You should make sure that the humor you use is something that will resonate with the person or group and is appropriate for the special occasion. Humor should be used sparingly and only if you have a good relationship with the person or group. If you decide to incorporate humor, here are some tips. So, reserve humor for speeches where you know the audience well! So before you choose to use humor, there are many things to consider: audience demographics, number of people, type of event, cultural context, or organizational characteristics. What you think is funny another person might not.
You really have to know who your audience is and what makes them laugh in order to employ humor.
Often, beginner speakers think that starting a speech by using humor is the best way to go. Laughter is a universal response to something funny: everyone laughs. It is actions, or words, that are meant to induce laughter. What is humor? We all know it when we see it.
