You might possibly know how jokes can complement your speech. But jokes can also cause your speech to be disastrous. Jokes are both a boon and bane to a speech.
If you are very much in comfort with it, use humor. Just check it first if it fits, serving as a breaker between sections or emphasizing a certain point. A funny and great line, or a comment that is irreverent can help liven up the presentation that you have and will help people to remember the things you have said. Of course any joke must be related to the topic that you have in some way. If you are not sure about something, you could also use a humorous photo or cartoon (with the permission of the photographer or illustrator, of course) in your slides.
Aside from making jokes or humor in your speech, you could improve your public speaking with these other tips.
– You should be able to grab your listeners attention even right at the start. That is why it is important that you start correct confident posture, eloquent speaking style, controlled voice tonality and impact, and a nice, well-thought speech from you.
– The information in your message should be organized clearly and...