Confidence Through Comedy

Improve your confidence and self-esteem using humour

What you'll learn
Interact and converse confidently in everyday situations using humour as a way to improve communication and social skills whilst enhancing personality.
Requirements
No prior knowledge or experience of comedy is required, just an enthusiastic attitude to the learning and practicing of the Art form to benefit you in your social life.
Description
Learn how to grow your communication skills, personality and comic potential for use in everyday situations with this unique course on Udemy.
Begin with simple talk loosening exercises, eye contact, comedy analysis through to joke writing and conversation adapting, plus learn to lighten and lift your demeanour and persona.
Skills to study, practice and create all at your own pace for your own needs. It's the most fun you can have on an online course and you are at the centre of it.
What are the requirements?
An open mind, enthusiasm and a sense of fun
What am I going to get from this course?
An incite into the world of comedy creationDiscovering why and how jokes make us laughBuilding on your own conversational styleNatural self-confidence growth as you feel more comfortable with your own conversationLearning how to link subject matters and steer conversations your way Believing in your own sense of humour

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and course commencement

Lecture 1 Introduction, humour analysis and conversation loosening exercises

Section 2: Directed conversation

Lecture 2 More exercises to enhance the free flowing of speech and thought

Section 3: Written humour reshaping

Lecture 3 Learning how to find and adapt humour through word economy and personalisation

Section 4: Comedy creation from ordinary words

Lecture 4 Utilising words and their various meanings as a basis for joke making

Section 5: Finding humour in adages

Lecture 5 Working with everyday expressions to create something new and funny

Section 6: Working with the list system to find comedy

Lecture 6 New skill sets to practise in the formation of topical humour and much more

Section 7: Using physicality

Lecture 7 Adding body language and physical humour to enhance presentation

Section 8: Bringing it home!

Lecture 8 Use your new skill sets to create a confidently presented original comedy piece

Section 9: Bonus Andy Ford LIVE show

Lecture 9 Andy Ford LIVE part 1

Lecture 10 Andy Ford LIVE part 2

Lecture 11 Andy Ford LIVE part 3

Lecture 12 Andy Ford LIVE part 4

Lecture 13 Andy Ford LIVE part 5

Suitable for everyone that has a sense of fun and a desire to engage others in buoyant conversations or a keen interest in learning comedy skills from writing to performance.