This book is not intended to turn you into a stand-up comedian. Instead, it is a comprehensive guide to winning your audience with bombproof humor. In this book, based on over 25 years of the author's acclaimed humor workshops, keynote speeches, writing, coaching, research, and special-occasion assignments, you will learn fifteen ways humor can improve your presentations or speeches, dozens of types of humor and when to use them, five key steps to using bomb-proof humor, excellent sources for finding humorous material, proven methods of personalizing stock humor and making it sound genuine and believable, humor for special occasions, and much more