SpeakerNet News Teleseminars
November 17
How to Mine the Comedy Gold Within
and Make it Shine
(webcast)
Guest Expert:
Chris McGuire
(About Chris)
How to register and order the recording:
to register online.
Or call 408-998-7977 with your name, address, phone number, email address, and credit card information (Visa, MasterCard, Amex only).
Special for webcast registrants: everyone who registers for the live webcast session or orders the recording will get a link to the recorded video of the online webcast, as well as the audio MP3 for convenient re-listening.
Webcast video:
- If you order the recording, you will get a link to the recorded video of the online webcast.
The Details:
Date: Monday, November 17, 2025 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern (6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 pm Pacific)
(Enter your location here to get your local time)Length: 60 minutes Cost: $49
The Program:
Humor Sells. Your business. Your pitch. Your expertise.
Every speaking gig should generate three more. Referrals. Re-bookings. Word of mouth. Do yours?
The speaker before you — weaker content, less experience — just turned one gig into five. The difference? They connected in 60 seconds while you’re still warming up at minute 10.
You’re not broken. You might be stuck on autopilot.
You’ve been told humor is a “soft skill.” Not essential.
Hogwash.
In the first 60 seconds, your audience’s brain is scanning you for threats and running credibility checks.
Strategic humor shifts that process from skepticism to trust in 20 seconds instead of 20 minutes.
That’s not soft. That’s infrastructure.
Speakers commanding $20K understand this. Speakers stuck at lower fees don’t.
Chris writes for Emmy Winning Late Night TV Programs — material that had to work in front of millions, in a brutally competitive environment where mediocrity gets you fired.
The same frameworks that make audiences laugh on TV make prospects say “yes” in speaking settings.
He has helped speakers and organizations ranging from wellness experts to financial advisors to Silicon Valley companies use humor to build trust, build community and increase their impact AND business.
What you will learn:
- How smart speakers use humor to go the extra mile and deploy strategic humor. And real-world examples of how audiences reward speakers who go the extra mile.
- How strategic humor can be used to grab attention, build trust & authority and engage audiences to spend money on your services.
- Some strategies to get laughs early in your speech and deliver humor with confidence, even if you aren’t “naturally funny.”
More about our guest expert:
Chris McGuire is a ghostwriter & presentation transformation expert, and 20-year veteran Hollywood television writer/producer with decades of experience creating Emmy-nominated and award-winning content. Now he helps public speakers and people who sell from the stage elevate their presentations using the skills he learned in stand-up, from client work and collaborations with top comedy, music and lifestyle brands in Hollywood.
He’s worked on the Comedy Central Roasts, Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, the Arsenio Hall Show, Lopez Tonight, Hollywood Award Shows, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, The Burn with Jeff Ross, and the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber.
He has a humor and story-focused program where his clients typically see these results in a few weeks: more referrals, increased prospect conversion, and higher fees.
He offers 1:1 coaching, group cohort programs and weekend workshops. His clients span the spectrum of business transformation experts, financial planners, wellness gurus and high-level military leadership.
Chris uses his humor detector to find the gold his clients already have within them and makes it shine.
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