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Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes For All Occasions
Pearls of wisdom and downright funny lines are bountiful in Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes for All Occasions.
Public speaking tops the list of things people fear most--above fear of snakes, falling, or even death. But Dick Enberg has the antidote. With 28 general subjects to choose from, you're bound to find just the right line to loosen your tongue and break the ice on any occasion.
As baby boomers increasingly are faced with occasion for public speaking--graduations, weddings, retirement parties, anniversaries of all sorts--Dick Enberg's book will no doubt become the book of choice. Laced with humorous personal anecdotes about Enberg's own public speaking experiences throughout the years, the book is both an entertaining read and a resource of humorous material for specific occasions. It also includes technical tips on how to quickly and efficiently put together a successful humorous talk.
Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes for All Occasions will pave the way toward making the speaker and his or her audience perfectly at ease and ready for a good time.
Public speaking tops the list of things people fear most--above fear of snakes, falling, or even death. But Dick Enberg has the antidote. With 28 general subjects to choose from, you're bound to find just the right line to loosen your tongue and break the ice on any occasion.
As baby boomers increasingly are faced with occasion for public speaking--graduations, weddings, retirement parties, anniversaries of all sorts--Dick Enberg's book will no doubt become the book of choice. Laced with humorous personal anecdotes about Enberg's own public speaking experiences throughout the years, the book is both an entertaining read and a resource of humorous material for specific occasions. It also includes technical tips on how to quickly and efficiently put together a successful humorous talk.
Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes for All Occasions will pave the way toward making the speaker and his or her audience perfectly at ease and ready for a good time.
256 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2000
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February 26, 2020
Dick Enberg was a terrific play-by-play tv guy in many different sports. Coming up with advice to be a good public speaker -- not so good.
The book has some useful pieces of humor. The problem is that there's little in the book to help a reader make a good choice about what humorous statements can be used. He tells on page 2 that "...self-denigrating humors works best of all." Some times, yes. Not always. He also quotes Mark Twain's famous statement, "It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech." The presentation of the humor works against that goal.
But, there's lots of funny stuff for speeches--but only for the person who knows what he wants to do with humor.
And, yes, I copied a number of the jokes just to have them in case......
The book has some useful pieces of humor. The problem is that there's little in the book to help a reader make a good choice about what humorous statements can be used. He tells on page 2 that "...self-denigrating humors works best of all." Some times, yes. Not always. He also quotes Mark Twain's famous statement, "It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech." The presentation of the humor works against that goal.
But, there's lots of funny stuff for speeches--but only for the person who knows what he wants to do with humor.
And, yes, I copied a number of the jokes just to have them in case......
October 25, 2007
This was a Deseret Industries find that yielded some fun quotes. Eric used one by Mark Twain in his talk in church. Enberg also gives great advice on public speaking.
August 27, 2018
Much better than some. Organized well, with humorous quotes and varied text. Makes you want to continue turning pages. Recommended.
October 25, 2022
This book is a combination of: humorous quotes with tips for public speaking, in general. The jokes are not funny, but the tips are useful.
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