and handout for how to brainstorm to develop comedic content

Craig Harrison's 2010 Spring Conference handout You've Got Stories!

Shaggy Dog Stories for Adults from Ashley Harkness

Humor Skills Workshop on Getting Summer into Your Humor (Harkness)

The Brillance of The Three Stooges (Harrison)

Application to join the Three Stooges Fan Club

Todd Hunt's "But I'm Not A Comedian! Adding Humor without Parodies, Pauses or P-Sounds"

Handout from a Virginia Tooper program at LaughLovers on humor (2-page PDF)

Thomas McFarlin's Word Play activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)
Thomas McFarlin's Physical Play activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)
Thomas McFarlin's Analogies activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)
Thomas McFarlin's Storytelling activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)
Thomas McFarlin's Observational Humor activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)
Thomas McFarlin's "The Reverse" activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)
Thomas McFarlin's Self-Deprecating Humor activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)
Thomas McFarlin's One Liners activity from the Laugh Out Loud Toastmasters of Wisconsin. (PDF)