Find Your Funny
Comedy Masterclasses for Business Speakers
with Paul Dornan & Lucy Porter
19 April & 8 June 2024 – 9.30am to 1pm
The Comedy Store
1a Oxendon Street, London SW1Y 4EE
Learn how to be funnier and more engaging on stage… in a way that’s true to YOU!
Comedy in business speaking is like gold dust
Everyone knows that being funny and entertaining as a business speaker gets you places – and fast. You’re listened to more, liked more, booked more. It’s a superpower. And you get to design your own cape.
How can you introduce humour into your own speaking if you’re not a natural comedian? Is it a risk? Will there be tumbleweed? Can you get laughs without diluting your message or making yourself less credible? The answer is… Yes, you can. And hugely experienced comedy professionals Paul Dornan and Lucy Porter will show you how in their new Masterclass at The Comedy Store in London.
Find Your Funny is an inspiring, entertaining, insight-filled masterclass that gives you all the right ideas, questions, thinking tools, exercises and inside-track tips you need to help you take your speaking up to a whole new warm, likeable level.
Paul Dornan and Lucy Porter are two vastly experienced comedy professionals, deeply versed in the business speaking world.
You don’t need to be a comedian to be funny
Being funny as a business speaker isn’t about downloading jokes from the internet or turning yourself into a PowerPoint stand-up.
It’s about finding the true, funny human being in YOU: Your amazing backstory; your amusing triumphs, your even more amusing disasters, the daft things you said to a boss, the witty comebacks you didn’t say. It’s also the colourful characters you’ve met along the way and their car-crashes too.
This is the real-life comic gold that will connect you with the hearts, minds and funny-bones of your audience and make you a far more entertaining, likeable, memorable and yes, bookable speaker. Time after time.
Over a busy, hard-working half-day you’ll learn how to:
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Turn the funny you LOVE into the funny you ARE
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Identify your unique comic style that is 100% authentic to YOU
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Take top pointers from the funniest business speeches ever
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Spot the natural comic opportunities in your current material
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Bring life, character and structure to your stories and anecdotes
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Deliver your funny stuff with ease and confidence
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Punch up your speech like a comedy writer
The masterclass is a busy, interactive half-day in a small, friendly group with stories to tell…
Who is the Masterclass For?
Keynote speakers. Expert speakers, trainers, workshop leaders, speaker training consultants, event hosts and MCs. Industry experts and speaker agents. Also business leaders, marketeers, thought leaders, people who present important things all the time and people who present important things only sometimes, entrepreneurs, salespeople and anyone who wants to be funnier, more engaging and all round FABULOUS in their public and in their professional communications.
Quite a few people in fact. Are you one of them?
Being funny as a business speaker isn’t about turning yourself into a PowerPoint stand-up. It’s about finding the true funny in YOU!
The fine details
We are running half-day Masterclasses on:
Friday 19 April & Saturday 8 June 2024
9.30am – 1pm
The Comedy Store
1a Oxendon Street, London SW1Y 4EE
Friday 19 April
£250
Early bird price £200
(Book before midnight 15 April)
Saturday 8 June
£250
Early bird price £200
(Book before midnight 11 May)
If you can’t make these dates but are keen to come to another masterclass or want to find out more, please get in touch at info@truefunny.co.uk
Don’t just take our word for it.
Let’s see what some 2023 attendees have to say:
“Great masterclass with Paul, knowing that adding humour is not all about adding jokes. It’s about storytelling and that is a craft that Paul is an expert in. When to add it, how to add it, then how to execute it…. With pauses!”
Vicky O’Farrell, Leadership Speaker, 2023 Regional President of the London PSA
“Not only was the workshop an absolute blast to attend, but I came away with some incredibly helpful, practical tips on how to be a more engaging speaker. Paul’s experience working with some of the top comedians in the world shines through. Highly recommended.”
Christian Hunt, International Keynote Speaker, Founder Human Risk Ltd
“It was a really valuable half day, full of learning and value and, of course, full of laughter. If you want to add humour to your talk (and why wouldn’t you) then I would highly recommend Paul. (PS: He’s also a nice guy!)”
David Henson, Speaker and Founder Present With Vision
“It was a brilliant experience and I gained so many fantastic insights and learnings. It was INCREDIBLE.”
Sam Bishop, Leadership Expert and Keynote Speaker
About us
Paul Dornan has worked in the TV and creative world for over three decades as a writer, producer, script-mentor and creative consultant.
He’s written drama series that are funny and comedies that are dramatic that sold around the world and worked with a galaxy of stars from Dame Edna Everage to the Spice Girls to Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future). Paul co-wrote a Number 1 best-selling comedy book and is Comedy Tutor at the world-famous Faber Academy in London. He is also the founder of True Funny – offering creative consultancy and 1-1 coaching for keynote speakers and business leaders.
Lucy Porter is an award winning stand-up comedian and writer. Her TV appearances include Live at the Apollo, QI, Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You, and Pointless, as well as winning Richard Osman’s House of Games, The Celebrity Chase and Celebrity Mastermind. She’s a familiar voice on Radio 4, contributing regularly to shows like The News Quiz, Just a Minute, The Unbelievable Truth and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. Lucy has performed 15 sell-out solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival, and toured comedy clubs and festivals all over the world.
A popular host for corporate awards, after-dinner and keynote speeches, Lucy has worked for dozens of publications and companies in all kinds of sectors.
Contact us
If you have any questions about the Find Your Funny Masterclasses email us at: info@truefunny.co.uk