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Level Up Your Humor: Learn Conversational Comedy Mastery & How to Have a Sense of Humor.

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Overview

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Being funny doesn’t always come naturally to us, but “Banter and Conversational Humor” will make it easier to find your conversational humor style. You’ll find it much easier to keep conversations going in an interesting way and wonder why everyone can’t stop laughing around you! 

The course covers the inner game and mindset of humor, a few different humor styles, how to build your character and voice, banter techniques and exercises.

This course is to help train your brain to be funnier, spontaneously. You’ll be in conversations or observe situations, and BAM, a joke pops into your head. 

You’ll learn some preplanned funny frames and have some set jokes, but more importantly you will learn the patterns and frames of mind for humor. Your brain will think in a spontaneously humorous way. 


Here's What You'll Learn:

  • Why humor is important, as well as when it's appropriate to use it.

  • The exact mindset to become funnier instantly.

  • Be funny not just with close friends, but with strangers and in a variety of social contexts.

  • The importance of taking risks in order to learn what type of humor fits different people and situations.

  • The importance of balancing humor with normal conversation.

  • The subtleties of using different types of humor depending on the atmosphere you’re in.

  • Make your stories funnier in everyday conversation

  • The ability to "vibe" with people through humor, that normally you have a hard time resonating with (work colleagues, friends of friends, strangers,...etc.)

INSIDE THE COURSE:

  • Humor Mindset: This is the "inner game" section of the course. Adopting these mindsets will make you learn humor much faster and be more confident with your delivery. This section will get your mind in the right place and have you come from the right place when connecting with people in a humorous way.

  • Humor styles: Here I'll show you a few common humor styles that can help you become funnier. You’ll see examples from famous comedians to talk shows applying conversational banter.

  • Techniques and conversational comedy structure: In this part of the course you’ll learn techniques I personally use to spice up my interactions and make my conversations more interesting. Here you’ll see some talk show examples showing you how some of your favorite celebrities interact using these humor techniques.

  • Simple exercises to apply each step of the way: you’ll apply proven exercises to increase your wit and banter skills. In addition, part of the course will include a 30 day challenge to practice your conversational humor skills.

Sounds sweet enough?

There is much more in this course. I can’t wait to see you inside.

Syllabus

  • Course Intro
  • Course Overview
  • Benefit from your humor
  • Lead the conversation through questions & humor
  • Develop your humor mindset
  • Sprinkle comedy into your conversations
  • Create your humor self-talk
  • Develop your comedy story
  • Join the 30 day challenge
  • Find your humor style
  • Develop your anecdotal humor
  • Step outside your comfort zone with blue comedy
  • Adapt these conversational humor techniques
  • Use exageration to make things humorous
  • Master misinterpretation
  • Develop your voice and witty charachter
  • Thank you!

Taught by

Felipe Yanez

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