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Humor U Tip #174 – Getting Serious About FUN
Make Someone Happy at Work Opportunity
Movie Recommendation
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1. HUMOR U TIP #174 – Getting Serious About FUN

By Ann Fry

What is it with companies that just don’t “get it”? What’s their aversion to having FUN at work? You know what? I just don’t “get them!”

Everyone I interview that works for a great company puts FUN and a sense of humor at the top of their list. Here are some ideas for incorporating Fun at work:

Laugh walking down the hall … watch how contagious it is. Post your baby picture on the bulletin board. Spread candy bars around the place. Have a bubblegum blowing contest.
Take a music break — bring your guitars and jam. Have a contest to name a “mascot” for the company. Celebrate everything — birthdays, anniversaries, divorces (just kidding), births, sobriety anniversaries (kidding again), promotions, new clients, mergers, acquisitions. And, when you celebrate — eat cake, preferably chocolate!
Do you get the picture? The only thing in the way of having “serious fun” at work is your poor imagination. So, get together, brainstorm your ideas and have at it!!

Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy! (Send me your unusual ideas — I want to know what inspired people are doing!)

Truth: People just want to work for GREAT companies and GREAT managers. They want workplace "cultures that work." Can you say... PROFIT?

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2. MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY AT WORK OPPORTUNITY

Bring in a mysterious item … maybe a funny hat or a funny saying on a pin — leave it anonymously on someone’s desk and then hide and watch them find it. See what they do with it — follow them around. Watch them smile!

3. MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS

Since humor, laughter and FUN are our game, we LOVE movies as a source for those feelings. So, whenever we see a movie that we think is really fun or silly or otherwise worthy of recommendation, we'll cover it here. Movies, by the way, are great "therapy" — a great way to get away from stress and the busy world.

Finding Neverland — the story of how Peter Pan was developed. Johnny Depp is amazing and the story is delightful!
In Good Company — a little “comedy” of sorts about how a young man usurps a middle-aged man's job and then “takes up” with the man's daughter … all’s well that ends well!

4. HUMOR U STUFF

Humor U is wondering if you work at a FUN place? We’re doing full-out research. We want you to nominate your company as one of the MOST FUN Places to work on the planet.

Soon, we'll be setting up our new website for you to place your nominations. More soon! (But, if you can't wait, then email me NOW with your nominations. I'll gladly take them.)

Two Special Conferences for you to know about — Ann is presenting at both:

Assoc. of Applied and Therapeutic Humor — February 17 to 20 — Tampa, FL. To read about this, go to www.aath.org
American Creativity Association — March 30 to April 2. Called Feel the Fire, this will be amazing and is in Ann’s backyard — Austin, Texas. To read about this, go to www.feelthefire.org.

If you live in or around Austin, TX, our hometown, come to our monthly FREE Laughter Club meetings. Contact us for more info about this great Stress Relieving activity.

Want to run a Laughter Club in your community? Ask us how.

FYI: We are developing our first ever self-study course on How to Lighten Up the Workplace – keep it in mind and we'll keep you in the loop on our progress.

***Special Announcement and DEAL FOR OUR READERS***

Laughing Matters: Understanding the Value of Humor in the Workplace

Ann’s new book is available. ALWAYS SPECIAL FOR OUR READERS. Purchase the book online at www.humoru.com and get A FREE DOWNLOAD of FUN at WORK: 139 Ways to Lighten Up The Workplace … a great companion booklet FREE.*

And, I’ll personally sign your copy before I put it in the mail!

Go there now — offer good always for readers.

"If You Don't Have a Sense of Humor, It's Just Not Funny!"

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Humor U Tips© is an electronic bulletin produced as a service by Humor University. The editorial staff has left errors in this Amuseletter so that our anal-retentive fans might experience left-brained joy in finding them. Humor U Tips© is written and compiled by Ann Fry, the founding Dean of Fun and a leading national expert who works with organizations that want to boost employee morale and managers who want their employees to be energetic and creative about their work.

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