| Headline: No laughing matter Source: Euromoney Date: October 2001 Author: Julian Marshall Normally in the aftermath of disasters it is not long before jokes start doing the rounds.
This has not prevented one Graham Davies from promoting his own expertise on this touchy subject. Davies, who calls himself Britain’s top corporate speaker, warns against managers telling off-colour jokes at conferences. “It’s definitely not the time for amateurs to take centre stage,” he says. “That would be presentational suicide.” Davies prides himself on making audiences “sit up, laugh and think”. He says jokes now have to be chosen with the utmost care. “Since the death and devastation in New York, Graham has had to make measured judgements every day about how much and what kind of humour is appropriate,” spouts his PR machine. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||