Background
Iapoce, Michael Anthony was born on June 3, 1950 in New York City. Son of Anthony Eugene and Jennie Giovanna (Bizzarro) Iapoce.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking by Michael Iapoce (1988-08-30)
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking by Iapoce, Michael (August 30, 1988) Paperback
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking
(This is the first book to offer detailed advice on the ef...)
This is the first book to offer detailed advice on the effective use of humor in business situations such as presentations, meetings, or seminars. The author is a speech writer who has written for the CEOs of AT&T, Xerox, Monsanto, and the Bank of America. He has also written comedy for entertainers such as Rodney Dangerfield. Presents the basics of writing humorously in a clear, step-by-step fashion, and reveals invaluable tricks of the trade for creating one's own custom-tailored jokes using techniques employed by professional comedy writers. Also provides short one-line jokes arranged by subject, as well as longer, story-type jokes arranged by the meaning or the point that the story illustrates.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking, 2nd Edition
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This revised second edition of the business humor classic features significantly updated material, a wealth of new jokes, and two completely new chapters. Like the original volume, it teaches you how to inject humor into your presentations or your everyday life using the tried and true techniques professional comedians use to get people to laugh, relax, and (most importantly) listen. In addition to solid how-to advice, the book provides a comprehensive listing of one-liners categorized by subject, a collection of humorous “stories to make a point,” and a separate group of stories called “Jokes to Make You the Life of the Party”—simply the funniest story jokes the author has ever heard. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom, 2nd Edition will show you how to instantly command the attention of everyone in the room—and hold on to it. Praise for the First Edition “Iapoce has assembled everything you need to improve your presentation style . . . It has real value on a number of levels, from just adding a joke or two to your repertoire to all-out instruction on how to write and deliver your own humorous material.” --Cliff McGoon, former vice-president of communication, International Association of Business Communicators “Teaches the reader how to tailor-make things that happen to them in life and turn them into humorous happening. It’s a must for every business person who needs to speak.” —Terrence J. McCann, former Executive Director, Toastmasters International “Filled with information about how to use humor comfortably and effectively . . . An easily digestible cure for humor phobia.” --Henry Holtzman, St. Petersburg Times Table of Contents: Preface Part One: The Skills Chapter 1: Why You Shouldn't Be Afraid to Be Funny Chapter 2: Selecting Appropriate Humor Chapter 3: Using Humor That Suits Your Personality Chapter 4: Delivering Humor with Style Chapter 5: Thinking Funny Chapter 6: Switching—Giving Old Jokes New Style Chapter 7: Creating Your Own Humor—Joke Writing 101 Part Two: The Jokes One-Liners for All Occasions Jokes to Make You the Life of the Party Stories to Make a Point Appendix: A (Very) Brief Recommended Reading List
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Michael Anthony Iapoce
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Bachelor in Communications, Syracuse University, 1971.
Career
Stand-up comic, comedy writer, San Francisco, 1979-1982; head writer, SFO show Station KRON-television, San Francisco, 1981-1982; humor consultant, Michael Iapoce Associations, San Anselmo, California, since 1983. Freelance advertising copywriter, Northern California, since 1987. Instructor College of Marin, Kentfield, California, 1991.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking, 2nd Edition
(This revised second edition of the business humor classic...)
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking
(This is the first book to offer detailed advice on the ef...)
- By Michael Iapoce - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor i (1988-10-05) Hardcover
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking by Michael Iapoce (1988-08-30)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking by Iapoce, Michael (August 30, 1988) Paperback
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom: Using Humor in Business Speaking, 2nd Edition
Membership
President Long Island City (New York) Board Suprs., 1978. Marketing director Long Island City Arts Commission, 1977. Member Northern California Comedy/Humor Writers Association (Writer of Year 1989, Lifetime Achievement award 1991).
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Married Mary Ellen Cousineau, November 25, 1982. 1 child, Cheeuer.
