The workplace can be a very stressful place at times. I know from personal experience how the smallest thing can make you laugh and turn your day around. Using humor in professional writing can be very effective way to make yourself or your business stand out from the competition. At the same time you need to make sure you use it effectively so you do come off as being a clown. Not everyone has a sense of humor so you need to be careful when using humor in your writing. Here are a few things to think about when trying to make people laugh in your writing.
First you need know your audience. Not everyone is on the same level intellectually so you do not want your readers to feel stupid if they don’t understand your sense of humor. When using humor you need to direct it to a large audience, opposed to using a inside joke that only a few will get. Even if it is only directed to a select few, things can spread quickly at the workplace. Another thing you need to keep in mind is that humor needs to be used in moderation. Like I said before do you want to come across as a clown or a professional with a sense of humor? Lastly, if you are wondering if your humor is appropriate or not, then most likely it is not, so just don’t use it.
I am sure there is humor used in those peoples workplace!
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good post! it is very important how we are going to deal with humor in professional writing because people are different. we have to know exactly how the humor is going to be treated to make sure no one gets ofended, every one understands and it is not being too much. Very interesting post.
ReplyDeleteI like how you incorporate your own voice into the post. The way you explain how humor could work in workplaces is really easy to understand because of your word choices. I wonder if you wanted to embed the youtube video on this post though. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteJosh,
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I liked how you stressed the importance of audience when using humor in the workplace. I think you could have gone more in depth about what kinds of situations to use or not use humor in the workplace. I also liked how you included in your post for a writer to use their judgement when using humor in their writing because when there is doubt, you should always play it safe.
Heather