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David Nihill

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, David is the Founder of FunnyBizz, a community, writer platform, and conference series, where business meets humor to abolish boring content. His work has been featured in Inc., Lifehacker, The Huffington Post, NPR, The Irish Times, Fast Company and Forbes. A graduate of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School he wears a tie, but only to bungee jump.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

David Nihill I tested the concept for this book initially as an interactive ecourse. It meant I was able to lay out my thoughts as a teachable learning sequence an…moreI tested the concept for this book initially as an interactive ecourse. It meant I was able to lay out my thoughts as a teachable learning sequence and adjust based on student feedback. Basically to see what worked and what didn't. This meant when it came time to write the book I was able to dictate much of the content and build upon it. This helped hugely to avoid writers block as there were rarely times I was trying to add something new and untested, specific to the book.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

David Nihill The idea came from recognizing two things:
1 most people are afraid of public speaking (like me) and 2, most people would like to be funnier. The book…moreThe idea came from recognizing two things:
1 most people are afraid of public speaking (like me) and 2, most people would like to be funnier. The book struck me as a great way to help folks overcome the former while achieving the latter. Bearing in mind Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hours to make a master there are few better placed than comedians to draw inspiration from when it comes to public speaking.(less)

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	Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker 3.91 avg rating — 1,314 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do You Talk Funny?: The Roadmap to Comedy Success: Mastering the Craft and Crafting Comedy Brilliance by Clive Castle, David Nihill (Goodreads Author), Steven Myles (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Think back through your experiences and make a bullet point list of funny stories that have happened to you or your friends. Travel, school, college, parties, work, interaction with parents/in-laws, embarrassing situations, etc. Looking at old photos will help to jog memories.”
― David Nihill, Do You Talk Funny? 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker

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“The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.”
― David Nihill, Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker

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“The end of laughter is followed by the height of listening.” — Jeffrey Gitomer”
― David Nihill, Do You Talk Funny? 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker

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