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The Career Counsellor

How to Be Funnier

Course Beginner About 4 hours

The Career Counsellor

Course

How to Be Funnier

Beginner About 4 hours

Standard

£4.99

The full course, yours to keep.

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Voice Mentor Upgrade

£19.99

The course, plus four mentoring calls.

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Humour is a learnable skill for anyone who wants to be more engaging in meetings, conversations or writing. You will learn why jokes work, develop a comic persona that suits the moment, and find material in everyday frustrations. Build jokes with clear set-ups, pay-offs, misdirection and specificity, then improve timing, delivery and recovery when a line falls flat. You will also learn to read the room, include rather than target people, use humour at work credibly, and practise through a humour notebook, low-risk tests and edited stories.

Topics Humor Skills Timing Callbacks Reading the Room Workplace Humor

What you will learn

Spot the everyday friction that can be turned into a comic premise without targeting anyone
Write a one-liner that sets a clear expectation and delivers a surprise payoff
Pause at the point of surprise to let the joke land and read the audience’s reaction
Scan the room before joking to choose safe, inclusive humour that preserves your credibility
Keep a humour notebook and test lines in low-risk settings to build confidence and refine material

5 modules · 20 lessons · first lesson free to preview

Why Humour Works: Surprise, Recognition and Relief Learn why people laugh, then turn everyday meetings, messages and awkward moments into warmer, sharper comic lines.

Choose the Right Comic Persona for the Moment Find a comic voice that sounds like you, then use it to make everyday moments funnier without forcing the act. Unlocks on purchase

Find Material in Ordinary Friction Turn everyday annoyances into kind, recognisable comic premises without making anyone the target. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: Build a Working Sense of Humour Apply what you just practised in Build a Working Sense of Humour. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

Set-Up and Pay-Off: Give the Audience a Clean Turn Write tighter one-liners by setting one clear expectation, then turning it into a satisfying surprise. Unlocks on purchase

Misdirection Without Confusion Write fair, satisfying misdirection that leads listeners down a plausible path, then lands a logical surprise. Unlocks on purchase

Exaggeration, Specificity and the Rule of Three Turn everyday frustrations into sharper lines with vivid details, useful exaggeration and three-part lists that finish strong. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: Write Jokes That Have a Clear Turn Apply what you just practised in Write Jokes That Have a Clear Turn. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

Pause at the Point of Surprise Make punchlines land cleanly by placing a confident pause where the surprise happens, then giving people time to react. Unlocks on purchase

Use Voice, Face and Body Without Overacting Make every joke sound more natural with calm emphasis, restrained expression and body language that supports the line. Unlocks on purchase

Recover When a Joke Gets Silence Handle a missed joke with calm, copyable recovery lines that keep the conversation moving and your confidence intact. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: Make Timing and Delivery Do the Work Apply what you just practised in Make Timing and Delivery Do the Work. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

Scan the Context Before You Make the Joke Make better calls on when to joke, when to soften the moment and when silence is the smarter move. Unlocks on purchase

Make People Feel Included, Not Chosen Write sharper, safer humour by shifting the laugh from someone's weak spot to the shared absurdity everyone can enjoy. Unlocks on purchase

Use Humour at Work Without Losing Credibility Add warmth to meetings, emails and presentations while keeping your message clear, calm and credible. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: Read the Room and Keep Humour Safe Apply what you just practised in Read the Room and Keep Humour Safe. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

Keep a Humour Notebook That Produces Material Build a dependable bank of comic premises from everyday moments, exact phrasing and your own minor disasters. Unlocks on purchase

Test Lines in Low-Risk Settings Build genuine comic confidence with a low-pressure ladder for testing lines, reading reactions and improving without the awkwardness. Unlocks on purchase

Edit Your Best Bits Into Reliable Stories and Lines Turn rough observations into tighter stories, sharper endings and callbacks that make people glad they were listening. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: Practise Until Funny Feels Natural Apply what you just practised in Practise Until Funny Feels Natural. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

How it works

Two ways to take the course

Both include every lesson. Standard stops there. Voice Mentor adds four phone calls, on days you choose.

