Historical Figure: Andrew Tarvin
Attributes: World’s first humor engineer, worked with 200+ organizations, delivered specific programs to 50+ states, 18 countries & 3 continents
Title: The skill of Humor (Duration: 19:16 mins)
Main Point: Humor is a an important human necessity that should be used by all people
Subpoint: *Uses real life example of how to be positive and find common things that even though are not funny can become funny (0:38-1:38)
Subpoint: *He states that absolutely everyone loves humor and that no one would be against it; humor is always accepted as long as it doesn’t touch certain negative, controvertial, or sentimental aspects (2:08-)
Subpoint: *Humor in our modern time is under appreciated, etc. (2:24-2:56)
Main Point: Anyone can learn how to use humor because it is a skill and people can get better results while using humor
Subpoint: *Andrew shares his personal experience and point of view to compliment his claim (6:28-)
Subpoint: *People think of humor as a drawback for them because it’s challenging; people are intimidated by the idea of using humor for the reason that people might reject them or they won’t know how to handle humor properly and even puts an example (3:30-3:55)
Subpoint: *Tips, ideas and facts on how to use humor (7:14-10:22)
Part 2:
1. Know the subject? (1:48-) Andrew states his credibility
2. Show enthusiasm? Through the whole speech Andrew showed large amounts of enthusiasm especially since he used humor inside his speech
3. Use gestures? Many times Andrew uses different hand and body gestures as well as body poses and facial expressions to keep the audience entertained and engaged
4. Use pleasant, expressive voice? Andrew uses no innapropiate words, his voice is very high pitched and is a neat compliment to his hands and body gestures
5. Pleasing pace? Andrew in no way can bore an audience because as he is informing the audience he uses humor, photos, etc. To keep them active in his speech
6. Speak clearly? Andrew speaks well and makes little to no mistakes in his pronunciation and he knows how to establish his claims as well as viewpoints in a clear manner to his onlookers
7. Use humor carefully? His speech was very insightful and witty. It was fun to hear and watch because of the passion he posseses when he speaks of humor and displays it
