“Dying is easy,” the Shakespearean actor Edmund Gwenn said on his deathbed. “Comedy is hard.” Every business communicator who has tried—and failed—to lighten up a presentation by being funny knows ...

To engage audiences and help keep their attention, many public speakers sprinkle their speeches with a little humor. It's a ...

A new study examining more than 500 science conference presentations suggests that humor in academic talks rarely lands, with ...

You’ve likely been there: A speaker at a conference attempts to warm up the crowd with a few jokes, and they fall flat. Yet making people laugh can be a powerful tool for success. A study published in ...