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Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian

It"s funny business! Learn leadership & business skills to deal with people & handle life"s curveballs. A professional comedian offers laughs & practical tips. 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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon

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01:12

How to Write Humor

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/12

: 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 Jay Leno's Tonight Show monologue to radio, syndicated cartoon strips, CEO's, companies like wart removal cream makers, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (my parents are proud). I now travel the country showing people how to use humor in business. So here's your 60 second tip – if you want to find the funny in a situation, ask questions

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01:27

Introductions, part 5

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/11

I do a lot of work humor so my website is Work lady.com and sometimes I'm introduced at events as the work lady. But a few times I've been introduced as the Working Girl. That's a whole other profession. People are wondering what kind of entertainment they hired. And my knee jerk reaction is to correct them before I start getting offers. But really there are other choices. I can ignore it. . .which is what I do if I don't have much time on stage. Just move on and presume they'll forget. I can

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01:28

Introductions, part 4

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/10

I once got a painful introduction where the lady introducing me read the email that I sent her to get the gig. She's telling them all the reasons they should hire me. People are looking over at me like are we voting on this? Jan's standing right there. I'm like, I'm going on stage . . I flew here. And at one event, the person introducing me read my 3-page bio instead of my 3-sentence introduction. My bio is all the stuff my mom likes to hear about. . . the audience who doesn't know me, not so much

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01:54

Introductions, part 3

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/09

Shut the hell up. We've got a comedian here and she's really funny! Now shut the hell up! And with that crappy introduction I took to the stage. Sure everyone got quiet – because they were screamed at and ordered to. And now the pressure is on . . .I'd better be really funny. In fact, I'd better be funnier than the things they were just laughing about with their friends. I get it that the guy was trying to get them focused. But screaming at the audience and telling 'em that they have to listen to

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01:42

Introductions, part 2

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/08

I've had some bad introductions over the years. One woman read my jokes. She's out there getting laughs with them, I'm backstage wondering how I'm going to say them in a few minutes. Another guy said "these jokes are so funny, I just have to say them" no you don't. My tips this week are on introductions, and I've gotten some doozies over the years. You will have introductions, even if they aren't from the stage. Make sure they're done right. I realize that some of these bad introductions happened

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01:35

Introductions

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/07

And now coming to the stage is a writer for Reader's digest. I actually got that as my introduction once. People are staring at me like, can't anyone write for that? You just send in an article. The guy introducing me was trying really hard. He remembered that I'd written for big things, but he was so nervous that he forgot that it was Jay Leno on the tonight show and radio and syndicated cartoon strips. He tried to wing it. . .and that's what his brain came up with. It's appropriate to kick off

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01:01

Sunday Funnies - Clean Comedy Live

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/06

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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud). For over 25+ years she’s traveled country as a comedian, keynote speaker, and

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05:02

My LA Comedy Store Audition Podcast

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/05

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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud). For over 25+ years she’s traveled country as a comedian, keynote speaker, and

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04:36

Comedy and Coal Miners

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/04

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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud). For over 25+ years she’s traveled country as a comedian, keynote speaker, and

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04:36

My Comedy Starts and Stops, part 2

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/03

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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud). For over 25+ years she’s traveled country as a comedian, keynote speaker, and

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05:25

My Comedy Starts and Stops, part 1

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/02

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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud). For over 25+ years she’s traveled country as a comedian, keynote speaker, and

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04:07

Comedian Star Power Podcast

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/12/01

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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud). For over 25+ years she’s traveled country as a comedian, keynote speaker, and

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03:36

That One Joke Podcast

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/30

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 on the Tonight Show as well as many other people, places and groups – radio, TV, syndicated cartoon strips, and even guests on the Jerry Springer show (her parents are proud). For over 25+ years she’s traveled country as a comedian, keynote speaker, and

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0:46

Sunday Funnies, Clean Comedy Live

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/29

I love that joke, and there's truth to it as well! If you want to hear more stories from my comedy career, check out my short podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. It's called Comedian Stories. I kick off with a joke, tell a short 3 or 4 minute story, and end with a take-away tip from what I learned. All under 5 minutes. And tune in tomorrow for new weekly tips! That's it for today. Take care and enjoy your journey.

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01:44

Humor Writing Tips

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/28

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, and syndicated cartoon strips, so I can show you how. So here's your 60 second tip. If you want to find humor fast, look in the news! I started out writing topical jokes about topics in the news. Things change so fast that I couldn't keep doing news jokes in my act – I mean you can't still be telling lorana bobbit jokes these

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01:34

Tips for Using Humor in Business, part 5

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/27

In his monologue, Jay Leno joked about every topic you can think of. But I once heard him say that there are really only 4 or 5 subjects in comedy . . . and he said he may be making political jokes, but if you listen closely, they're not so much political statements as they are jokes about politicians and sex. This week I'm talking about guidelines for using humor in business, and today's tip, don't worry if your topic is serious, you can find humor in every topic. You may not be able to

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01:48

Tips For Using Humor in Business, part 4

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/26

There used to be a tabloid called the Weekly World News that was totally bogus and had stories like Bat Boy – a boy who looks like a bat, and lots stories about Alien sightings. How do I know it was bogus? I was featured in some of the articles. One article I was in had me and my husband hacked up by a Chuckie Doll somewhere in France. It was ridiculous. The people who worked at this tabloid knew who their audience was and what their purpose was with the magazine. And that's what made the magazine

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01:33

Tips for Using Humor in Business, part 3

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/25

I'm currently touring theatres with another comedian Kent Rader in the Baby Boomer Comedy Show, and at the end of the show we open up to questions. Hey you're not going to get to ask Leno or Seinfeld questions about comedy, but you can ask us. And one of the biggest questions we get is "what's your worst show." They don’t ask our best show, they ask our worst. And after almost every show we also get people coming up to us saying "I'm funny, I should be a comedian." The main reason they don't do it.

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01:39

Tips For Using Humor in Business, part 2

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/24

I wasn't the class clown in school, and I've only been told I should be a comedian once. Back in high school when they voted on those superlatives like best dressed, most athletic, and I'm better than you. My friend Judy said "jan you say funny things, I'm going to nominate you as funniest." And so I got 2 votes. . me and Judy. Even at my class reunion she was the only one who said you're a comedian – that's perfect. Everyone else looked at me like, you haven't been on any major TV shows, are you

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01:38

Tips For Using Humor in Business

Finding the Funny: Leadership Tips From a Comedian ·

2020/11/23

Years ago I was performing at a Casino in Reno Nevada right around when cell phones were starting to get big. During the first show, a guy in the front row's cell phone went off and he proceeded to answer it AND talk over me. I tried to joke around with him, but after a few minutes of him ignoring me, and still talking, I snapped. I got angry and yelled at him. Finally I got him out of the showroom, but it was almost impossible to get back into being funny. I wrapped up that show and did a second

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