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Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

Jan McInnis

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

A daily Education, Business and Management podcast
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Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

Jan McInnis

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

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Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

Jan McInnis

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

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I've been hit up for money before from various people, but listen in to this quick story about an agency who tried to get some money from me to help them promote me. It was ridiculous! I tried helping them out, but in the end, it really wasn't
There are some lists you want to make it on in comedy and some you don't. Here's a quick story about the time I got on a very good list! Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis's unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solu
Cursing on stage is usally a BIG no-no for corporate events, BUT here's a quick story about the ONE time I did it and it worked!!! In fact I got booked for MORE shows. Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis's unique, fun and useful i
It's funny business! And today Jan shares a quick story from her comedy club days about doing radio . . . or NOT doing radio. Take a quick break and pick up a quick tip.
Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis's unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solutions to your own work and life issues.  This episode is what she learned from the drunkest emcee gig she ever had to do! Jan is an est
It's funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life's curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & practical tips. Check out Jan's website here. Check out more stories on her Facebook Business page h
Short stories from Jan's comedy and keynote speaking career with unique tips for business.   https://www.theWorkLady.com Jan McInnis is a top keynote speaker, funny female motivational speaker, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and comedy writ
Two quick jokes from the news today. Check them out!
Jan's Website3 news jokes under 1 minute. I've written and sold a ton of jokes from news stories. Nowadays I just do them for myself because I think they're funny. News stores are an easy way to add humor - just stay away from politics and mess
Murder Investigations and Big Business are connected! At least that's what funny motivational speaker, comedian and business humorist Jan McInnis says. Her latest article titled "Five Things I Learned From Forensic Files" shows what business le
It's funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life's curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & practical tips. Today Jan shares one of the keys of her success! It's funny business! Learn leaders
Funny comedian & top keynote speaker Jan McInnis's unique, fun and useful ideas will help you develop solutions to your own work and life issues.   Jan is an established comedy writer. She's sold material for Jay Leno’s Tonight Show monologue o
And it's the Saturday edition of Finding the Funny, which means I'll be giving you a tip to find the funny yourself! I've written for everyone from the Tonight Show to radio, syndicated cartoon strips, CEO's, companies like airline food vendors
If you watch 20 comics, you may see 20 different approaches to telling a joke. In my act I do 3-4 jokes a minute, and I like the set-up punch style of Rodney Dangerfield and Jay Leno. If you don't like this one, then you'll like this one. But o
I always have a client call before my keynotes and comedy shows. And people try to come up with funny things, instead of just telling me the facts and let ME come up with the funny. And people have actually said things to me such as "make fun o
I was performing for a group of 4400 people. It was a dinner event, and they ran out of dinners for 1500 people. It was plated, so basically they miscounted by 1500 meals. AND it was their employee appreciate banquet. As a comedian, I wanted to
Years ago I got to do comedy in front of 500 blind merchant. I was the only sighted person in the room, so of course as a comedian, the first thing I want to say when I get on stage is "hey, I'm naked!" But I didn't. Why? Okay, maybe it's a bad
There are few rules for humor, and in fact, I think the only big rule in comedy is to be funny. You can be dirty, clean, insulting or whatever, but as long as you're funny, you've fulfilled the job requirement. That's the number one rule for th
The won custody punchline wasn't the original punchline. My communications tips this week tell you how I get a little information over to you so that you get the joke. Check them out.   And if you want to hear short stories from my comedy trave
And it's the Saturday edition of Finding the Funny, which means I'll be giving you a tip to find the funny yourself! I've written for everyone from the Tonight Show to radio, syndicated cartoon strips, CEO's, companies like wart removal cream m
I talk fast. It's one of the critiques that I've always heard from people. I talk too fast, they can't keep up. This week I'm talking communication tips, and while I really haven't slowed down my talking over the years, I have enunciated better
I was having my HVAC unit replaced and 2 guys showed up at my house. They spoke pretty good English, but not 100%. They went up on the roof, and after about 20 minutes one of them came back down stairs and knocked on my door. I answered it and
Years ago I was doing a holiday party gig for a major corporation, and I got to the venue an hour early to take a look at the room. The room was set for the thousand people. And what did I see? The tables were in a circle and the stage was in t
.  Getting up at my first open mic was scary, scary, scary. Luckily it went well. But I think what was even scarier than telling jokes on stage was telling my friends that I was doing jokes on stage. I wasn't exactly the class clown, and nobody
I've been on stage for 30 years. First doing stand-up comedy, and now I do a lot of keynote speaking at conferences. Yet you probably don't know who I am. And that means when I get on stage you don't know that I have 3 siblings, no kids, a cat
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