Creating Lifelong Customers With Laughter
Tim Washer
Emcee | Keynote Speaker | PowerPoint Comedian
@timwasher
@timwasher
We’re facing a trust crisis.
Laugher will save us.
Connecting Through Humor MPB2B 2018
Connecting Through Humor MPB2B 2018
Connecting Through Humor MPB2B 2018
“Trends That Ruled 2018 Super Bowl Ads”
“Now more than ever,
people want—no, make
that need—to laugh a
little,”
– Dan Kelleher,
Chief Creative Officer, Deutsch
•Comedy comes from pain. And truth
•All 7 billion of us are connected through our shame
•Anger comes from Fear. Often, the fear of not belonging
•Truth > Authenticity > Vulnerability > Shame
•Sharing our story is a gift of grace to others
@timwasher
“If you’re going to tell
people the truth, make
them laugh. Otherwise,
they’ll kill you.”
-- George Bernard Shaw
https://youtu.be/Z1xKpm0nURk
Put you product/service into an absurd application
http://www.timwasher.com/create-b2b-comedy-video/
Suggestion 1 Suggestion 2
Attributes
Juxtaposition
Contrast
Compare / contrast to heighten differences
@CarmenHill
Explore what happened just before or after the photo was taken
Connecting Through Humor MPB2B 2018
Follow the Fear
https://youtu.be/MSqXKp-00hM
“With this in the backdrop, IBM is
re-positioning the mainframe as a
back-to-the-future alternative. The
tone of Hoey’s spoof training video
is in keeping with the kinder,
humbler image IBM now seeks to
project.”
Follow the fear. You have an obligation to pursue the idea that scares you the most –
especially if you feel unqualified.
Hyperbole (Heighten)
Hyperbole. Exaggerate to the point of the ridiculous.
https://youtu.be/AEj0kVWnP84
Parody: Put an extraordinary character in an ordinary situation
Find the pattern
https://vimeo.com/285145078
Connecting Through Humor MPB2B 2018
Suggestion 1 Suggestion 2
Attributes
Juxtaposition
Creepy
Circus
Clowns
Shovel
Trapeze
Pigs
Bacon
Farm
Ham
Eggs
Rooster
The Shining
Confetti
Anachronism: Make your product the hero of an
ancient predicament.
https://vimeo.com/207290508
https://vimeo.com/201703037
Captions
Delaware River Gap
Today we spotted four
bald eagles and one with
a pretty bad comb-over
CAUTION: Beware of bears
making announcements
Waited here for 10
minutes before I realized
this wasn’t a Cinnabon
Rijksmuseum Schiphol
Airport
Comedy Script Formula
1. Start with customer’s pain point
2. Explore what would happen if there were no solution
3. Exaggerate to the Nth degree / “Heighten"
Ask me anything at the Post-Presentation Huddle!
tim@timwasher.com
youtube.com/timwasher
timwasher.com

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  • #17: https://youtu.be/MSqXKp-00hM http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2006/08/29/what-are-they-drinking-in-armonk/
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