Observational Humour - Find Comedy in Everyday Truths

You don't need to invent funny. You just need to notice what's true. It's about creating humour from the things everyone notices and no one says. In stand-up, that's called observational humour, and it's gold for speakers because you're not trying to wedge in jokes. You're simply holding up a mirror to the audience's experience. You can find this humour in loads of places. Universally annoying things, social weirdness, and the contradictions between what people say and what they actually do. For example, have you been in a Q&A where one person grabs the mic and it feels like a hostage situation with a question mark at the end? Most people will recognize that. It's true, and true is funny. You just need to know where to look and how to sharpen it to make your talk funnier.