Standard

£4.99

The full course, yours to keep. Lessons built from a mix of interactive sections.

Flash cards
Visuals & Imagery
Written prompts
Quizzes
A certificate at the end

Voice Mentor

£19.99

Everything in Standard, plus four mentoring calls on days you choose.

Every lesson, flash card, table, prompt, and quiz
The certificate at the end
Four phone calls
You pick the days
A chance to practice out loud

Why it works

A mentor, just for you

Every call starts from where you are. No recapping, no repeating yourself, no starting over.

It picks up where you left off

Nothing you say gets lost. Each call builds on every one before it, so you keep moving forward instead of going over old ground.

Time goes on your weak spots

It knows the questions you skipped and the quiz answers you missed, so the call is spent where it helps most.

It meets you at your level

Flying through? It pushes you further. Finding it tough? It slows down and tries another way in.

It keeps you on track

Every call is about the part of the course you are on now, not wherever a chat happens to wander.

It makes it stick

Putting an idea into your own words, out loud, turns "I read that" into "I know that".

How it works

From checkout to your first call

No app to install and no link to click. It is a normal call to your phone.

Step 1

Buy the upgrade

Voice Mentor includes the whole course, so there is nothing else to buy.
Step 2

Pick your time

Add your number and choose when the first call rings. The rest follow a week apart.
Step 3

Answer and talk

It quizzes you on that part of the course and gets you explaining it in your own words.
Step 4

Each call builds

The next call is briefed with everything from the calls before it.

Side by side

Our AI Voice Mentor Vs. ChatGPT

ChatGPT is there when you open it and type. Voice Mentor rings you, and it already has this course.

ChatGPT Voice Mentor

Who starts it ✗You open it and type ✓It calls you, when you chose

What it knows ✗Only what you paste in ✓This course and all your work

Memory ✗Each new chat starts at zero ✓Every earlier call, in full

Structure ✗No plan unless you make one ✓A quarter of the course per call

How you learn ✗Easy to skim and feel done ✓You explain it out loud

Cost ✗A monthly subscription ✓£19.99 once, course included

FAQs

A few straight answers

Anything else? Read more about voice mentoring.

Yes. A normal call to your phone number. There is no app to install and no link to click. You just answer.

No. The lessons are yours to read. The call is you explaining the ideas in your own words, while it asks questions and builds on what you say.

Not on its own. Before each call it is sent the summary and full transcript of every call you have had on this course, so nothing gets lost between them.

The course is split into four parts, in order. Each call focuses on the next part, with the rest of the course there for context.

You can still take the call. It sees which prompts you have answered and how long you spent on each lesson, and works from there. It goes better if you have read that part first.

If you know you will be busy, move it before it rings. If one slips past, get in touch and we can usually rebook it. The next call still picks up from everything you have done.

You pick the day and time of the first call. The other three are booked a week apart after it, and you can move any upcoming call to a time that suits you.

It is used only to place your mentoring calls. It is never shared or used for marketing.

For about ninety seconds. Then it is just practice. It does not judge and it does not get bored.

No. Voice Mentor is the full course plus the four calls. Standard is the same lessons, without the phone.

Ready to learn something new?

The same lessons either way. Add the calls if you want someone to make you say it out loud.

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How to Be Funnier

What you will learn

Two ways to take the course

£4.99

£19.99

A mentor, just for you

It picks up where you left off

Time goes on your weak spots

It meets you at your level

It keeps you on track

It makes it stick

From checkout to your first call

Buy the upgrade

Pick your time

Answer and talk

Each call builds

Our AI Voice Mentor Vs. ChatGPT

A few straight answers

Ready to learn something new?

The education school forgot

Skills you will actually use

Lessons that hold your attention

A mentor that calls you

Pay once, keep it