New Book: 50 Quotations on Laughter

March 22, 2012

 New York, NY - Humor That Works has just released book #2 of a 3 part series, this one called 50 Quotations on Laughter. The first book, 50 Quotations on Humor, is also available. 50 Quotations on Laughter demonstrates the breadth of what laughter can do, with thoughts coming from some of the greatest minds in history. [...]

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Humor at Work: Improv and Public Speaking Spring 2012

March 21, 2012

Baton Rouge, LA - I got a chance to return to Baton Rouge this past week and once again filled in as guest lecturer for my brother’s Public Speaking and Argumentation & Debate classes. In each, I took key elements of the class syllabus and used improv exercises to experientially teach the subject matter. This, combined with [...]

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The Happy Secret to Better Work

February 17, 2012

Psychologist Shawn Achor gave a hilarious and insightful talk at TEDxBloomington. In it, he shares ideas about what makes us happy and how to go about achieving happiness.

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How Companies Learn Your Secrets – NYT Article

February 16, 2012

I read a fascinating article on how companies are using analytics to learn more about human behavior. While the stories of Target and P&G are pretty interested, I was more intrigued by the discussion on creating / forming habits, specifically the idea of Cue -> Routine -> Habit. It’s a little lengthy but worth the [...]

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Secret Structure of Great Talks

February 8, 2012

An impressive TEDxEast presentation on the secret structure of great talks. I particularly like the metaphor of presenters being the mentor and the audience being the heroes.

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Humor in Presidential Elections

January 24, 2012

Note: This article was written by David Tarvin, a PhD student at Louisiana State University and the newest addition to the Humor That Works team. To find out more, check out his bio. Recently, a friend and I were discussing the potential GOP candidates for this year’s presidential election. He told me wished Sarah Palin [...]

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Sparking Creativity in Teams: A Humorist’s Guide

January 17, 2012

The McKinsey Quarterly recently released their Top 10 Articles of 2011. You can read them here (note: free registration is required). One of the articles in particular caught my eye because it speaks directly to humor (though sadly doesn’t mention it directly). The article? #9 Sparking creativity in teams: An executive’s guide The article talks [...]

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How to Crush an Employee’s Enthusiasm

January 13, 2012

From Jim Collins, author of Good to Great. How to Crush an Employee’s Enthusiasm.

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New Book: 50 Quotations on Humor

December 30, 2011

Humor That Works has just published a new book titled 50 Quotations on Humor: From Aristotle to Eisenhower, 50 Quotations on the Power of Humor. It contains quotations from some of the greatest minds in history on the subject of humor. Included with each quotation is a short biography of the source and a bonus [...]

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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

December 29, 2011

With the New Year right around the corner, some 100 million Americans will be making Resolutions for the year. Sadly half of them won’t keep those resolutions more than 6 months. However, for those that do make resolutions, they are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t make any resolutions [...]

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