Examples of joke in the following topics:
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- Using a joke to start a presentation is often a good idea if used properly.
- Beginning a presentation with a joke can be an effective strategy for winning over one's audience, provided the speaker or author knows his or her audience well.
- However, the speaker better hope the audience thinks the joke is funny!
- Most often, keeping one's joke clean is prudent, as not to create discomfort among the audience.
- Also helpful is telling a joke relevant to the subject being presented.
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- It would be great if you had a joke or humorous story in mind for every possible occasion, but probably you don't.
- According to one of his longtime writers, Sherwood Schwartz, Hope wanted to "get there, and fast" in all his jokes.
- "You knew that if you wrote a joke for Bob, you had to knock out every word that didn't count.
- Once, when I worked as a college administrator, I e-mailed a lawyer joke to a large group of faculty members.
- You might have noticed that the joke I began this section with doesn't specify whether the offending boss was male or female.
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- Will you start with a quote, statistic, personal story, a joke, or an overview?
- Using a joke to start a presentation is often a good idea, as long as it is appropriate.
- Also, try to make the joke pertain to the subject you are presenting.
- Using an overview as an opening would be a good choice if you are unsure how your audience will react to a joke or a startling statistic.
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- Some folks effortlessly recall jokes and quips by the dozen.
- Lots of people don't remember jokes at all, however, whether good or bad.
- A good chunk of the explosive growth in e-mail communication over the last 10-15 years consists of jokes and other materials meant to amuse us.
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- These techniques can include a quotation, a startling statistic, a personal experience, a joke, or a formal closure.
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- Rather than immersing themselves in jokes or other forms of humor, these groups strive primarily to produce joy through play.
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- Sexual harassment can includes a range of behavior from mild transgressions (like jokes or innuendos) to sexual abuse or sexual assault, but laws against sexual harassment typically don't prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or minor isolated incidents.
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- At any time, two or three GSCs circulates through the building telling jokes, performing tricks, distributing cartoons and treats, singing amusing songs, and pulling non-embarrassing pranks.
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- Likewise, even with "emoticons" like ";-)" at your disposal, you'll have a hard time conveying the punch of a good joke as well in writing as you could by tone of voice and facial expression.
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- A few novice directors—including me—liked to joke about Jim's dedication to hunting.