In this episode, I sit down with Cesar Cervantes – an expert speaker coach, TEDx mentor, and former stand-up comedian – to dive into the real behind-the-scenes of landing, writing, and delivering a TEDx talk that actually makes an impact. 🎯
You will learn:
Timestamps & Highlights:
23:47 – 23:56: How do you add humor to a speech?
23:56 – 24:10: Don’t try to be funny from the start — find the right moments to insert humor.
24:10 – 24:24: It depends on your natural sense of humor and personality.
24:56 – 25:12: There are two key ingredients to humor: surprise and superiority.
25:31 – 25:45: Surprise is when the audience didn’t expect that twist. Superiority is when something is better or smarter than something else.
25:45 – 26:03: A great book, Comedy Writing Secrets, breaks humor into 5–7 joke types.
26:03 – 26:05: Once you know the structure, you can write jokes intentionally — not just by instinct.
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